indeed you are correct.. The media won't tell you the average intensity of hurricanes that made landfall in the 1930s and 40s category 3.2... The average the past 20 years is category 2.7!!!
National media seems heartbroken Florence weakened
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indeed you are correct.. The media won't tell you the average intensity of hurricanes that made landfall in the 1930s and 40s category 3.2... The average the past 20 years is category 2.7!!!
Well I was referring to the prediction of my area which is a category 0 and they can't makeup their mind if I'm going to get flooding or what. Wilmington will see a category 2 according to the model but this thing is losing speed rapidly.
They also keep avoiding 1954 for some reason
another curious quirk is the news reports from PR in the weeks following the storm reported less than 20 deaths.. Now some political group from Georgetown has done a computer model claiming 3000 people died during storm.. Guess what's now being reported as fact!!
A 2 star were all happy for!
We don’t want no 5 star hurricane!
We don’t want no 5 star hurricane!
Absolutely.....Question for anyone....What can we actually do that will reverse human induced climate change that will be effective? We are not giving up plastics and going back to horse and buggies. Hmmm?
The media is definitely out of hand with blowing stories way out of proportion. It's gotten borderline pathetic.
I'm also a bit disappointed with SC government on this one. There was no reason to order mandatory evacuation for all coastal counties as early as Tuesday. 'Better safe than sorry' was the motto. NC has been facing the same or worse risks than SC with this storm...and waited until the picture was clearer before ordering more targeted and logical evacuations Ordering a million + people from their homes presents a new set of risks...in some cases, those risks exceed the risk of just staying put.
I'm in Charleston, and am typically among the first to leave when evacuation is ordered. Have gotten fed up with all the storm hoopla, and decided to wait and watch Florence. Right now, I am quite happy to be sitting in the comforts of my home rather than trying to figure out when I should start the long slog back home. And I now have another reason why I can't take the media or government at face value.
I'm also a bit disappointed with SC government on this one. There was no reason to order mandatory evacuation for all coastal counties as early as Tuesday. 'Better safe than sorry' was the motto. NC has been facing the same or worse risks than SC with this storm...and waited until the picture was clearer before ordering more targeted and logical evacuations Ordering a million + people from their homes presents a new set of risks...in some cases, those risks exceed the risk of just staying put.
I'm in Charleston, and am typically among the first to leave when evacuation is ordered. Have gotten fed up with all the storm hoopla, and decided to wait and watch Florence. Right now, I am quite happy to be sitting in the comforts of my home rather than trying to figure out when I should start the long slog back home. And I now have another reason why I can't take the media or government at face value.
I have visited Puerto Rico a couple of times on business, my company at one time had six different plants on the Island. I can tell you that PR has wasted resources and American Financial Support to the point, much of what happened as a result of Maria was the fault of the Puerto Rician Government.
Storms never quite live up to what they forecast it will be. They need ratings. That being said, a Category 2 is still very serious. What’s interesting to me is how they had it hovering over SC...showing eye over midlands Saturday evening at 8pm. Now, 12 hours later, it shows the eye in Georgia / NC, far west of Columbia at 8am Saturday. Fact is, decisions are difficult to make with these “experts” forecasting. Not saying they should be correct, but they also shouldn’t exaggerate and pretend to be so sure of what they forecast. Still going to be lots of damage, but do have a feeling this storm will pass, Saturday evening will be a decent night and, depending on damage in the rest of the state, the game could’ve been played. Not saying the right decision wasn’t made...I believe it was. But sometimes things turn out different.
Fixed it for youthat 3000 people died in PR due to the inaction of the PR government.....
Yes, let's play a football game in this:
https://www.ventusky.com/?p=35.62;-80.10;6&l=rain-3h&t=20180916/00
but I guess by you saying "depending on the damage in the rest of the state.." you left yourself an out.
Exactly when are USC officials supposed to make that decision to play or not to play Saturday night based on your FEELING that it will be a decent night??
The media get a hard on any time there is a disaster. This is their chance to get some “great video and interviews” and move up the ladder and show their dedication to their craft.
It’s sickening. And they wonder why the respect for the media is at an all time low.
He nailed it with that song. It’s a lot worse today than it was in the 80s but yeah he nailed it
I'm watching this thing right now and all the red is gone out of it. Little yellow left and the rest is green. And it's still 105 miles away! It's basically a thunderstorm now and by the time it gets to SC it'll be some afternoon shower. All this mas hysteria for an afternoon thunderstorm.
I remember how disappointed the national media was that Charleston didn't riot after the church shooting. Instead blacks and whites united. Media didn't know what to do with themselves.
What they really love to do is put some poor downtrodden half literate person on screen to cry about everything they lost.
That's why they go batty over "everyone get out! Save yourselves! You're gonna die!" Then they come in and hunt around for someone that couldn't afford to leave and use them for a news story.
Ha! Used to sail and race 16’s and 18’s with my brother years ago. Those things were bitchin’.
An afternoon thunderstorm that is gonna dump 25" of rain in the low country.
That is not true. I'm no meteorologist by any stretch of the imagination, but I told my wife 2 days ago it would weaken. It is only common sense. These storms get their strength from warm ocean water temperatures. As it passed over the Gulf Stream it gained strength. As is clears the GS and gets closer to land, the water temps are lower. Therefore, it loses strength. Then when it hits land, it dies and becomes a TS. This is like Hurricanes 101.
They are claiming the storms killed 3000 people because some political group at Georgetown university did a computer model predicting deaths in the ensuing months!!! There were never 3000 bodies! Just a computer model!!!
Every time I think our populace can't get any dumber, I visit this forum and I realize we have untapped potential for stupidity.
Yes, the media is to blame if a storm weakens. Brilliant hypothesis.
Yes, the media is to blame if a storm weakens. Brilliant hypothesis.
Good God man at this point I don't know if you are really this dumb or just trolling.
Going by your theory a storm has never hit the U.S. as a hurricane.
So what I think I can conclude is that you are very lucky your wife is satisfied being married to a really dumb guy.
Just a question... have you ever worked in a newsroom? How do you know so much about how journalists operate?
Every time there is a disaster, the local stations in my market do on-air telethons to raise money for people who have lost things. They hold clothing and food drives and do what they can to help people while also informing them. To say that they get upset when people don't die is irresponsible and downright wrong.
I think he's being a little melodramatic. Just like the coverage for any hurricane has been.
Yes, people need to be aware of what's going on.
What we DON'T need is news broadcasters that aren't professionals on weather giving opinions and misleading information to the public.
This is nothing new given any ordinary events in the world. The media feeds off negativity and anything that will put eyes in front of the TV.
"We have discovered an every day household item is killing a child every day in this nation. Tune in at 10:00 PM to find out what it is"
Because I see how they operate every day. If I freaked out about everything they wanted me to freak out about I'd have long been dead of high blood pressure.
I would say that would be the inaction on the local government and their very poor infrastructure which through tons of money is still poor.that 3000 people died in PR due to the inaction of the US government.....
