Re: Hurricane <SNIP> Super Media Circus

J.J. Falkanger (gatorjj@excite.com)
Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:35:00 PDT


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:42:33 EDT, SolarFry@aol.com wrote:

>
> I hope you make your decisions about Floyd based on your own intelligence
and
> not that of the newscasters (none to be found there!). They ran amuck
> through town trying to find some damage somewhere (none) so they could
> broadcast some terrifying hurricane news. They finally latched on to some

> surfers who described conditions as mild and not even half as bad as when
a
> northeaster blows through in winter. They found an old termite infested
tree
> by beach that collapsed from termites and blamed it on storm...
>
> It was funny watching them standing by beach with normal swells and no
wind
> claiming huge waves and 50 + MPH wind. All this while tourists were
walking
> leisurely by.. (their hair did'nt even twitch once).
>
> They scared living shit outa everybody in town with their multiple
> exagerations...
>

Come to think of it, what _hasn't_ the S. Florida media blown out of
proportion ever?

J.J. Falkanger
(who's surfed in some of those Noreasters--the hurricanes were more fun)

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