The weather in the USA...

[Johnny Canuck3]

In the two days before it reached New York, I'd bet that the coverage equalled that given the earthquake in the two days following.

That's why this thread came into existence: british people complaining about the saturation coverage in their country, of a storm in the USA.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I've agreed all along that it's a valid point. Problem is that you keep downplaying the actual reality of the storm by focusing on what didn't happen rather than what did in order to prove your point. I don't see anyone disagreeing with your so-called point, I just don't see why you keep arguing about it and as a result, seeming offensive and insensitive.

I keep 'arguing', because you keep posting comments and questions directed at me.

Why is it a 'so called point'? Many commentators have discussed the era of hype reporting that we seem to have entered, in large part, imo, because of CNN.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

seeming offensive and insensitive.

You overlooked my point about people being a bit humorous about the washed-up feet story. It's possible to glean offence out of just about anything.

 

[dilute micro]

I wasn't mistaken.

Btw, I think people are forgetting something. News shows have to get ratings just like any other tv program. Impending disaster keeps butts in seats more than 'it's a bit windy today'.

Yes you were mistaken.

Irene hit the coast of NC on August 27th.

You made this post that same day referring to a news report from the 26th - the day before Irene arrived:

"Exactly. Yesterday, I was watching CNN. The weatherman made a big fuss when the winds in North Carolina gusted up to..............wait for it...............50 mph. Gusts of 50 mph."
Johnny Canuck3, Saturday at 4:06 PM http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/hurricane-irene.279843/page-3#post-10412353

Essentially what that reporter you saw was saying was, "it's not even here yet and the winds are 50 mph". It's not 'hype'. You just didn't understand what you were watching on tv.

 

[dilute micro]

I'm not sneering at anyone in Vermont.

I'm pointing out what I think is a valid point: networks like CNN sometimes [often] hype up stories in order to boost their ratings.

You've been every bit of disrespectful. You've tried to trivialize the hurricane and its effects. You weren't simply making the case that it gets too much attention.

Had you been better educated on what a hurricane is and understood what news reports on tv were communicating - you might have done a better job.

 

[teqniq]

Epic fail on the part of the National Guard:

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I think most of the country has had at least one weather related disaster this year. This is what we're still dealing with:

http://omaha.com/article/20110831/NEWS01/708319910/1009#.Tl-UiZ5Sxbs.facebook

At a certain point all you can do is try to laugh about it and cope.

 

[dilute micro]

I think most of the country has had at least one weather related disaster this year. This is what we're still dealing with:

http://omaha.com/article/20110831/NEWS01/708319910/1009#.Tl-UiZ5Sxbs.facebook

At a certain point all you can do is try to laugh about it and cope.

Or you can make fun.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Or you can make fun.

Me río solamente de usted.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

You've been every bit of disrespectful. You've tried to trivialize the hurricane and its effects. You weren't simply making the case that it gets too much attention.

Had you been better educated on what a hurricane is and understood what news reports on tv were communicating - you might have done a better job.

You've been every bit of disrespectful. You've tried to trivialize the hurricane and its effects. You weren't simply making the case that it gets too much attention.

Had you been better educated on what a hurricane is and understood what news reports on tv were communicating - you might have done a better job.

I've been satirical. My intention was to hold up for ridicule, the penchant of our for-profit news organizations to take every opportunity to sensationalize the news in order to earn larger profits.

 

[dilute micro]

I've been satirical. My intention was to hold up for ridicule, the penchant of our for-profit news organizations to take every opportunity to sensationalize the news in order to earn larger profits.

In some posts maybe - but in others like the one I quoted - that wasn't satire.

 

[dilute micro]

Me río solamente de usted.

It's because of who you are.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

It's because of who you are.

Sí, porque tengo un cerebro.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

In some posts maybe - but in others like the one I quoted - that wasn't satire.

I say it is, though. And I wrote it.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Sí, porque tengo un cerebro.

Speaking of which: I'm going to take a Spanish class this Fall.

 

[dilute micro]

I say it is, though. And I wrote it.

You said you weren't mistaken - but you were.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

You said you weren't mistaken - but you were.

About the 50 mph? I'm not mistaken.

 

[dilute micro]

About the 50 mph? I'm not mistaken.

