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Hurricane coverage blows
By adamg on Sun, 09/25/2005 - 9:34am
Paul watches slackjawed as CNN has somebody try to stand in a wind tunnel at 111 m.p.h. as part of its live, continuing coverage of Tropical Storm Rita:
... For some unknown reason the cable news networks adopted a policy that once NOAA indentifies a hurricane they will devote every single broadcast minute tracking it until it makes landfall. Unless something really important happens like a plane landing safely at an airport. ...
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why do they do it?
I have NEVER understood the wind-tunnel thing... Maybe the first time it occurred to someone that standing in a wind-tunnel would be comparable to standing outside during gale-force winds it was worthy of being shown on tv. But now, a reporter from every news station does it every time a hurricane looms nearby. I just don't get it. That, and when reporters stand outside during a hurricane to report on it. Really, I don't need to see them actually getting wet by the rain and slapped in the face by flying debris to believe that it actually is raining, and that yes, hurricanes are scary!