10-11-2017, 03:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-11-2017, 03:34 PM by Tugboatcap.)
(10-10-2017, 09:12 PM)JustSomeone Wrote: I personally feel like they hyped up Irma. I don't regret evacuating from Florida. But I don't think the media helped either. The crazy thing is that you don't really see that narrative in the mainstream -- the media hyping the hurricanes on purpose. I do find it interesting that no one is calling them on their bullshit out loud.
Exactly! My first cousin and his family lives in Port Charlotte, South of Tampa and evacuated to our house. Port Charlotte was just about a direct hit and from media reports, it was all doom and gloom and destruction.
He got home and none of his family's homes were damaged (between him, kids and in-laws) and all had but a few limbs down and a few trees toppled. No flooding, no house damage, nothing that a bad summer storm wouldn't have caused. All of them had power back within 48-72 hours after the passing of the storm.
He expressed the same frustration of the hyped up severity of the storm in MSM.
I guess doom and gloom sells advertising and gains viewership.
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