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Offline bj229r

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Re: Media is over-hyping Irene
« Reply #30 on: August 27, 2011, 08:56:21 AM »
Oh God in Heaven NOOOOOoooooooo!
 

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Re: Media is over-hyping Irene
« Reply #31 on: August 27, 2011, 09:31:22 AM »
reports coming out of Frisco, NC that Hatteras Village has been cut off completely just like Isabel in 04.

This is from isabel in 04
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Re: Media is over-hyping Irene
« Reply #32 on: August 27, 2011, 09:40:04 AM »
http://weather.myfoxtampabay.com/maps/WTVT/custom/storms/storm2_track.html

I dont know much about Hurricanes, other then stay the heck away from them, but this one looks like its tracking over about 40 million people.
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Re: Media is over-hyping Irene
« Reply #33 on: August 27, 2011, 09:50:10 AM »
The media needs to be held accountable for misinformation.  It might not be a lie....but.....it's not accurate either.  I say fine them for speculation.  If it's not a fact and you report it and blow it out of proportion, then you get fined.  If you are reporting about something that you can't nail down, don't make crap up to fill in the blanks.  This is one of my biggest pet peeves.
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Re: Media is over-hyping Irene
« Reply #34 on: August 27, 2011, 10:25:03 AM »
The media needs to be held accountable for misinformation.  It might not be a lie....but.....it's not accurate either.  I say fine them for speculation.  If it's not a fact and you report it and blow it out of proportion, then you get fined.  If you are reporting about something that you can't nail down, don't make crap up to fill in the blanks.  This is one of my biggest pet peeves.

I really think the problem at this point is that we (the general public) take what the media presents as "factual information", when what we're really being sold is "entertaining information".  They choose what to cover, and how to cover it, based on it's value as entertainment.

I look at news reports as "episodes", just like any other sit-com. 

I wonder what will be on this evening's episode of the news? 

Hopefully something cool, or entertaining...  Maybe something that will stir other emotions?  Get me fired up, or even a little depressed?
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Re: Media is over-hyping Irene
« Reply #35 on: August 27, 2011, 10:44:08 AM »
Better safe than sorry.

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Re: Media is over-hyping Irene
« Reply #36 on: August 27, 2011, 11:02:04 AM »
Better safe than sorry.

 exactly.

 prepare for the worst. hope for the best.
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Re: Media is over-hyping Irene
« Reply #37 on: August 27, 2011, 11:22:12 AM »
Better safe than sorry.


Yeah, I should evacuate everytime we have a thunderstorm...



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During Ike and Katrina we were order to evacuate here in Houston... The evacuation turned out to be more dangerous than the actual storm.
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Re: Media is over-hyping Irene
« Reply #38 on: August 27, 2011, 11:28:24 AM »

Yeah, I should evacuate everytime we have a thunderstorm...



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During Ike and Katrina we were order to evacuate here in Houston... The evacuation turned out to be more dangerous than the actual storm.

So what probability of disaster is required to issue an evacuation?  Please provide a number.

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Re: Media is over-hyping Irene
« Reply #39 on: August 27, 2011, 11:40:09 AM »
every state but Massachusetts is getting the West side of the storm.. what 80mph winds? ;) ohh wait we'll be getting that up here cuz the eye OF COURSE has to go over... wait for it... Springfield... like they havent had enough from the damn tornados. Springfield MA i've heard to still look like a war zone. still... be prepared guys, dont make it your worst fear but just make sure that that one lil tree wont topple on anything expensive or squishy <S>

So southern Mass is coastal now? Must have been a hell of a storm.  :D

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Re: Media is over-hyping Irene
« Reply #40 on: August 27, 2011, 11:40:45 AM »
So what probability of disaster is required to issue an evacuation?  Please provide a number.

A weak category 2 hurricane does not reach that magical number, IMHO, unless I live on the direct oceanfront or there is a risk of flooding due to breached leavies and I'm at or below sea level, as in N.O. with Katrina. I'm 20 miles from the ocean on the SC coast.... and we did have 1 tree limb down on our property, but one of our dogs is chewing on it so I don't want to take it from her just yet.

If I took "prepare for the worst, pray for the best" to heart, I'd have my 2 acres surrounded by fencing and razor wire by now, and I'd be in the machine gun nest on the roof, with the wife and kids in the underground bunker in the back yard. There are far greater dangers in this day and age to overreact to than the nice tropical storm we're having right now.
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Re: Media is over-hyping Irene
« Reply #42 on: August 27, 2011, 11:46:18 AM »
http://www.nytimes.com/projects/hurricanes/?ref=us#

So it's a Cat 1 now, eh? Run for the hills, fellas, it's the end of times!  :lol
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Re: Media is over-hyping Irene
« Reply #43 on: August 27, 2011, 11:48:37 AM »
So it's a Cat 1 now, eh? Run for the hills, fellas, it's the end of times!  :lol

 i ain't goin anywhere. i'm 60 miles inland. based on the fact that simple rainstorms last year killed my electricity for 3 days, i do have a full tank of fuel in my generator, and a 5 gallon jug of gas for it.
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Re: Media is over-hyping Irene
« Reply #44 on: August 27, 2011, 11:51:33 AM »
So it's a Cat 1 now, eh? Run for the hills, fellas, it's the end of times!  :lol

Hindsight 20/20 is a beautiful thing isn't it?  It could have been much stronger.

Even a cat 1 storm with winds in the realm of 70-80 mph is still going to do a lot of damage.