Huricane Dorean, Pack Them Up!

[Zorba]

Originally Posted by wlyon

Storms like this are extremely difficult to predict. Just to many factors. Better to ere on the side of caution. I personally feel the coverage has been excellent. Storm may still get bad for Georgia and the Carolina's. I only hope they also have a flop. Bill

If you're referring to the MSM, the coverage has been idiotic - as usual. They had somebody on the beach talking about how bad it was and how it was going to get worse when it was "peak wind" of 45 MPH and it was obvious by that time that the whole mess was going to bypass us. Yet there they are, spinning and hyping, hyping and spinning.

Back in the day, when I had inside knowledge of a "newsworthy event", they'd ALWAYS get something wrong, usually something minor that didn't really matter. But I could count on the gist of the story being more-or-less accurate.

Now? There's ALWAYS hype and spin - I don't trust the news media as far as I can throw them after listening to their "bull" about, again, situations that I had inside knowledge of.


Yes, a storm like this is extremely unpredictable, and everyone needs to be ready for it. "I shaved my legs for nothing", but would rather be prepared than caught flat footed. Media and Politicians both contribute little to the situation, hearing about TEOTWAWKI every single time makes their gum flapping meaningless. I saw the same thing when I lived in California, and you DON'T want to get me started on the fiasco of the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 - the politicians acted like Nazis and the media was in the wrong place worried about the wrong things - and it was much better in those days!

Read the NWS/NOAA websites, all the info is there without the hysteria, hype, and spin.