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Originally Posted by CarolSells
I totally agree, also. I'm somewhat of a night owl and tuned in vey late last night and at first it was interesting. I also leave my television on all night so I checked in periodically and on several different channels.
Here are some things I saw:
1) HLN (the sensationalism channel a.k.a. Nancy Grace's station) had a female shreiking about people who "just blatantly refused to evacuate" as if she got left out of the Casey assasination!
2) All sorts of helpful hints for survival such as "bring those trash cans in - don't want those blowin' around", "turn your lawn furniture upside down to protect it", and "if you don't live in a poorer area and have some money left here at the end of the month go to the ATM and take out some cash" Really! "Stay away from windows!".
3) And the perrenial fav: "We have Bill on the line who lives in Atlantic City, N.C. where they are reporting torrential rain right now. (Add split screen shot where we can see said rain). So, Bill what can you see as you look out you window?". (She missed #2).
Oh well, at least they are leaving the housing market alone! Thanks for reading.
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I hear you. But, "food for thought". Those in the midst of it all probably had no electricity, thus no television reception. The lucky ones had battery powered scanners.
Any early warnings were directed mostly to those along the eastern coastline. Many who did not heed the warnings did drive through flood waters and sadly drowned. Same thing happened in Vermont to unsuspecting people who didn't quite realize how serious a situation this was.
Our own Governor of Vermont was vacationing in Canada but flew home when he realized the enormity of this "tropical storm" upon the rugged state of Vermont, as he calls it. He's been blamed for not evacuating the state, but truthfully........where would everyone go???? We are an inland state.
It was a hit and miss type of storm. But even at a category 1, in a non coastal state, it wreaked havoc up here. All we were warned about was the possibility of flooding...........but no one thought that barns, cows, homes, you name it, would be floating down their main streets, or that their roads and bridges would be washed out and destroyed by the raging flood waters, leaving them isolated. It was the worst flood in 80 years or else it's being called the 100 year flood for the state. It's quite unimaginable except for those going through it at the moment.
In our area, the winds were not that bad......but everyone had battened down the hatches and secured things beforehand, just in case.
It was the flooding up here that was, and still is , devastating. The president never even came to Vermont when he was running for election the first time.........now supposedly, he's sending a "team"...not sure if he's coming personally. Our Governor actually landed his helicopter in Bennington after surveying the damage statewide.
Again............better safe than sorry. We are a low population state, unlike say the New York New Jersey metro area..........no one imagined Irene could do what she did. Hopefully, this next one will not come this way.