The next big hurricane that's never going to amount to anything has been announced:
Igor.
What a great name for a hurricane right?
After all, it's sort of hard not to laugh at a hurricane called Earl, but Igor?
I know I'm terrified.
The top story on CNN this morning is that Igor has turned into a Category 5 hurricane--that's a five out of five.
What they don't tell you in the CNN headline is that Igor is out to sea and it doesn't look like it's coming on land anytime soon.
So what does that mean?
It means THERE'S NO POINT IN REPORTING ON IT!
But of course, the media simply can't resist trying to scare us with hurricanes. It's become their new favorite pastime.
And in Rhode Island, everybody's favorite new game is to spend hard-earned money on supplies for Hurricanes that aren't coming.
What I find interesting is that nobody from the theater, restaurant, or nightlife community criticized the local media for blowing a hurricane out of proportion thereby causing many of those establishments to lose revenue during the weekend when the most money comes in?
It's okay to report the weather and be wrong. It's another thing to drive everyone into a frenzy that isn't warranted. By Thursday night, if you read the right reports, you could tell that Earl wasn't going to amount to much, but the media was still fanning the flames as last as Friday night when all Rhode Island got was a heavy rain.
I hear people say--"Well, after the floods..."
The floods were last year, people. Does this mean every time it rains we're going to bring up the floods? Because here's a newslfash:
If it floods again, there's very little you can do aside from leave your home...like you did last time.
Haven't we learned?
No, really, haven't we learned?
Igor.
What a great name for a hurricane right?
After all, it's sort of hard not to laugh at a hurricane called Earl, but Igor?
I know I'm terrified.
The top story on CNN this morning is that Igor has turned into a Category 5 hurricane--that's a five out of five.
What they don't tell you in the CNN headline is that Igor is out to sea and it doesn't look like it's coming on land anytime soon.
So what does that mean?
It means THERE'S NO POINT IN REPORTING ON IT!
But of course, the media simply can't resist trying to scare us with hurricanes. It's become their new favorite pastime.
And in Rhode Island, everybody's favorite new game is to spend hard-earned money on supplies for Hurricanes that aren't coming.
What I find interesting is that nobody from the theater, restaurant, or nightlife community criticized the local media for blowing a hurricane out of proportion thereby causing many of those establishments to lose revenue during the weekend when the most money comes in?
It's okay to report the weather and be wrong. It's another thing to drive everyone into a frenzy that isn't warranted. By Thursday night, if you read the right reports, you could tell that Earl wasn't going to amount to much, but the media was still fanning the flames as last as Friday night when all Rhode Island got was a heavy rain.
I hear people say--"Well, after the floods..."
The floods were last year, people. Does this mean every time it rains we're going to bring up the floods? Because here's a newslfash:
If it floods again, there's very little you can do aside from leave your home...like you did last time.
Haven't we learned?
No, really, haven't we learned?
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