On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It was certainly a major storm. But it was the object of round-the-clock >> television coverage, and billions of tax dollars were spent preparing for >> it. It received far more press than the devastating tornadoes that literally >> leveled Joplin, Missouri. Perhaps not much ado about nothing, but certainly >> much ado about very little. It could only happen on the east coast. > > More like it could only happen in the U. S. >
Typhoon Nanmadol just skirted Northern Philippines as a cat-3 (killed 8) while Irene (also a cat-3) was going through the East Coast; it just took a breather (which means it could intensify) and is now on its way to Taiwan. CNN never said anything about it while BBC would mention it about a third of the time but in the same breath as Irene and Libya. But hey--we're used to it! I mean the typhoons, not necessarily the lack of media or even government attention. But that may just be the point that it is so routine that it does get as much fuss as say the East Coast which just had an earthquake and a hurricane go through it. My living memory has been peppered with category 3-5 typhoons EVERY year and my choice of residence and lifestyle revolves around them so I do not necessarily worry as much as others would but I appreciate being "over-warned" and "over-prepared". Bong -- Bong Manayon http://bong.manayon.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
