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Originally Posted by senior citizen
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.
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SeniorCitizen,
Please forgive me. I in no way meant to minimize the seriousness of the situation for all who were affected by the storm. News coverage and warnings are extremely important.
I was merely trying to comment on the quality and delivery of news about any news event and how sometimes they beat a situation to death and just keep running on and on when there is really nothing important to add or overly sensationalize the event. JMO. I'm sure that I could have expresed it in a better way.
I sincerely hope that everyone receives the attention, aide, and funds that are needed at this time.