I think we're just being realistic actually. Certainly not cruel; it's just a commentary on the east coast-based media's self-preoccupation. It has nothing to do with the legitimate concerns of the average resident in a high danger zone, though I'm guessing they're the most prepared and the least hysterical. If it happens to the elite east coast media and their cities, it's the biggest of big deals; it preempts everything. For instance I haven't heard a word about Libya and the hunt for Ghadddafi, where we're currently engaged in military strikes, because all that's on TV are computer models of where a storm may or may not go 4 days in advance and file footage of fluttering street signs and Bahamian palm trees. It's a legitimate story, but the hysterical coverage is overkill.
"Funny you bring up Katrina and then the next statement is “East Coast bias”. BS. We weren’t innundated with Katrina stuff for ages?
No, we were, and it was driven largely by the same media hysteria, though I should add that that was an actual disaster. It went on ad nauseum (it was embarrasing, really) however because the media wanted to vilify Bush.
"How about your earthquakes? You don’t think there’s much coverage? Phooey on you. What a bunch of nonsense.
Comparitively? No, not really, I'll bet you can't even name the last one that's made headlines without looking it up. In any event, the notable California ones happen, what, maybe once a decade? It's not an every-year media event in advance of an acutal occurence. Moreover, if you're anywhere between California and the East Coast, you'll get no coverage no matter what happens. Heard much about Texas' drought? No. How about the tsunami damage to Hawaii? No. Much about volcanos in Alaska? No. The list goes on. The east coast media simply doesn't care because it doesn't affect them; it's all 'fly-over country' to them.
You really think rain and 60 mph wind is nothing?
I think it's something that many places in the world deal with routinely. The northwest pacific coast gets hit with weather like that every year. Heck, we get 60mph winds just about every year in parts of L.A., with gusts in the triple digits on occasions.
"Look up Agnes. You can’t get much worse than that “wimpy” storm.
Fine, of course take precautions, I can certainly understand if you're in a coastal flood zone or something, but I still think the predictions of Armageddon are severely overwrought. If you can canoe down Wall St., I'll eat my words.
In any event, media hysteria aside, best of luck to all, including you and yours. If it is bad, the rest of the country will be here with assistance, as always.
What you said...I agree.
Camille vet 1969 here.
I hope I am not wrong but this is not Andrew or Katrina or Camille or Hazel etc......the Keys 1935 storm...
I have never seen the media so fixated...Hannity too
I’ll thank you for at least having a reasonably gracious reply, unlike others.
As for earthquakes - of course no one reports endlessly on them beforehand - they are completely unpredictable and come out of nowhere.
Droughts - that’s not “imminent danger” so I guess there’s not overly much news. We’ve had droughts around here and no one covers them but the locals - although it’s never endless news even then. Just mentions at the 11 news.
Perhaps there is overhype (I know there is even locally every time some snow might come - of course, recently, we DID get whopper record snowfalls, but that’s not the norm), but it just seemed callous the way you all dismissed it with mocking terms about “just 60mph” and “just wind and rain”. That’s not just complaining about the media, that’s dismissing the storm altogether.
There was plenty of news about Katrina BEFORE it hit - it was predictable AND dangerous.
Look at the coverage now in NC and tell me 60mph continuously isn’t nasty. Are you telling me your 60mph in LA (my brother has lived there 30 years, and he never mentions this) is really that continuous and rainy at the same time? How much serious damage has it caused? I’m surprised I haven’t heard about it on the news at least. Yes, we get 60 mph here and there, and definitely had our wind storms which have knocked down some of my parents’ trees each time over 20 years, but we haven’t had many constant pummelings that can do much worse.
Bottom line, I know there is overhype from media, but that doesn’t make the storm automatically a “minute steak” as it seemed here.
Personally I don’t think our own area is going to get too much, but we have our concerns (50/50) and nearby we have people who could be in very deep problems with their floodplain geography and so on (NJ and Eastern Shore of MD. e.g.).