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A Hurricane of Hype
Minneapolis StarTribune ^

Posted on 08/28/2011 6:28:09 AM PDT by kelsiejackson

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To: Westbrook

FOX news reporting LIVE LIVE! from Lumberton, NJ.

A garbage dumpster has been moved by the terrifying flood surge 100yds.

LIVE DEVASTATION from Long Beach, NY reporting lots of icky brown sea foam covering cars in a parking lot. Reporterette mocked by pedestrians!! The ‘sea foam’ smells bad, more of a salty smell!

Jonathan Hunt on the Long Beach, NY boardwalk...hundreds of people are tempting death, OMG a child just slipped on the wet wood!!

Obama has calmed the waters and they are now receding! The ocean has met the bay!! Reports of massive flooding...2 feet of water in the hotel lobby!


121 posted on 08/28/2011 7:42:24 AM PDT by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO! Treason is the Reason! Impeach the Kenyan)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

I’m from St. Louis area originally. Been living near New Orleans for the past 30+ years. I remember one winter it snowed down here. About 1/4” of accumulation. Total devastation. Had to shut down the entire town. All the bridges. Elevated interstate was littered with traffic accidents. Schools closed. Government services shutdown.

What a mess.


122 posted on 08/28/2011 7:42:59 AM PDT by loucon
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To: the invisib1e hand

The weather channel has been so obviously invested in hyping this storm, they’re running a non-stop graphic which covers about a third of their screen, with what appears to be an entirely artificial loop of speeding clouds and wind-blown trees.

Mind you, it appears it’s entirely fake. It just runs and loops, the apparently fake clouds and the apparently fake trees being blown by the apparently fake wind.


123 posted on 08/28/2011 7:43:59 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network ("Cut the Crap and Balance!" -- Governor Sarah Palin , Friday August 12 2011, Iowa State Fair)
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To: dirtboy

No mayor of NY wants under-preparation and storm devastation on his record. But the City managed over 8” of rain two weeks ago today without any problem. If he weren’t still paying for his indifference during a big snowstorm last December, he might have waited until noon on Saturday to decide whether to unwind their transportation system over the next 8 hours—and at that time it would probably have looked less necessary.

In general, however, I agree. Since the populace is trained to blame the government for being unprepared, I don’t blame the government for sometimes being over-prepared.


124 posted on 08/28/2011 7:45:20 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Westbrook

Its like a two year old who just dropped their ice cream cone. Its a tragedy and they cry and cry.

While everyone else looks on and smiles at how cute they are.

Its a storm, the wind blows and it rains. If ya live in a flood zone ya shouldn’t be surprised when it floods.


125 posted on 08/28/2011 7:46:38 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: carmody

Yep, and take credit for the jobs ‘created’ during the cleanup.


126 posted on 08/28/2011 7:47:35 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: NRG1973; Russ

Good advice.

Russ, you may qualify for a FEMA trailer!


127 posted on 08/28/2011 7:48:26 AM PDT by 2111USMC (Not a hard man to track. Leaves dead men wherever he goes.)
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To: jnygrl

Same story here in our community. And the local media coverage I have heard or watched has actually been pretty much even keeled.


128 posted on 08/28/2011 7:48:31 AM PDT by 07Jack
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To: wny

25 years? Aren’t you being extremely generous?


129 posted on 08/28/2011 7:49:18 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Westbrook

I would if there was a real storm. Please let me know when there’s a real storm.

Meanwhile I’m sure BO will be there with federal checks buying votes with my tax dollars.

Get a clue, this storm isn’t an Andrew, Katrina, or even a Charlie.


130 posted on 08/28/2011 7:49:42 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: carmody

Fox News Alert, Shep announced the markets will be open tomorrow!!!! Why would they be closed, lol? Now they have a picture of a tree down in Brooklyn.


131 posted on 08/28/2011 7:51:58 AM PDT by McLynnan
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To: carmody

“Saw the clip of another reporterette on CNN scream and run from a wave. She threw her microphone at her cameraman who never budged from where he was standing.”

I saw that. Didn’t she also yell, “get out”? ...as if she were attempting to rescue the camera crew standing there like a “stone wall”.

