The water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico is hotter than ever before. That gives these storms the fuel to strengthen rapidly. Ian went from a CAT 1 to almost a 5 quickly. The intensity of thunderstorms, severe heat, the melting of ice shelfs, etc... are all climate related. These "Once in a Thousand" year events are happening at an alarming rate all over the world. Deny at your own peril...
there is a pretty tall place near me, it is a landfill with all the debris from the last hurricane
It depends on what type of news source you're looking at. If it's a major publication or a proper news outlet with actual "journalists", then yes, you'd be right to be picky. If it's a small-budget rag where 1/2 the thing along with the entire back page is filled with ads and they pay people per column to write for them, then the bar is a bit lower. If you're looking at online sources where they may be little more than a website that grabs news items from other sources and repackages them as smaller and simpler articles for their readers to quickly digest, again, correct spelling and grammar may be too much to ask. Their staff are probably earning a pittance and they may not even be located in the US, meaning English may not be their first language.
Those folks are writing for search engines and to keep readers on the site to see as many ads as possible---thus long-winded articles where the writer (or bot) talks in circles and may never get to the conclusion.
Those aren't the particular ones I had in mind when I posted my comment above, but yeah, I've seen those too and know exactly what you're referring to. Others that can be annoying are when the headline of a particular article, or the photo they post with it are merely "click bait" to get people to go to their site and that story, only to find that the photo they'd posted had nothing to do with the article, or the headline was way overblown.
Be careful clicking on that bait. Some may try to infect your computer.
I'm talking about actual newspapers.
For the past decade or more, the priority for newspapers has been to get the news online first and fastest, often with the reporters posting stories totally unedited. Many reporters are poor spellers. Some are even poor writers. They have their jobs because they can gather facts. In the pre-internet days, their stories would have to pass through at least three editors -- the city editor, a copy editor, and the copy desk chief -- to make it into print. Many papers now don't even have copy editors. The city editor cleans up what he or she can (bear in mind that this person often isn't a good speller or grammarian either) and hopes for the best. The physical newspaper is doomed, anyway, so what you're now seeing on the internet is likely to become the norm. This is becoming a sub-literate world.
And tomorrow he goes to Florida to see Ian damage. Hopefully, no embarrassing gaffes or perceived or real disorientation, and a civil reception in Florida from Gov. DeSantis.
I use speech to text regularly on my Android messenger. It is about 75% correct but doesn't seem to be able to diagnose context (as does normal English). Lots of misspellings as well but it does OK considering the complexity of the English language. I really doubt it will get to 100% though. Especially in a small device such as a smartphone.
I watched the most recent Bill Maher Show. He and his guest Van Jones had a very interesting discussion about Biden's public image and his behind the scenes work on the public's behalf. The summary was that most of the media focuses upon the public image which is not consequential and completely misses the work which is done behind closed doors. Biden's litany of positive bills so far is the best in a bunch of congressional sessions IMHO. Especially given the distracting BS from the Right.
