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Old 08-29-2015, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by billethkid View Post
I am a little concerned how the media is hyping this as a "dangerous" and "killer storm" approaching FL....with forecasted winds of 30 to 40 mph!!!!!!

We get that in our daily thunderstorms. I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR THE STATE OF fl DECLARED IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY?!? The descriptions and emotions being drummed up are the same as we get when there is a cat 2-4 headed this way.

I do not think the media performs a service when they over hype to assure audience following.
I'm often amused at the horror expressed by the media at the prospect of 30 mph winds here. Those winds were a drop in the bucket on Lake Michigan shoreline towns. Have sailed in them occasionally.

Weather sells.
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