[snapperjk]

Far from the truth. I am retired from Bell Atlantic/Verizon and was looked upon to keep the company updated on weather conditions. I am well versed in Meteorology, but not a meteorologist.
Sorry to bust your bubble.

[Sam Cree]

I can't help feeling that the media concentrated on the Tampa Bay area because it is a major metropolitan center and a direct strike by a hurricane in such a place would create for them a gold mine of disaster stories, bad news and high ratings.