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Chris Fountain
Max Kansas City & Koen
No respect for the DOCUMENTED and LIVE chaos goin on as we speak??. Sense of humor is sick. Lives are jeopardized and homes lost.. This is major.
The national news channels often over-dramatize things...I just had a friend call from Boston to make sure we were OK. During bad weather, I only watch our local channels but we often hear from friends around the country who think we're being blown to bits.Quote
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So far 'only' three tornadoes were reported today. Not really a 'massive outbreak'.
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Chris Fountain
Max Kansas City & Koen
No respect for the DOCUMENTED and LIVE chaos goin on as we speak??. Sense of humor is sick. Lives are jeopardized and homes lost.. This is major.
Chris, where do you live?
Thanks tumblingdice, I did not think it was, it wasnt meant to be.Quote
tumblingdice
I'm glad they put it on the news so you could see it and worry then be upset at them since they didn't say what you thought they should. These things happen quite often, so where are your concern threads during the other storms? Is it bad for those effected? Sure and we are concerned but really your posts come across as if you've never saw or heard about such thing. Plus Max's post wasn't even in a negative impact way.
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Chris Fountain
Max Kansas City & Koen
No respect for the DOCUMENTED and LIVE chaos goin on as we speak??. Sense of humor is sick. Lives are jeopardized and homes lost.. This is major.
Chris, where do you live?
Max - I live in Miami ...let me tell you, Hurricanes are less intense versus a Tornado. I've withstood many hurricanes. Wilma was the worst! However, Tornadoes are simply on another level.
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This is OT
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memphiscats
Hey Max's - Twister is a seasonal favorite
We also watch Airport, Earthquake, and a host of other disaster films - but we make it a goal to try not to reenact them.
Love this post! Gallows humor has got me through alot in life.Quote
memphiscats
Yes - Joplin was awful - and Alabama was dreadful - I feel we we're SO LUCKY to miss these storms.
I don't take anything anyone has said here as being callous. Gallows humor is just a way of keeping yourself from freaking out. And I've been through many hurricanes and blizzards - but nothing is as scary as a tornado - they're just so FAST.
Hey Max's - Twister is a seasonal favorite
We also watch Airport, Earthquake, and a host of other disaster films - but we make it a goal to try not to reenact them.
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tumblingdice
Exactly Max, especially something like this that you grow up seeing or hearing all the time. I always feel that while news can be bad and we do care, at any given moment something just as bad or worse is happening somewhere else but it's not getting the media coverage. If we took it all personal we'd only worry and cry 24/7.
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Thanks Max - Too early to tell - it just makes me disillusioned when Euro members talk about the "big freeze" and at the same time homes are destroyed and lives are lost. We simply don't know the extent or potential of these tornadic activities, especially on this scale.
Concerning jaggeroo's comment for not using OT for this topic - seems like the least of issues at this point - I guess cold weather is more imvportant than catastropic Tornadoes...
Yup = both sides are right - the storms are awful but the fear-mongers suck. BTW - Outbreak is correct to describe this event. I've the nat'l news on now - and if Outbreak is good enough for Brian Williams and friends - then I think it's acceptable usage on IORR. And I think weather could be deemed on-Stones topics...born in a cross fire hurricane...Quote
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tumblingdice
Exactly Max, especially something like this that you grow up seeing or hearing all the time. I always feel that while news can be bad and we do care, at any given moment something just as bad or worse is happening somewhere else but it's not getting the media coverage. If we took it all personal we'd only worry and cry 24/7.
What and where and who the news choose to report/care about and what it chooses to ignore always puzzles me. I was especially disgusted with the fear mongering and hyping hurricane season for a couple years after Katrina, hyping it so heavy... and then when there wasnt another direct hit....they wnadered on to something else to scare us to death... like.... OMG !!!! FIVE DOLLAR GAS!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!