| WPB Ken |
| (Registered User) |
| Sat Sep 06 2008 06:30 PM |
Re: Drops
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I had a crazy idea.
Here is the theory. The news media knew that hurricane ike was going to go south of florida long before they reported it because as long as they keep reporting that a major hurricane is going to hit florida then people will keep tuning in to their stations and giving them better ratings.
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so what does everybody think about that??
I dont know, call me crazy, but in a way, it kinda makes sense.
I'll have to call you crazy. I've been in the ink-slinging business since the middle 60s and we're not that smart. TV and the web sites love storms because they DO drive eyeballs, but the media doesn't have a better crystal ball than NHC.
I know.
I chased 13 hurricanes and misjudged landfall in all of them. Of course, that was before The Weather Channel and the wall-to-wall tracking info we have today. Back then, you'd look at the weather reports, hop a plane or jump in a car and head to your best guess.
NASA, on the other hand, MIGHT have had better guessers. After all, they DO deal in Rocket Science.