nomless wrote:
All the cable news networks have people outside in the wind and rain doing life reports.
Exactly, @nomless. They all do it, it's not exclusive one particular network. As far as ratings, I don't understand the need to scoff at that -- a network can't stay on the air without ratings.
The benefit I can think of, to the public, is that we can get a better perspective of the actual effect of the wind, etc. I think often we're so removed from actual events that the distance as a buffer can cause us to not comprehend the power, magnitude, and devestating conditions of a storm. Of course, the only way we really can know is to be there, ourselves, and I doubt many of us want to volunteer for that.
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