Hurricane Earl coverage in NY...

[LBIJim]

Anyone else think this "hurricane" coverage is absolutely ridiculous today?! /QUOTE]

Yep, but it's really no different than the hysteria that arises from the media when 2 inches of snow are predicted.

Jim

 

[T*Bird]

It's hard for them to not show their disappointment when the storm is downgraded ("but it could still regain strength!") or turns away from land ("but it could still change course!"). Not that they want to see people hurt or killed and lose their homes, but you can just tell how much they love the excitement and anticipation of a big storm.

 

[LBIJim]

It's hard for them to not show their disappointment when the storm is downgraded ("but it could still regain strength!") or turns away from land ("but it could still change course!"). Not that they want to see people hurt or killed and lose their homes, but you can just tell how much they love the excitement and anticipation of a big storm.

The media coverage in these situations is always a case of "The Storm Before The Calm."

As for not wanting to see people hurt or buildings destroyed, I have to disagree. Many people, not just the media, seem disappointed with anything less than Andrew or Camille or Katrina type destruction after all the pre-storm hype.

Jim

 

[T*Bird]

The media coverage in these situations is always a case of "The Storm Before The Calm."

As for not wanting to see people hurt or buildings destroyed, I have to disagree. Many people, not just the media, seem disappointed with anything less than Andrew or Camille or Katrina type destruction after all the pre-storm hype.

Jim

Yeah, I know, I was just trying to give some of them the benefit of the doubt and not paint them all with the same sensationalist brush. But I'm afraid you are probably right.

 

[lillygator]

you all are amazing.

 

[Imzadi]

It is the same over inflation here in Florida, I get so tired of it. They start before they even know for sure that it is going to be a direct hit, and then once they do know ,you can just forget any show that you may want to watch. They say the same things over and over and over and over, well, you get the point.

You'd think in areas that really get hit with real hurricanes that they'd be more responsible to be reliable & accurate. How many times can one call wolf, before people stop taking the weather alerts seriously in those areas? I would think that would cause a real danger as people no longer evacuate, or get ready to evacuate, when the done it several times already to have nothing happen.

There is that old Star Trek, saying, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."


About 20 years ago, when Sam Champion was still doing our local weather, not the way he does it now on GMA, the day before, he was actually telling us to put tape on our windows, especially in hi-rises, & leave them cracked open so the hurricane winds (predicted to directly hit the city,) wouldn't blow out the windows from the pressure.

Noon that day, he breaks in with a special weather report telling us, the hurricane is right over the city. Next, he's telling us, the eye of the hurricane is right around the Empire State Building.

I used to be able to see the Empire State Building right out my window. I'm expecting the antennae to blow over or something.

MY BFF calls up. From his window in his building, he can see the Empire State Building, too. We're both looking and waiting for something to happen. we're watching and waiting . . . we're watching and waiting . . . . . . umm. . . we don't see ANYHING. Not even weather.

Frankly, if Sam didn't tell us a hurricane was hitting the city, we wouldn't even have know it was anything other than a windy day. The planes whizzing by Kong Kong on the Empire State Building had a more powerful effect.

After, Sam was of course, telling us how lucky we were that nothing got damaged.

That was MY big "hurricane" experience.
I totally go by that Star Trek saying now.

a ts is no joke to those who have lost things to it.....when ours hit, it was when 9/11 happened and we had NO coverage at all........

That's just as bad. Your local news should have interrupted the unceasing coverage to warn you about it and cover your own area.

 

[Shutterbug]

You'd think in areas that really get hit with real hurricanes that they'd be more responsible to be reliable & accurate. How many times can one call wolf, before people stop taking the weather alerts seriously in those areas? :

We are talking nature here. It does what it wants. You can predict what it might do..to a point. Its never a sure thing with nature.
Hurricane Earl followed the models pretty well.....
but what if it hadnt? What if instead dropping down to a cat 2 and staying off the Hatteras island by 75 miles, it stayed as a cat 4 and jogged to the left dragging the eye straight over the island?
I was at Hatteras Island just a few weeks after Hurricane Isabel hit it back in 2003.
Isabel was just a Cat 2 when it hit. It washed away part of the island and destroyed tons of homes.

 

[redlight]

I think there's a difference between responsible coverage of the storm and hyping. The TV weather people hype too much.

 

[mhsjax]

you all are amazing.

Why are we amazing. Did you grow up in Florida, it isn't like you don't know that a tropical storm is a potential, these things don't just pop up over night. YOu can't use not getting coverage on one day as an excuse to not know the thing was coming.

 

[Hillbeans]

We were at OC NJ this week and the hype from this storm was completely out of control. We had 10 minutes of rain tops on Friday at around 2:00 pm. I understand that the weathermen try to keep everyone informed but it was really a bit much. I guess it's better to be prepared than not, but still.