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rosieknight ([personal profile] rosieknight) wrote2008-08-20 02:25 pm

Just an observation

The Floridian media has gone crazy over Fay.

Yeah, it's a big deal. All tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes are.

Still, let's put this into perspective. Fay is a tropical storm, not a hurricane. Not even a class one hurricane, the weakest type of hurricane. It doesn't look likely Fay'll ever be a hurricane. Which means as nasty as it is, Fay's unlikely to match Andrew, Charlie, or Ivan. And it's certainly not going to be as terrible as Katrina.

I hope the local media remembers that.

RK

[identity profile] raisedbymoogles.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Perspective doesn't bring in the advertising revenue.

/cynic

[identity profile] rosieknight.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps not, but lack of perspective hurts tourism revenue.

If the first thing people think of when they think of Florida is hurricanes, they're not going to come here for vacation. And tourism is the state's largest industry.