tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553815707336774090.post3195621755085590183..comments2023-09-01T07:29:17.454-04:00Comments on [un]Common Sense: Sunday Sermon [Category Five Hype]Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579585545543464648noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553815707336774090.post-84998358599357602762011-09-05T22:05:36.251-04:002011-09-05T22:05:36.251-04:00Anonymous: you've definitely hit on the salien...Anonymous: you've definitely hit on the salient points. NYC was largely untouched, but the lesser-known, smaller upstate communites were heavioly impacted, though it was hardly covered with the same zeal. they wanted something to hit a LARGE city.<br /><br />Also, almost NO coverage of how rising water temperatures are playing a huge part in keeping these storms alive, and even making them worse. But our media is still "debating" AGW -- as if one could debate with someone with a flat earth mentality.Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09579585545543464648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553815707336774090.post-69733367799802412222011-09-05T09:29:02.886-04:002011-09-05T09:29:02.886-04:00I could have forgiven them the hype if the tone ha...I could have forgiven them the hype if the tone hadn't been so subtly gleeful. Am I cynical in thinking that they were partially playing to mid-America's dislike of New York as a place full of commie/pinkos, welfare-using, snobbish Woody Allen types? Were some people hoping NYC would be trashed for its sinfulness? Dunno. They succeeded in scaring some New Yorkers, lots of people with families in NYC, while FAILing utterly to anticipate and report on the flood danger in upstate NY, NJ, and VT. I saw one quick blurb about this. <br /><br />Had the intent been to warn people, there might have been less sensationalistic coverage on the impact on major cities and more on the impact for people living along the rivers in the affected states. There might EVEN have been coverage of the impact on AGW as a factor in the flooding/storm surge. <br /><br />Exploiting disasters (or near disasters) for entertainment is wicked.<br /><br />I saw lots of commercials during the coverage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com