I live there (here). If it were weather, or flooding, they would have interrupted the broadcast continually. Was not even the lead story after W's speech in fact, when the news DID come on. Hey, it's West Virginia, and we are 2:1 dims here. Home of Robert Byrd. You know, scare them with guns, or hoods, or burning crosses if necessary.
[Totally apologetic; most of us here are not like this (he says with a reddened face]....
Imagine the news coverage if it had been an empty abortion clinic.