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Hurricane Sandy TV Coverage and possible preemptions.

justpassingthough said:
If large amounts of destruction and death are a result, then it becomes a national tragedy and a national story, sadly, but until then, it seems to be a lot of hype- and thats what probably "annoys" those of us outside of the Northeast- who don't receive the same treatment when natural disasters of similar magnitude strike our communities.
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I don't know what newscasts you watch, but I'm a pretty regular viewer of NBC Nightly News and, to a lesser extent, CBS Evening News. They've been pretty much wall-to-wall for the last few big Gulf hurricanes, even the ones that have fizzled, and NBC at least was leading its newscasts regularly and for days on end over the summer with the western wildfires.

Sandy is expected to affect some 60 million people - one out of five Americans - along an 800-mile-wide path from Tennessee and Virginia (where heavy snow is expected tonight and tomorrow) deep into the Great Lakes and then out into New England. It may not have the same massive impact on any one individual area as, say, Katrina had on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, but it's having a broad impact on probably ten times as many people as are directly affected by any "normal" hurricane that hits farther south. I don't think this level of coverage is unjustified at all.
 
WCBS 2 is preempting the ENTIRE CBS lineup to WLNY (IND). I've been watching WCBS and the coverage is awesome! Tony Aiello, Chris Wragge, Derek Dennis and the Mobile Weather Lab have been doing an amazing job!

New York has now broken an all-time record for flood stage (10.7 feet at Battery)-the record was 10.2 back in '60 with Hurricane Donna.

-crainbebo
 
When the stock markets shut down for 2 days becaus of Sandy, it becomes a national story.
 
The NYSE closing is a hyped up story. They could have just as easily done business from Chicago since the backup hub is there.

I also think should be a regional story. If something like this happened in the gulf then it would be ignored. The only time the gulf gets any national attention is when it is a Cat 4 or higher.
 
sathman01 said:
The NYSE closing is a hyped up story. They could have just as easily done business from Chicago since the backup hub is there.
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It's not just the NYSE itself. It's the entire financial landscape around it, which is still very heavily dependent on human beings gathering in lower Manhattan, which is currently underwater.

I also think should be a regional story. If something like this happened in the gulf then it would be ignored. The only time the gulf gets any national attention is when it is a Cat 4 or higher.
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All due respect, this is counterfactual nonsense.

How many nights did Hurricane Isaac lead the national news in August? That was barely a Cat 2.

In any case, this is not just about the strength of the storm when it hits land. It's about the number of people affected, which is massive. And it's about what makes news "news". We expect by now that the Gulf will take a pounding from hurricanes a few times each autumn. When was the last time the largest city in America took a pounding like this? (30 foot storm surges right now in New York Harbor.)
 
Flipping through the news channels during the 9pm ET hour:
CNN is doing continuous Sandy coverage with correspondents standing in floodwater. Also interviewed the author of the book "The Perfect Storm." Helpful
Fox News has Hannity on. Right now he's interviewing the father of one of the Americans killed in Benghazi.
MSNBC has their regular programs, mostly focused on Sandy, but right now heaping praise on Newark mayor Cory Booker (a Democrat, you know)
HLN has Nancy Grace anchoring special coverage with such topics as which smartphone apps can be helpful to those in the path. ::)
CNBC is airing continuous coverage, partially simulcast from WNBC 4 and anchored from Seacaucus by Bill Griffith and Michelle Carusa-Cabrerra. Arguably the best coverage of the cablers.
 
New York broke a record more than 3 feet higher than the all-time record storm surge tonight=13.87 feet at Battery Park. Lower Manhattan was flooded, and the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel was flooded severely by the storm surge.
Atlantic City is pretty much, underwater. Casinos and businesses are flooded, and the curfew continues until 6AM Eastern. No one is allowed outside their home.
Mayor Bloomberg gave the update at 10PM ET, saying that 911 was being flooded by non-emergency calls, and so it is gumming up the system. Second, many cars are stuck in the floodwaters-and so the emergency vehicles also get stuck too, so Bloomberg told everyone to "Stay off the roads!"

-crainbebo
 
The storm has also cost Jimmy Kimmel a week of shows from Brooklyn; Letterman was scheduled to be one of his guests.

All of the New York-based late night shows (Letterman, Fallon, Daily Show, Colbert Report) will be in reruns.
 
David Letterman did his show without an audience, and he was never funnier. Paul Shaffer was a perfect foil, and his guest was Denzil Washington.
 
39 are now dead in the U.S.
More than 8 million+ people are out of power in 20+ states, and Hurricane Sandy is trying to take over Ohio and MI with severe power outages in Cuyahoga County, Ohio (according to WEWS-TV5)
Chicago is even getting "Sandy-Effects" on Lake Michigan, and officials are warning Chicago residents to stay away from Lake Michigan!

-crainbebo
 
CBS programming on WCBS is STAYING on the main WCBS 2.1 channel, where last night it was wall-to-wall Sandy coverage as the high tide roared in shortly after prime time started. Because of that, WLNY 55 aired the CBS programming.

-crainbebo
 
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