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WPB Ken
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Re: Drops
      Sat Sep 06 2008 06:30 PM

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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.

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* Hanna Landfall at the SC/NC Border, Ike Going West Southwest MikeCAdministrator Sat Sep 06 2008 06:30 PM
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. * * Re: Drops ftlaudbob   Sun Sep 07 2008 01:33 AM
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. * * Re: Drops Thunderbird12   Sat Sep 06 2008 11:31 PM
. * * Re: Drops stormchazer   Sat Sep 06 2008 11:22 PM
. * * Re: Drops LoisCane   Sat Sep 06 2008 11:21 PM
. * * Re: Drops BillD   Sat Sep 06 2008 11:19 PM
. * * Re: Drops CDMOrlando   Sat Sep 06 2008 10:08 PM
. * * Re: Drops doug   Sat Sep 06 2008 10:08 PM
. * * Re: Drops kromdog   Sat Sep 06 2008 10:08 PM
. * * Re: Drops danielwAdministrator   Sat Sep 06 2008 09:59 PM
. * * Re: Drops ftlaudbob   Sat Sep 06 2008 09:50 PM
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. * * Re: Drops RedingtonBeachGuy   Sat Sep 06 2008 07:59 PM
. * * Re: Drops Hugh   Sat Sep 06 2008 07:58 PM
. * * Re: Drops Random Chaos   Sat Sep 06 2008 07:54 PM
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. * * Re: Drops WPB Ken   Sat Sep 06 2008 06:30 PM
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. * * Drops danielwAdministrator   Sat Sep 06 2008 04:31 PM
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. * * Re: New Orleans again?! Thunderbird12   Sat Sep 06 2008 01:18 PM
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