No. I believe you actually did see that on tv. You're mistaken in what you thought it meant.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

No. I believe you actually did see that on tv. You're mistaken in what you thought it meant.

What I thought it meant, was that the windspeed indicator hit 50mph, and CNN weatherman Chad Myers made a little exclamation/fuss about it.

 

[dilute micro]

What I thought it meant, was that the windspeed indicator hit 50mph, and CNN weatherman Chad Myers made a little exclamation/fuss about it.

Judging from the thread - that's not true.

No hype in reporting that the wind was up to 50 mph when the hurricane hadn't even arrived yet.

 

[spring-peeper]

To me this discussion seems disrespectful to the people/areas that did suffer massive damage. Who the fuck cares if some tv reporter was covering a certain area that was predicted to get hit by a cat.3 and only got hit by a tropical storm, and therefore had to be a bit dramatic and improvise?

For me, the fact that huge portions of Vermont and New York state etc, are still under water, roads and towns destroyed, and that Vt lost a few of its iconic covered bridges hits really close to home, and is very upsetting.

It's all well and good to sit there 100's or 1000's of miles away and sneer, but it's pissing me off.

I'm within the 100 mile limit and I'm not sneering.

I feel bad for Vermont, but I also feel bad for Quebec. One of the death's from the storm were in Quebec, and I'm betting that it's only the Canadian press that covered it. It's as if the press, and some Americans, seem to think that the storm finished at the US border.

Out of curiosity, did the Eastern States cover anything about the flooding in the Richelieu Valley this spring?

 

[dilute micro]

I'm within the 100 mile limit and I'm not sneering.

I feel bad for Vermont, but I also feel bad for Quebec. One of the death's from the storm were in Quebec, and I'm betting that it's only the Canadian press that covered it. It's as if the press, and some Americans, seem to think that the storm finished at the US border.

Out of curiosity, did the Eastern States cover anything about the flooding in the Richelieu Valley this spring?

They usually cover things like that. True they don't spend a lot of time on it though.

It really can't be said to compare - the 100s of millions on the east coast v. 5 to 6 thousand people that choose to live in the wilderness.

 

[not-bono-ever]

lazy bump but yeh. The US power system in the south and SW is structurally fucked. Look at these articles in the link - gonna be a nasty summer

Climate crisis in the American west | The Guardian

Latest news, sport, business, comment, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice

www.theguardian.com

 

[teqniq]

Yeah been seeing stuff like this on Twitter. Looks pretty grim:

Lake Mead: largest US reservoir falls to historic low amid devastating drought

The reservoir will be at its lowest since the 1930s when the Hoover dam was built, and officials expect levels to get worse

www.theguardian.com

 

[spring-peeper]

Yeah been seeing stuff like this on Twitter. Looks pretty grim:

Lake Mead: largest US reservoir falls to historic low amid devastating drought

The reservoir will be at its lowest since the 1930s when the Hoover dam was built, and officials expect levels to get worse

www.theguardian.com

This article has pictures of before (2020) and this year.

Satellite images show extreme drought drying up California reservoirs

As extreme drought continues to choke the southwest, new satellite images are showing the significant effect it's having on California's reservoirs -- many have critically low water levels.

www.cnn.com

Totally mind blowing how much the water levels are down.



total aside: I wonder when the climate change deniers will accept the fact that the climate is changing and the scientists, etc. were right.

 

[not-bono-ever]

billings at 100+ is criminal

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

billings at 100+ is criminal

It was a 106 F where I live. We usually see one or two days of that during a summer, but we were told to expect higher than normal temperatures all summer.

 

[Flavour]

Soon the migrant trains coming up from Central America will be ploughing straight through and past the United States up into Canada

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Soon the migrant trains coming up from Central America will be ploughing straight through and past the United States up into Canada

Only if they can outrun the Americans trying to cross.

 

[skyscraper101]

I’ve no clue how they coping now but round about the time I left for good in 2015, Los Angeles only had about 1 years supply of water backed up in their reservoirs.

Op-Ed: California has about one year of water stored. Will you ration now?

Given the historic low temperatures and snowfalls that pummeled the eastern U.S. this winter, it might be easy to overlook how devastating California's winter was as well.

www.latimes.com