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Originally Posted by MrBitterness
21 deaths. Over 4 million without power, many for several days. Billions in damage. Yeah, this was a small storm 
It may not have been the apocalypse, but it certainly was a huge storm that many people are going to have to pick up the pieces from. It is nothing to make light of. |
Nobody is making light out of anything.
It was a bad storm, we've had them before. I hope everyone is safe and will recover quickly. No one wants anyone to suffer.
However the subject has been the media and our politicians sensationalizing the matter and the repercussions in the future from this "cry wolf" scenario...and it wasn't even really that..it was a ratings bonanza and political posturing, that will probably cause far more casualties when the real thing hits us and people act indifferent towards it.
Very bad call
I'm not a meteorologist, never claimed to be one but looking back on past storms, patterns, opinions,facts, and data it wasn't hard to see what was happening.
I know some people on the inside of the news industry. It was all ratings. This storm was promoted to be hyped to the last drop of rain and ride the potential flooding beyond it.
The cherry on top, and I said it..ready
"we dodged a bullet"
just like earl.
I understand people and communities did get hit hard in different ways. whether it be floods, tropical storms, heavy rains, snow....People for the most part know what to do once advised of the impending situation or weather pattern...happens year round. My vitriol isn't to knock the storm itself but those over....really over reporting it and scaring the heck out of people, forcing them from their homes, cutting their power, panicking in stores and on the roadways causing god knows how many accidents.
Several people were hoping the hype was true. A lot of sick people want to see carnage, destruction. They wanted to see this thing slam New York
It's like a major prize fighting event
NEW YORK Vs. IRENE
They were let down
what really irked....amused me was the obvious disappointment of many so called journalists when the rain was dying the wind wasn't there. Their faces dour...like their candy was stolen. No carnage, chaos, total destruction. no falling skyscrapers.
Anderson Cooper wanted to cry
At 5 am I tuned into all the channels to see how they fought to keep it alive
yep my power or cable never went out
Erin Colter was on the long beach pier with a frickin rope tied around her waste fearing she would be blown away
I kid you not...she was wearing a baseball cap and her hair wasn't blowing...I spied a hand on the far left of the screen yank the rope taught..I kid you not.
people were dancing in the background riding bikes. Wish I saved it. I hope it turns up on Youtube.
So I understand those that did sustain damage or loss of property being upset but we understood it was happening. The spirit of the thread is the hype...the Propaganda involved.
And the catch all response from few is "better safe than sorry...go full throttle"
sorry...big negative
If you want to deprive someone of liberty and expose them to thought or behavioral type controls you can point to any past event to validate totalitarian behavior.
Terrorist attacks now equal invasive pat downs at airports
Natural events lead to politicians ordering you out of your homes instead of acknowledging that US citizens can be responsible for their actions.
They stepped over the lines
next time more people will not take it seriously
it's a credibility issue...losing that faith and trust can be dangerous.
who looks like the bigger fool...us or them?
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