I have been off the board, but working all day from home with Fox News on in the background.
So, are my wife and I the only ones who think this storm will not be nearly as destructive as all the networks are predicting? The networks are clearly smelling huge ratings with all of this hype. The anchors were even personally attacking people standing by the shore of the gulf. The talking heads were dumbfounded that the people dared to defy the networks' hype machine!!! Of course, they didn't criticize their camerman and reporter standing in the same place. Really funny stuff.
Anyhow, are we the only ones, or are we just mean, cynical conservatives?
This one will do damage, I believe, but not as much as is being hyped now.
Still...prayers for the people.
I haven't made up my mind on that, as weird as that sounds. I lived through Charley, Frances and Jeanne last year, and remember all too well how badly the media over-hyped the death and destruction. They seemed positively giddy about reporting that people were going to have their homes blown into kindling. So I do think they're doing this again.
But then I look at the forecasts and the data on this monster, and I just don't know. Charley was the worst of the three storms for me last year, and it was a baby compared to this thing, depsite the unbelieveable damage it did down in SW Florida.
Yes, you are the only ones.
I hope you're right. The coverage is getting a bit 'weird' esp. now Whore-aldo is on the scene!
I don't see the slightest reason to consider this level of concern a matter of network hype. The greatest concern seems to be coming from the experts who know just what a Cat. 5 hitting a below-sea-level city like New Orleans really means. No one can make perfect predictions in meteorology, but at this point there seems to be no room for doubt that Katrina is going to make landfall within just a few miles of N.O. and that much of coastal LA, MS, and into AL will suffer a tremendous, devastating blow. There's speculation involved in saying just how bad, how many deaths, etc. but no doubts that it will be a huge, terrible hit.