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Why does the broadcast media seem to want to sell every storm as if it were the end of the world?
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August 29th, 2011
Hurricanes are destructive storms to be sure. If they hit land, it is certain that property and trees and roads are going to be torn up, and some people get drowned or squished.
But it seems like the broadcast media can not resist pumping up the anticipation or expectation that it is Armageddon.
There are all sorts of weather experts out there to discuss the storms. We don’t need ambitious TV talking heads in colorful slickers gasping on camera as they struggle to keep their feet in what is some cases is about a 20 mph wind, which is windy, but not that windy.
What is that all about?
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