I guess when the reporters don’t have to go out and actually travel into the hinterlands, but can instead just drive a few hours on roads in good repair, to places where the biggest issue is lack of power and maybe running water they will actually bother to cover the storm damage.

One the one hand we have unprecedented damage from Helene in the hills of North Carolina and Tennessee, and on the other hand we have what is, effectively, “normal” post hurricane damage in Florida from Milton….But one gets covered well and one doesn’t.

Is it laziness? Or is it something else?

of debris that hit him

Anderson Cooper hit by hurricane wind-borne debris during live broadcast

Apparently he is unharmed, but I still am not sympathetic.

Why he thinks that he needs to be there (yes, I know, …Ratings) when everyone else is told to leave, I don’t know. He endangered himself and his crew for popularity and street cred.

I just wish it had been a big enough piece to teach him a real lesson.

at the local diner.

“If only the federal government would hand out free meals, free hotel room vouchers  and $2000 debit cards to the Helene victims like they do illegals”

When the Media states that something that Trump or any other Conservative says

“The False Claim that…….”   I give the story full credence….assume that the statement that is being “debunked” is true.

Cats and dogs and Hattians, Voter Fraud, Failure of FEMA to react well to the devastation(as well as their spending money allocated to them for disaster relief on “Migrants”)…..All “False Narratives”

“Who you gonna believe? Me or your lyin’ eyes? ”

From the FEMA website before it got scrubbed:

“Die with memories, not dreams”

“To see the right, and not do it, is cowardice”

“Life is not fair, but it beats the alternative”

“No one ever got tired of loving, they get tired of waiting, tired of lies, tired of assuming the other is truly sorry, and tired of hurting”

“If you can’t acknowledge your mistakes, you will never learn from them or change your behavior”

I really wish that the meteorologists and reporters would learn what a “Flash Flood” is,

There is no “Flash Flooding” in the panhandle of Florida….Flooding? Yes. Lots of that. But Flash Floods are a totally different thing. It takes elevation and large areas that gather water and concentrate it which then runs downhill rapidly, leaving a wall of water that inundates things in it’s path. There is no geography like that in Florida. “Flash Floods” simply can’t happen there. Floods there don’t grow at a rate of tens of feet in minutes. They happen (relatively) slowly. Flooding? yeah, Florida has a lot of that…But even storm surge doesn’t happen that quickly.

“Flooding” is not “Flash Flooding”. If you’ve ever experienced a Flash Flood, you’d know the difference.

I know they think it is more dramatic to say “Flash Flood” but that is really untrue.

I mean, on the one hand, y’all choose to live there, on the other hand, Armageddon is barreling down upon you.

I think that if you haven’t evacuated, you had better be a hardy person with good preps and a hardened shelter. But if you are staying, my hat is off to you.

Good luck, whether you are staying, going, or have gone. I hope you homes and possessions are there when you return.

This time from Hillary Clinton: “the platforms, whether it’s Facebook or Twitter/X or Instagram or TikTok, whatever they are, if they don’t moderate and monitor the content, we lose total control,’ she said”

Gotta tell the people what to think.

US citizens come LAST for the DNC and their star player…..

But Lebanon gets $175 MILLION for “aid”.  (Funny, innit, how she claims she isn’t acting as President and never has, but she is the one making the decisions and announcements…. And taking the credit. She can’t blame this one on Dementia Joe))

I guess the only real difference that we need to realize is that all those hurricane Helene victims don’t do any 35% kickbacks…..So they come second or third to other countries and Ukraine.  (I am not sure how much the actual kickbacks are, I have no verifiable information of the actual percentage. It might be zero, although I doubt that)

It is said (although I cannot confirm this) that Trump, however, has donated $25 Million in aid to those affected by Helene.

Metallica’s charity has donated $100K.

I donated a fair amount via Samaritan’s Purse.  (No matter what your faith, these people are very efficient and are good at helping people….. regardless of the name they give their god, or even if they do….If you are not sure where to donate, these folks should be on your short list)

I wonder how much Kamala has personally donated?

Not making light of the fact that there is a HUGE hurricane heading to Florida….

I am being kinda frivolous here…but there is some seriousness to the question:

Here in the Midwest, whenever there is a significant snowstorm forecast, it is tradition for everyone to buy supplies to make French Toast: The stores are denuded of Milk, eggs, butter and bread. No one knows why they should do so, they just follow the crowd…

I see similar patterns in Florida when there is a Hurricane forecast….apparently it is tradition that people drive their cars to a preset place and gather 8-10 sandbags.  Now, I am not sure what a few sandbags are good for…there are never enough to fully protect one’s home from flooding, it seems, but every single time there is a hurricane, they show people getting a few sandbags…about a trunk load….which isn’t really ever gonna be enough.. It ain’t gonna keep the water out of your house if there is feet of flooding, . (and they are predicting FEET of rain and 10 or more feet of storm surge  ….. . So those sandbags…Is it tradition or what?