O/T Hurricane Irene News Coverage

It's interesting to see how obviously devistated the mainstream media types are over the flooding in the northeast. They barely had the time or interest to talk about the devistation caused by the midwest floods earlier this year. Even tornado damage rates only a brief mention BUT Hurricane Irene flooding appears to be the worst they've ever seen and here it is Wednesday and it's still a major news topic.

I know the flooding is terrible and peoples' losses are unimagniable. It's just interesting to compare the coverage when the disaster is in the media's own backyard.

Maybe I'm just a cynic.

only hear real news like some ball players private life ...
This one was taken 1 mile from another member of another forum in Vermont . He Said that Ford tractor was pushed into the barn and the muddy plot was where the house set last week.

They hyped it up so much then nothing happened so they about shut it down noon time Saturday. Probably why all the NE small states became complacent.

Maybe it's like you said, the media's back yard. Or the fact that it's the most densely populated area of the country. Or the fact that NY, NY was involved - the largest city in the nation.

Right here at the hous the past two springs we have had quate 100 year floods.. Covred acres of good farm land ,Operyland and others places as well as interstates but very little coverage. Like someone said it is all about where it is.

Yeah I hear that line on the talk show circut. 44 dead people and counting who weren't navy seals, so that is chicken feed I suppose? Same helicopters dropping prescriptions and paramedics to people with no roads, or even crossable streams, in any direction for the rest of this week atleast, 8 million people without power, some 2000 miles of pavement washed out, atleast 200 bridges- some over 200 years old, and 100's if not thousands of homes all gone....according to a dumb computor, in an unlikely place- in a matter of hours... is something over dramtized and hyped up? Like it was the biggest natural disater coming your way since 1938?... and it was? This isn't the area prone to annual or semi annual flooding or hurricanes, like the place my mother went to, twice a year, every year, in Missouri, Miss, La, until the much hated national red cross encouraged those states to beef up their own disaster services, then FEMA got those same people to move up to dry land and stay there. Twice a century is diffent to twice a year - don'y ya think? I forgot, what was your point?

I guess the point is the midwest has lost a lot more in snowstorms, floods, and droughts in the past 12 months, which get a smiling mention now & then on the mainstream media which is based in NYC.

While what you had was devistating to many people there, it was not sudden, you had time to prepare for it, and it wasn't all that much compared to what the rest of the nation has gone through.

This isn't a contest, and any life lost is a big deal, ant hardship from the weather is a real hurt for those going through it.

Media coverage, as always, is very one sided. I guess you wouldn't know that, since you don't know what's been happening out here in the midwest.

--->Paul

Personally I am well aware of the weather in the midwest and far west. It's a family hobby for generations. Snow? Snows out there? Here too. Have these things called 'plows', put them infront of town dump trucks, usually deals with snow, so does pitched roofs. Tornados? Not often. 3,4 a century per town, some never ever. till this year. Hurricanes? 7 or 8 a century, a couple bad ones a lifetime. Irene was one. In general, not a severe drought area - ever.
Now. what is the dictionary definition of insane? when a person does the same thing over and over expecting a different result? So if someone loses a house in march, rebuilds it and another tornado flattens it again in June, and another in September....and hangs a flag from a shattered 2 by 4. Sorry,I don't understand?? Send money? Send the well funded always ready New England Red Cross chapters to help flooded out cold war vets that hate the red cross 'cause they had to dip into their Manilla hooker money for a coffee?
News makes ratings by showing viewers and listeners and readers... something- new, unusual, not repetitive. Yes, Im sure the news people did a report or 2 or 3 on the mid west floods, droughts, and tornados...
reminds me something I heard once. An indian rode up to a settler plowing a field. The indian said 'what are you doing?'
Pioneer said' I'm going to plow up this land, grow crops, raise my familly here' Indian said 'no you won't, weather is bad here' farmer says, 'what are you talking about? weather's perfect here!' Indian said' yeah, today, maybe all this year, maybe for awhile,but not all the time. You stay here, you will kill yourself trying, your children will either leave here, or starve'. I know its not a funny story, maybe not a true story, but sure an interesting story.

it's only news when it happens in your back yard . if it's someone elses it's just not important . that's the main stream media. same said about politics , if it's not their position it's wrong.

August is a pretty slow news month most times,so when something comes along they dog it to death.Its all about selling ads and ratings.