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Irene: Overhyped by the media?

vibe said:
Go tell those poor folks in VT and NJ that Irene was overhyped...
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Exactly.

Everyone enjoys a good laugh or an "I told you it wouldn't be that bad" until it happens to them. Then it really becomes serious.
 
Just watched some reports on that very subject, which soundly disprove the notion of "overhype," not to mention that with Vermont not being New York, the whole red herring "bias" lie is yet again exposed as a sham.
 
I will never forget the reporter during Katrina who was sitting in a boat in what appeared to be a massive flooded area only to have people walk in the background and you see that the water was barely ankle deep. TV news is all about "compelling images" what you see on screen is not always like it is in real life. A dozen people chanting and holding signs can easily be made to look like a mob simply by zooming in for a close-up.
 
flytrap said:
I will never forget the reporter during Katrina who was sitting in a boat in what appeared to be a massive flooded area only to have people walk in the background and you see that the water was barely ankle deep. TV news is all about "compelling images" what you see on screen is not always like it is in real life. A dozen people chanting and holding signs can easily be made to look like a mob simply by zooming in for a close-up.
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Unless there was a second time, what I saw was a town in New Jersey that got flooded (not Katrina), and a Today Show reporter was rowing a rowboat in the "flooded" street, and two guys were walking across behind her, carrying something. Matt Lauer (& maybe Katie Couric) were chuckling in the studio, as this reporter put on a show.

Lauer said something like "Y'know, Michelle, it really doesn't look that bad!" and the reporter seemed to hem and haw for an excuse. That was a funny clip, to say the least. I'm sure it's still on YouTube, but I'd have to get the right key words.

That being said, as one who lives in Florida, one can never over-prepare. One has to keep a cool head and a smart plan for such emergencies. I myself constantly have to learn.

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Bob1370 said:
Down in the Carolinas it was no joke, and hit the coastal areas hard with a lot of damage and loss of life. Ask someone down there and they'll tell you it lived up to their fears.
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People need to stop saying Carolinas. As their are two and it makes some people think both will get hammered from the storm, North Carolina and South Carolina. In this case which state got hit much harder was North Carolina as it made landfall there. South Carolina just got some of the rain and wind from the hurricane. Also North Carolina seems to get hit much more then South Carolina.
 
vibe said:
Go tell those poor folks in VT and NJ that Irene was overhyped...
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And go tell those poor folks in North and South Dakota that it wasn't overhyped......

They've been dealing with WORSE flooding for months.

Not to mention that the media didn't give two pieces of excrement about Vermont until after the storm passed and it was clear that VT received the most damage. Now they're using it as a justification.
 
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