It's all about the ratings and filling air-time. I was at a wedding out of town over the weekend where I spent more time than I wanted to stuck in a hotel room. All I could do was channel surf while waiting between events. Between CNN, Fox News, the Weather Channel, I was sick of seeing people standing in a rainstorm trying to make what was basically a heavy downpour sound newsworthy. Telling people to evacuate NOW! Duh! The 3d graphic on how high a 15 ft storm surge would be, showing a person, then a car, then a house was mind-boggling stupid. It was funny watching the reporters struggle to find some kind of damage that was camera worthy. "Oh, Look, a sign blew over!! Did you get that (to the cameraman)". :roll: Another aspect is that they attributed one death so far (woman in a car). Probably more than that occur on a normal weekend in the state. Well, one could argue that Irma SAVED lives because fewer people were on the road. I also agree that you don't have to have a reporter standing in the middle of the road to REPORT on what's going on. I guess they're trying to give you that sense of being there yourself. I remember video footage from a hurricane somewhere a few years back where the camera was filming a reporter standing in knee deep water giving the impression that the place was inundated. Then a picture came out showing the cameraman about 10 ft away high and dry on pavement.
My gut feeling is that the damage from Irma is going to be less than anticipated (mainly due to strengthened building codes) and what WAS damaged (bushes, trees, light poles, etc) would be fixed before the snow birds came back down. I'm not minimizing the impact on people's lives. I'm commenting on the notion today in the media that we have to know minute-by-minute with detailed description on every event and their exaggeration of what is really happening. I guess we've brought it on ourselves by watching it. I CAN tell you that if I was at home this weekend, the TV would have never been on because I would have been out cutting grass, firewood, taking dogs on walks in the woods, instead of watching the idiot box.
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