right, the fact that it wasn't a direct hit doesn't mean that the horrendous scenarios circulating for a direct hit were exaggerated. Thirty-foot floods and thousands of people unable to evacuate is not a recipe for a happy ending.
Dana On 8/29/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well the death estimates were before the storm hit. So part of the > hype, or at least fear. > > I had the CNN coverage on all day on a usually muted multicast stream. > They had some wild clips. Early on there was a woman reporter on > location that was trying to stand up to the wind and not winning. She > got blown back about 30 feet and barely regained her footing, and > there was a torrent of bleeping. The feed cut to the news desk with > some stunned anchors who said something inane like "good thing for > bleeps". > > They've also been constantly reshowing footage of a car getting swept > away with a man inside. Another man goes running after the car to > presumeably rescue the man and he's wading through chest deep water to > get there. > > -Kevin > > On 8/29/05, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm.. > > > > maybe I should stop watching 'Costumes Sold' numbers and turn on the news > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171503 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
