Posted on 08/28/2011 6:01:33 PM PDT by RaceBannon
Okay, we all know Hurricane Irene was hyped to the gills.
WHY?
Was it slow news? Was it media infatuation with Obama at the helm of FEMA?
Is this storm so catastrophic that Fox News should preempt all its programming with storm coverage?
In a similar vein, Democratic Underground seemed to be more concerned with a water line breaking in Massachusetts than the West and Middle Tennessee floods occurring at the same time.
Yesterday morning, Roker chided a resident of New York for securing their outdoor furniture outside rather than taking it in. He said something about it becoming a potentially life-threatening missile.
Apparently, a borderline Category 1 hurricane has winds straight out of the tornado from The Wizard of Oz.
I am once again reminded by events, how every recently hyped “global warming” event has had issues with blizzards.
The center of the universe is NYC and DC and where all the mega-rich newscasters live.
I guess it was a ‘slow news week’ and it was a good ratings-grabber. However, when they overhype this type of thing, people stop paying attention and ignore warnings in the future (a la Katrina). When true devastation hits, it is a tragedy because people are numb to overly exaggerated claims.
Because it wasn’t about another Obama eff-up and then needed SOMETHING to fill the 24/7 news cycle.
To make Obama look good in comparison to Bush. It’s not rocket science.
Secondly the WORST storm to hit Virginia in the last couple of centuries was a mere TROPICAL STORM! It rained a lot. All of these larger hurricanes, even when they spin out to tropical storm category, rain a tremendous amount.
At one point it was noted that the extant of the hurricane was greater than Europe. Some Floridians were laughing about how puny it was, compared to theirs I suppose, yet, this hurricane could have swallowed 100% of Florida at a single gulp and flooded everyone ~ but it went North.
As far as violence goes we've had Nor'Easters do more damage. Even had them drop more water in the form of ice and snow, only to have it melt later ~ over several days. Still, the folks in New Jersey are convinced it was a bad storm, and it's not over yet for them.
I got the feeling looking at yesterday's posts that we have too many people who think that it's only wind damage that makes hurricanes bad neighbors. They wanted to see sheet metal roofs flying around or something, or maybe a gas station being ripped apart, piece by piece. Having gone through DOZENS of these things over the years I fear 3 feet of water in the parking lot or the street in front of my house much more than the wind. Besides my insurance covers wind even if it doesn't cover water so I live uphill. Downhill is the Potomac and its tributaries. It's not a serious river ~ just fourth largest river along the Atlantic coast of the USA and the 21st largest in the USA. Over 5 million people live within the Potomac watershed.
When it goes out of its banks it's pretty nasty.
MONEY.
I am so sick of blowhards on here claiming “nothing happened” because NEW YAWK didn’t get washed into the ocean. It seems as if NEW YAWK is the center of the universe, and if nothing happens to NEW YAWK, than it’s a wash.
Ask the folks on the OBX about Irene. Places that haven’t flooded in more than 80 years were under 6 feet of water last night. Hatteras Island was cut in half.
http://www.wral.com/weather/video/10057638/#/vid10057638
“One of the funniest was when one newsie commented on the ‘angry’ ocean waves hitting the beach behind were Al Roker was standing.”
Believe it or not that is the exact reason why I have deliberately never seen Jaws.
Sharks are not evil. Waves are not angry.
Simple. Slow news time and also close to a major media area. Sort of like the freeway chases in Los Angeles. In those two ways it is a perfect storm.
Obama and the MSM were hoping they could milk this disaster until Nov 2012.
Oops nothing but a little rain and wind. Guess you gotta still give that “jobs” speech bammy. Oh, and have you scene your approval rating today. Guess NH/NJ ISN’t the entire USA after all.
What makes me the most crazy is that these buffoons think we don;t have the same access to weather data as they do. I saw the track last night and the rapid deterioration and decided to go about my business today. Screw the media and Obama
It took Libya off the radar. Good reason to skip all that rebel payback in Tripoli.
Feds' response to Hurricane Irene critiquedAugust 28, 2011 11:04 AM
Chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer talks with Scott Pelley about the response of the federal government to Hurricane Irene, and how the precautions taken may have kept casualties down.
BINGO! Forget that hundreds of people died in the tornados this spring. They didn't touch the hallowed Northeast, so they didn't count.
If I owned a news outfit like Fox, the first thing I'd do (after firing Shep Smith) would be to move headquarters the heck out of New York City. I'd leave a bureau in Washington because the government is based there, but I'd have bureaus spread all over--Houston, Chicago, Denver, Albuquerque. But until an owner has the nerve to do something like that, U.S. news outlets will continue to think that an event descreases in importance the farther from New York it occurs.
I made a similar comment to my wife. I tied down the trash cans and made sure some lumber for home repairs was on the deck she wanted me to store everything. I told her it is a hurricane not a tornado. At cat 2 it is not going to pickup the lawnmower and throw it at the neighbors. Trees fall because generally the soil is saturated to the point the roots give way in the wind. Some do snap of course. But even than they just fall. Tornados frighten me more than hurricanes.
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