David Kurtz of Talking Points Memo wrote a good piece about the hurricane and TV coverage:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/08/keep_your_wits_about_you.php The main points are: State and local governments don't rely on TV coverage when they make disaster plans so TV hysteria doesn't cause them to overreact. The storm passed over a number of major TV markets, notably DC and NYC, and that's a reason for so much coverage. The National Hurricane Center has become much better in tracking the path of hurricanes in the last couple of years, and in the case of Irene, it was a fairly uncomplicated storm and all of the tracking models were consistent and accurate. The science of tracking the intensity is nowhere near as good as tracking the path so long term projections of intensity are worthless. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
