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Hurricane Irma
- Thread starter Bahnhof Strasse
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cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
She says its really windy outside
She was right.
ETA: Turns out the photo was taken in 2008 & nothing to do with Irma, just used as a place-holder to attract people to the video, I did wonder why that scene wasn't actually in the video.
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cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Just heard from my niece, her & Richard have been relocated from their hotel in Miami to one in Orlando, this is a great relief to our family.
Tampa, although still waiting for the storm surge, got off better than had been forecast, because the storm didn't take the predicted path to the west, but passed to the east instead, taking the centre of the storm much closer to Orlando than expected.
On Friday they thought Orlando would be hit with winds of 50 mph, gusting to 70-80, now they are expecting 80+ mph gusting to 100+.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Tampa, although still waiting for the storm surge, got off better than had been forecast, because the storm didn't take the predicted path to the west, but passed to the east instead, taking the centre of the storm much closer to Orlando than expected.
On Friday they thought Orlando would be hit with winds of 50 mph, gusting to 70-80, now they are expecting 80+ mph gusting to 100+.
(((MickeyMouse)))
classicdish
Well-Known Member
"A person poses for a funny photo as waves from Hurricane Ike hit the seawall, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, in Galveston, Texas."
Credit: AP Photo/Matt Slocum
Credit: AP Photo/Matt Slocum
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
When I fell asleep about 3am Naples was still waiting for the predicted storm surge, anyone know if it arrived/how bad it was?
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Not yet, they still think a surge is coming, but not as bad as had been predicted.
Looby
Well-Known Member
I fell asleep too so missed it.
I then had a dream that I'd been evacuated to a hotel and loads of random people were there. Mate from work, mate from uni, people I was trying to avoid. It was a massive posh party and then I went to an Irish pub which was playing The Pogues (I've been watching The Wire).
CNN and The Wire is really fogging my brain. [emoji1]
I then had a dream that I'd been evacuated to a hotel and loads of random people were there. Mate from work, mate from uni, people I was trying to avoid. It was a massive posh party and then I went to an Irish pub which was playing The Pogues (I've been watching The Wire).
CNN and The Wire is really fogging my brain. [emoji1]
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
The way the CNN studio 'weatherologist' last night made it sound was like 15' of water was imminently going to wash up the street tsunami style... The street the reporter was standing in the middle of! 'I don't feel happy with you standing there man, you know you are in a straight path from the sea and fifteen feet of water is coming right your way'... The reporter was clearly getting more and more freaked out 
phillm
Trolling through Life (TM)
CNN win the Hurricane reporting hands down. This morning they has some female reporter in Daytona Beach up on the roof babbling on incoherently whilst holding on to a wall as if to say I will win whose the bravest / biggest fool reporter pissing competition.
Looby
Well-Known Member
I saw that! [emoji1]
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Just had this email...
It seems that 'The Storm' decided not to evacuate his villa. His wife started reading about the seriousness of the situation so called an emergency number. It was too late for them to evacuate so they were told to stay in the walk in wardrobeHis new name at work is Dave 'The Storm' Thorn
no word from them yet but people seem unconcerned.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
I'm not certain its about caring more about Americans. I suspect it has more to do with the east coast of the us having more journalists per capita. Or, Florida has better access for the production of weather porn. Television is about ratings, not caring for their fellow man, despite the words that come out of their mouths.
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Racism and considering the Caribbean less important than the US certainly plays a part - but Cuba also has much less electric/comms infrastructure than Florida, and considerably more red tape about foreign journos working there (not surprising when you consider long history of US spying/intel). Believe me if the int'l media were able to pop in and out of there at will to do more reportage, they would. To me the more scandalous angle (and this goes for UK gov't even more than UK media) is how shamingly little concern there is for residents of the UK territories - who should be being taken better care of. Antigua and Barbuda thanking Venezuela for its assistance wtf? UK should do far more.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Wow, just got off the phone with a customer who lives in Saint Martin; he's French and lives on the French side and is saying it's like a war zone. His house and restaurant are gone, nothing left at all. There has been no response from the French government at all, nothing, the Dutch are helping out a bit on their side of the island, but not much, on the French side law has broken down and looting gangs are roaming with machetes, the police have vanished and he's heard on local CB type radio that if he wants any assistance from the French government he needs to get to St Barts, as that is where they have sent all the aid. He reckons he has enough water to last until tomorrow
tbf Antigua & Barbuda is an independent country, not a British Overseas Territory.
Having said that, there are consistent noises coming from several different sources saying that the UK govt response for the OTs of Anguilla, BVIs and Turks & Caicos has been shit
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
^ yes, I know A&B is independent (and physically rather closer to Ven than the UK) but it was a bit of a surprise ... the second half of your post is what I was trying to rant about (not very successfully obviously) 
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Cuban state media reporting 10 died as a result of Irma.
Still no contact or updates from Key West & other keys to the south.
Still no contact or updates from Key West & other keys to the south.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
I'm certain it does play a part. It plays a part in nearly everything, sadly. However, you have to remember that Florida is only 60 percent white and rapidly becoming more brown. Florida is a good example of the huge demographic shifts going on in the US. So I'm not certain it accounts for all of the difference in coverage between Florida and Cuba, etc. Some certainly.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
surely differential reporting reflects the ability to put crews on the ground in relative safety? and to maintain comms. the live feed from naples last night was eye-opening but they never came back after the eye hit (unless they did and i missed it... )
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Yep & nope.
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
this ^ believe it or not, I would venture that just as many Americans care about the Caribbean Islands as care about Florida. Florida is huge and we know it will survive. The islands are small and fragile, and countless tourists have fond memories of vacationing on them, places that they visit every year, etc.
Anyway, I think Yuwipi is completely right...you can't really get flights in to the islands before a storm, they don't know exactly when it's going to hit, and once it does, no way are you going to get flights in. And the infrastructures on the island don't allow for big tv production either. And lines of communication get shut down, and they get shut down completely. it's a bit different out there 100's of miles away from the mainland.
there's a multitude of reasons why coverage of the islands during hurricanes is so bad...but I don't think much of it is to do with viewers not caring. I know I haven't been the only one frantically checking to see more reports from the islands.
Strictly speaking I think the catastrophe dodged Tampa
ricbake
working out how
In Key West the Hemingway Museum and home survived with all its cats!
phillm
Trolling through Life (TM)
ferrelhadley
There is no love between us anymore.
I strongly suspect the death toll is going to go up.
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