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News outlets don't name storms, the National Weather Service does.
The World Meteorological Organization controls naming of tropical storms. The recent trend of naming winter storms was started by The Weather Channel, and the NWS has been careful not to use these names, as they are not official.
There is also a difference between watching the news and becoming informed via other methods. Just because you don't turn the TV on at 6 or 11 to ingest the TV version, doesn't mean you are not informed. Also, given social media and the internet, you may know about your topic of interest (with information from multiple sources) than if you wait for the "inefficient" tv broadcast (where you need to wait through commercials and other topics which may not interest you).
Perhaps you are right, but to me, the statement " I stopped watching the news", without any qualifying information means "I no longer pay any attention to whats going on in the world". That may or may not be what the poster meant.
Naming winter storms is kind of dumb, so that makes sense.
Regarding naming tropical storms, hurricanes, etc, I actually think it's easier for reference with names. Rather than, "That hurricane that hit in, what was it? 1995? 1994?"
The Weather Channel ticked some folks off with that idea. Some insurance policies have less coverage for damages caused by "named" storms and while many policies mentioned the NWS/WMO as the naming agency apparently some policies were silent on this point. Needless to say there was some concern among those policyholders on how winter "named" storms would fare in terms of coverage.
Yep so much irony. Because news outlets have crews sitting outside Britts getting up to the second coverage Simple question that demanded a simple answer. Maybe complicated for some though. While I do care for Britts, I was more curious which areas of Carolina Beach were affected. I use the boardwalk as my reference point, and I have friends with property nearby.
Perhaps you are right, but to me, the statement " I stopped watching the news", without any qualifying information means "I no longer pay any attention to whats going on in the world". That may or may not be what the poster meant.
Let me be clear since this is a tough subject for you. I do not sit in front of my TV and let people jam negativity and fear down my throat. If I need an update I use an app that gives me brief info about the facts of what's going on. I couldn't even stand the weather channel site because of the stupid auto playing videos. I followed Hurricane Joaquin fairly well, but not from your typical media outlets. When I want news I just want the facts without fear mongering, or blowing stuff out of proportion. Make sense??
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Originally Posted by StAndroid
News outlets don't name storms, the National Weather Service does.
Really? Because I see winter storms being named the last couple of years. They want it to trend like "superstorm Sandy" and get more eyeballs. It's really stupid.
Yep so much irony. Because news outlets have crews sitting outside Britts getting up to the second coverage Simple question that demanded a simple answer. Maybe complicated for some though. While I do care for Britts, I was more curious which areas of Carolina Beach were affected. I use the boardwalk as my reference point, and I have friends with property nearby.
Let me be clear since this is a tough subject for you. I do not sit in front of my TV and let people jam negativity and fear down my throat. If I need an update I use an app that gives me brief info about the facts of what's going on. I couldn't even stand the weather channel site because of the stupid auto playing videos. I followed Hurricane Joaquin fairly well, but not from your typical media outlets. When I want news I just want the facts without fear mongering, or blowing stuff out of proportion. Make sense??
Drop the nasty snark. And no media outlet can "jam fear and negativity down your throat" unless you let them. You're as overly dramatic as pre-teen girl. Sheesh.
I will have to say, and it's a bit of a pet peeve of mine, why do news crews from this area need to send a reporter down to Columbia? WRAL sent one down and they came across at least one washed out road and had to change route, then while in the city almost got caught up in a flash flood from a dam collapse and who knows what else. Surely the local stations can supply a reporter's report to them. It seems like it's just adding to a bad situation down there and while it's close, it's not their coverage area.
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Simple question that demanded a simple answer. Maybe complicated for some though. While I do care for Britts, I was more curious which areas of Carolina Beach were affected. I use the boardwalk as my reference point, and I have friends with property nearby.
