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Nashville to be Hammered by Katrina

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From following the weather the past few days, meterologists are saying that Katrina will still be a tropical storm as it moves through Nashville and Tennessee. Are any TV or radio stations having special coverage of the storm? I'm just wondering.<P ID="signature">______________
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> From following the weather the past few days, meterologists
> are saying that Katrina will still be a tropical storm as it
> moves through Nashville and Tennessee. Are any TV or radio
> stations having special coverage of the storm? I'm just
> wondering.
>
I can't say about television, but so far, other than an occassional weather update, most radio stations are procedding with their regular programming as of this morning. It could change later on today, but radio is precedding with business as usual.
 
> > From following the weather the past few days,
> meterologists
> > are saying that Katrina will still be a tropical storm as
> it
> > moves through Nashville and Tennessee. Are any TV or radio
>
> > stations having special coverage of the storm? I'm just
> > wondering.
> >
> I can't say about television, but so far, other than an
> occassional weather update, most radio stations are
> procedding with their regular programming as of this
> morning. It could change later on today, but radio is
> precedding with business as usual.
>
At WLAC we're doing hourly stories covering all the typical angles... and we'll go into our usual severe weather mode (including wall to wall coverage if there's a tornado warning). There really isn't a reason to do anything else in terms of expanded coverage, especially since the brunt of the storm has died down and New Orleans is still in existence. I'm sure though it won't be long until TV finds a tree limb down in somebody's yard and they ALL set up live shots describing the MASSIVE damage. <P ID="signature">______________
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> > > From following the weather the past few days,
> > meterologists
> > > are saying that Katrina will still be a tropical storm
> as
> > it
> > > moves through Nashville and Tennessee. Are any TV or
> radio
> >
> > > stations having special coverage of the storm? I'm just
> > > wondering.
> > >
> > I can't say about television, but so far, other than an
> > occassional weather update, most radio stations are
> > procedding with their regular programming as of this
> > morning. It could change later on today, but radio is
> > precedding with business as usual.
> >
> At WLAC we're doing hourly stories covering all the typical
> angles... and we'll go into our usual severe weather mode
> (including wall to wall coverage if there's a tornado
> warning). There really isn't a reason to do anything else
> in terms of expanded coverage, especially since the brunt of
> the storm has died down and New Orleans is still in
> existence. I'm sure though it won't be long until TV finds
> a tree limb down in somebody's yard and they ALL set up live
> shots describing the MASSIVE damage.
>
Define existence, I'm watching the first helocopter video of New Orleans on WDSU's stream. They have a big mess. What is interesting all day long the national media made it sound that it wasn't that bad however I kept an eye on this stream and locally in New Orleans it was not as pretty as the national folks painted it.

Nock



<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Nock on 08/30/05 01:00 AM.</FONT></P>
 
> > > > From following the weather the past few days,
> > > meterologists
> > > > are saying that Katrina will still be a tropical storm
>
> > as
> > > it
> > > > moves through Nashville and Tennessee. Are any TV or
> > radio
> > >
> > > > stations having special coverage of the storm? I'm
> just
> > > > wondering.
> > > >
> > > I can't say about television, but so far, other than an
> > > occassional weather update, most radio stations are
> > > procedding with their regular programming as of this
> > > morning. It could change later on today, but radio is
> > > precedding with business as usual.
> > >
> > At WLAC we're doing hourly stories covering all the
> typical
> > angles... and we'll go into our usual severe weather mode
> > (including wall to wall coverage if there's a tornado
> > warning). There really isn't a reason to do anything else
>
> > in terms of expanded coverage, especially since the brunt
> of
> > the storm has died down and New Orleans is still in
> > existence. I'm sure though it won't be long until TV
> finds
> > a tree limb down in somebody's yard and they ALL set up
> live
> > shots describing the MASSIVE damage.
> >
> Define existence, I'm watching the first helocopter video
> of New Orleans on WDSU's stream. They have a big mess.
> What is interesting all day long the national media made it
> sound that it wasn't that bad however I kept an eye on this
> stream and locally in New Orleans it was not as pretty as
> the national folks painted it.
>
> Nock
>

Of course, TV stations talking about "massive" damage is no worse than radio stations interrupting every two minutes to give us a weather warning for a portion of some small county. Unless it is a MAJOR storm, neither radio nor TV should go wall-to-wall with everything.
 
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