[NautiNurse]

The hype comes from privately owned weather services (e.g. TWC) hawking for advertising. The more they stir doom, the more people will tune in.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

The hype comes from privately owned weather services (e.g. TWC) hawking for advertising. The more they stir doom, the more people will tune in.

Is it possible that NOAA, with 800+ million in tax dollars, forces TWC and others to rely on a more sensational style to compete?

[dirtboy]

I swear, Dean could have gone further south, crossed over Central America, re-emerged in the Pacific and regenerated, and Fox and TWC would still be breathlessly speculating about the potential of Dean hitting Padre Island.