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Since social media is responsible for everything except killing puppies. But the reality is that I was thinking more about the specifics of my family. My mom is not in good health; she can travel, but if she were to be stuck too long without electricity, meds, etc, she's the sort of person who gets high priority and the services would have to try to save her. On top of that, they live in an area covered in crappy, big, old trees, and know their house is less sturdy than they'd previously believed (have recently had work done). So, people who could go enjoy a mini vacation with almost no effort (they have several big cars, family up north, etc) staying put when they didn't need to was irritating.
View original postI grant that certain areas needed to evacuate, but evacuations have increased as building codes have decreased the risk. More people "rode out" the storms in the past and while sometimes that was ill-advised, it only strengthens my belief that social media instill mass hysteria, whether it's a conviction the world has ended due to Trump being elected or panic about extreme weather. Soon we'll be shutting down everything each time it rains.
Since social media is responsible for everything except killing puppies. But the reality is that I was thinking more about the specifics of my family. My mom is not in good health; she can travel, but if she were to be stuck too long without electricity, meds, etc, she's the sort of person who gets high priority and the services would have to try to save her. On top of that, they live in an area covered in crappy, big, old trees, and know their house is less sturdy than they'd previously believed (have recently had work done). So, people who could go enjoy a mini vacation with almost no effort (they have several big cars, family up north, etc) staying put when they didn't need to was irritating.
You can disagree with my opinion if you want; that's expected. But it wasn't hysteria. I rarely read crap news these days, as I've developed a murderous allergy to words like "slams," "blasts," "rips" blah blah.
Oh no, I think it's catching.
glad to hear your folks are ok.
Hurricanes are dumb
- 11/09/2017 10:07:01 AM
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Were they on the coast?
- 11/09/2017 01:35:53 PM
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No, luckily
- 11/09/2017 05:14:34 PM
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You mean by not giving in to mass hysteria?
- 11/09/2017 10:30:55 PM
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Agreed
- 11/09/2017 11:18:30 PM
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The storm surge was partly down to luck. Hindsight is always 20-20 *NM*
- 12/09/2017 03:32:10 PM
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or the predictions were unnecessarily overstated - because news loves sensationalism *NM*
- 12/09/2017 03:52:27 PM
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... I'm having trouble taking you seriously. 
- 12/09/2017 04:04:19 PM
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- 12/09/2017 04:04:19 PM
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the boy who cried wolf?
- 12/09/2017 04:25:07 PM
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I'm sorry, perhaps we've been reading different things.
- 12/09/2017 04:33:21 PM
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Yeah, I don't think this is a particularly strong point in your favor.
- 12/09/2017 09:35:12 PM
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NOAA or professional meteorologists, no. Every major news source, yes. *NM*
- 13/09/2017 03:16:14 PM
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I can see why you would think that
- 12/09/2017 01:54:14 PM
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<3
- 12/09/2017 02:09:14 PM
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Thanks 
- 12/09/2017 02:17:20 PM
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- 12/09/2017 02:17:20 PM
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I'm sure this was one of those times when it was hardest to be so far away!
- 12/09/2017 02:22:06 PM
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That's likely the main problem. I'm not there to be mother hen. *NM*
- 12/09/2017 02:34:16 PM
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That's quite an allergy.
- 12/09/2017 07:44:55 PM
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