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re: Sheriff Marceno just said on GMA that Lee County (Florida) has hundreds dead
Posted on 9/29/22 at 11:18 am to thejuiceisloose
Posted on 9/29/22 at 11:18 am to thejuiceisloose
Posted on 9/29/22 at 11:21 am to Caraway Rye
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All suicides
I am in Texas. When I see wildfires in California, or tornados in..... Kentucky, I choose not to judge the events of a situation in a location I know nothing about and then double down on my lack of knowledge by being an attention whore moron shitting on the tragic deaths of people who aren't even in the fricking ground yet. But you do you.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 12:20 pm to Oates Mustache
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Bonita Springs was ground zero for the surge, so it would not surprise me at all by those numbers. Few people left that area.
Usually the media is looking for that first casualty so the named storm can be headlined “killer”.
The relative silence until now seems ominous for that reason. A more terrible story may be already known to some and is being withheld awaiting confirmation. That may be giving the media more credit than it usually deserves.
Hundreds dead would not surprise me either.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 12:24 pm to Duke
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Ok, lets use this storm as a test case. On Monday, the NHC (two days from landfall) had the storm brushing Tampa and going just north. The resulting surge from that path would have been catastrophic.
What should the media say about that?
Is it inaccurate to report the official path and what would result from it?
By Tuesday, a day out, it became clear who was going to get hit. It was reported that way.
All very good points. Absolutely valid. The problem, however, is that the media has historically blown up stories about storms to the extreme time after time after time. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" syndrome has already set in with a lot of people. It's gonna take more than accurate reporting on one storm to make people less skeptical.
A good start would be for The Weather Channel and other entities to accurately report expectations for smaller storms as well. Storms like tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes like category one "Florence" in 1988 ought not be reported like they're on par with Betsy, Camille, Andrew, or Katrina.
Once these media players earn some real credibility insofar as factually reporting storms I think people will start placing more trust in them and acting accordingly when a massive and powerful storm is brewing. But, of course, there will always be a few true idiots that will never be convinced to evacuate ahead of a legitimate potentially devastating hurricane. Natural selection tends to weed these people out and prevent them from further contaminating the gene pool.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 12:29 pm to thejuiceisloose
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So you’re saying that any criticism would be unwarranted? He should get immunity from tough questions because you like him?
Yes, that's exactly what he said. You certainly didn't read anymore into it
Posted on 9/30/22 at 8:15 am to RTRinTampa
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True that Reagan started it with landlines so the truly infirmed could call 911.
Oh my, you really believe this??? It was always for low income people, and even expanded twice in his tenure, including a 2nd program called Link Up America
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but you keep doing you as the disingenuous frick you are.
Really bizarre to say in a thread titled
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Sheriff Marceno just said on GMA that Lee County (Florida) has hundreds dead
I guess bearing false witness about hundreds of dead people is your jam, but truth about the history of the lifeline program is your kryptonite.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 8:42 am to Mr. Misanthrope
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The relative silence until now seems ominous for that reason. A more terrible story may be already known to some and is being withheld awaiting confirmation.
Nah.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 9:24 am to toosleaux
There are numerous people that stayed on Sanibel Island to ride it out. What fricking morons.
I saw a story this morning on the news about a couple with 2 young kids that just recently moved there and decided to stay. They survived but said it was terrifying. fricking idiots.
I saw a story this morning on the news about a couple with 2 young kids that just recently moved there and decided to stay. They survived but said it was terrifying. fricking idiots.
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