Irma - lee county

[snowtired14]

Originally Posted by SWFL_Native

Turning out to be a puddy cat of a storm after all the hype... that is indeed a good thing.

Ditto! But still comical watching the weather channel guys playing it up, seems they were searching for a wind gust to "stand their ground" on.

[Samiamnh]

So ridiculous watching those fools wading in knee deep water leaning into the wind and rain.....makes them feel brave when actually,they have camera men and handlers right near to protect their weenie asses

[nhkev]

Originally Posted by snowtired14

Ditto! But still comical watching the weather channel guys playing it up, seems they were searching for a wind gust to "stand their ground" on.

playing it up in a big way. I was watching as they said the storm was pushing the water out to the gulf vs surging in and their explanation was that it was because the "stronger east side wind was pushing the water out" .
I thought , well if the strong wind is only pushing 2 feet of water 100 yards , why would the weaker westerly flow magically turn 2 feet into 15 feet and push it 10 miles. I texted my neighbor and said weathermen have this figured out wrong , we will not get the storm surge they were predicting because the tide was suppose to be outgoing at the time of the westerly wind push. The only reason the water levels were as high as they were was because the army corps of engineers released billions of gallons down the calloosahatchee river. It was all about ratings

[don1945]

Originally Posted by Samiamnh

So ridiculous watching those fools wading in knee deep water leaning into the wind and rain.....makes them feel brave when actually,they have camera men and handlers right near to protect their weenie asses

I think people who criticize the news people need a reality check. Let's see some of you go out there, stand in the pouring hurricane force rain, risk getting hit by some flying debris, and work non stop for endless hours to try to keep your fellow Floridians safe and informed. Think where we would be if they didn't do this work for us.

Don't be so ungrateful and negative. Unless you have done their job, you have no room to judge them. It is SOOOO easy to be a Monday morning quarterback. Personally, I am glad they risked their lives for us.

[Travelassie]

Originally Posted by snowtired14

Ditto! But still comical watching the weather channel guys playing it up, seems they were searching for a wind gust to "stand their ground" on.

Or to flap around in.

[don1945]

One thing I have learned about human beings over my lifetime is that you are never going to please everyone. These news people go out in conditions we didn't want to face , and we criticize them. If they hadn't provided as much coverage, we would have criticized them for that.

The way people are, you could be out in the street, handing out $100 bills, and someone would complain that you should have been giving out 5 $20 bills because those $100's are too hard to break ! We humans are a funny lot.

[njkate]

Originally Posted by don1945

One thing I have learned about human beings over my lifetime is that you are never going to please everyone. These news people go out in conditions we didn't want to face , and we criticize them. If they hadn't provided as much coverage, we would have criticized them for that.

The way people are, you could be out in the street, handing out $100 bills, and someone would complain that you should have been giving out 5 $20 bills because those $100's are too hard to break ! We humans are a funny lot.

I for one appreciated them very much, I am up here in NJ and they kept me informed what was happening back home.

If I hear one more person complain about the power companies and how hot it is, need my power back, these guys are breaking their azzes in this heat, many without even a comfy hotel bed at night.
Find a dam hotel and file a claim with FEMA for housing assistance and STOP complaining.

If you only have no power to moan about consider your self lucky.

[don1945]

^^^^ Yep, when I got back and found our home and my shop still intact, I was very grateful, I could have lost everything. I will gladly put up with a little heat and inconvenience, it would have been so much worse.

Let's face it, there is no crystal ball and storm tracking is not an exact science. These storms take turns that no human can predict. During Charlie, I was watching the news on a portable TV and it was coming right up the Caloosahatchee River, but suddenly, the news reporter said "Wait a minute, it looks like it is taking a slight Northward turn !", and the damn thing went up to Punta Gorda instead.

These hard working reporters ran TO the storm, while most of us ran AWAY from the storm. They also left their families to be out there and risk injury or worse to bring us as much info as they could find. I think every station did a great job, we would have been lost without them.

[hiknapster]

Hey, y'all Glad to see everyone is okay and thank you for sticking up for reporters. Fine, noble people!