No, you are a moron. You are downcasting possibly the worst possible hurricane in US history. Get lost.
Well there are some creeps who hang out at these storm watcher sites and who post about this hurricane who seem to get really angry when people point out it’s not the end of the world. Will stuff get blown around and flooding? Yes.
There are some who are almost excited at the prospect of destruction like voyeurs watching a traffic accident.
Ok now even I can’t deal with the drama. The worst in US history? Come on now this thing isn’t even as strong as Camille was. And it hasn’t made landfall yet. It’s bad, no doubt. But bring it down a notch.
If you don’t understand the “hype” being spun by local and national meteorologists for ratings-— that is to say increasing the “woo-woo” factor to scare the shut-ins and raise ad revenue rates (which weather channel does btw during storm coverage)— then you can give ad hominems all you want. And still be wrong.
While it is good tactics to “err on the side of intensity” in media’s assist of the governmental types trying to evacuate areas snd maintain rule of law, it is foolish not to see the upside on the revenue scheme that attaches to this concurrent civic assist.
And no- it will not be the worst possible hurricane in US history, until the millibar meaasured at sea level landfall reads 892 mbar (hPa) or 26.35” Hg (ie. the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, which parents survived and helped burn the bodies of the WPA and WWI Veterans on Islamorada)- and we as a family unfortunately were there for Camille in MS and Andrew in Kendall.
Some people in their dreary lives like the excitement of the danger, and the thrill of yelling “uh-oh” or rubbernecking the roadside carnage, and gin up website traffic in the internut age. Professionals of long experience do not do this, not even for major media bosses, thank goodness. www.nhc.noaa.gov NWS and the US Navy for example. Deo Vindice.