Was it possible this was Suzanne Malveaux?


132 posted on 08/28/2011 7:52:54 AM PDT by rbmillerjr (Beware of PaulBots tearing down good conservatives - they are deceptive weasles.)
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To: Westbrook

I’d like to thank all who came down to help after Katrina.God bless all of you.


133 posted on 08/28/2011 7:52:58 AM PDT by democratsaremyenemy
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To: Westbrook

I’d like to thank all who came down to help after Katrina.God bless all of you.


134 posted on 08/28/2011 7:52:58 AM PDT by democratsaremyenemy
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To: rlmorel

HA! Now that there’s funny, I don’t care who ya are!

Our local Shoprite supermarket is closed today, having announced on Friday a thousand times on the intercom that they would due to concern for the safety of their patrons - all the while stoking up the shoppers to clear the shelves.

And clear the shelves they did.

My wife and I were dumbfounded when we went to the store Friday to pick up a couple of items. The entire potato isle was empty, as was nearly all of the produce (there were beets left, but that was about it). Whole isles of canned foods were empty, as was the bread isle. We were laughing and shaking our heads. What did people think was going to happen? Hurricanes are pretty fast moving - two day events in most cases. People were stocking for an asteroid strike. Plus, it wasn’t exactly still uncertain about the storm. By that time Friday the eyewall had already collapsed, and the whole thing had begun to weaken.

People are feakin’ sheep. God help us if a true catastrophe ever hits. We’ll be a mass of blubbering idiots.


135 posted on 08/28/2011 7:53:37 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: rockabyebaby

The big joke here is how much of a bunch of wusses NYC is when they’re not even getting anywhere close to the worst of it. I guess whining is an American tradition though.


136 posted on 08/28/2011 7:54:20 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: kelsiejackson
You have obviously no idea of what would have happened if it had remained at the original strength. I've been though 4 hurricanes with Katrina being the last and worst. Irene was running the same sort of track and was of a comparable size as Katrina (not as strong, but plenty to be a real terror. When a storm like that hugs the coast and runs along it, rather than coming straight in, two things happen. It pushes water ahead of it, then the rotation moves the water inland. If it had even remained a Cat 2, it would have been a true disaster.

When folks like you bitch about the "hype", you show your ignorance - much better to "cry wolf" than to underestimate even a little bit.In case you haven't read between the lines - stop acting like a moron...

137 posted on 08/28/2011 7:54:39 AM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta; spacejunkie01

We had a snow storm here in Tampa last year. It got down to 27 degrees!!!! BRRRR They almost called out the national guard to save the strawberries.


138 posted on 08/28/2011 7:55:17 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: loucon
I’m from St. Louis area originally. Been living near New Orleans for the past 30+ years. I remember one winter it snowed down here. About 1/4” of accumulation. Total devastation. Had to shut down the entire town. All the bridges. Elevated interstate was littered with traffic accidents. Schools closed. Government services shutdown. What a mess.

I can understand how Southern towns wouldn't be prepared for that.

139 posted on 08/28/2011 7:55:41 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: BelegStrongbow
People in the NE ought to get hold of that, note the damaqe in it (Galveston-type damage), then pull up the ‘damage scenes’ currently showing on TV. I suspect there won’t be much comparison.

Exactly, Almost all of my extended family live in the NE

After all is said and done, I plan to write them an email letting them know how blessed they were because Irene was basically nothing once it got past NC and DO NOT think the next one will be the same.

Many of them have never been though a hurricane and I keep hearing them say "they been though bad nor'easters storms before" and just how much worse can it be ? ...

Having lived though Andrew, they have no idea, the object terror and fear sitting in your home not knowing if any minute it will be torn to sheds hearing the walls and roof groaning and vibrating under the strain of being slammed by by the 140 plus MPH winds for hours and hours

In retrospect another Andrew is aimed at my piece of the world....I'm not waiting

140 posted on 08/28/2011 7:57:51 AM PDT by Popman (Obama. First Marxist to turn a five year Marxist plan into a 4 year administration.)
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