Hurricane Irene: Don't Believe The Hype

[davidbenoit]

So there's some wind? Where in this country isn't there wind? Some rain? Hell, it rained a ton up in salt lake last night! Flooding? Just ask those hundreds of farmers in Cache Valley about flooding.

Yet, you don't hear us crying about it. Lamstream media isn't reporting Utah's flooding. Or Texas's drought. Or anything in Cali.

Yet, by the sounds of it, you'd swear Irene was a disaster on the scale of Katrina or Haiti, or the Asian tsunamis.

Irene killed 40 people dude.

 

[LogGrad98]

So is this still hype? Or do deaths make it no longer hype? So how many deaths are allowed in a "hype" anyway? A dozen? 30?

 

[Scat]

So is this still hype? Or do deaths make it no longer hype? So how many deaths are allowed in a "hype" anyway? A dozen? 30?

I recall on the news today that there are still close to 2 million people without power and they were showing NJ, parts of which are under 8' of water.

 

[candrew]

So is this still hype? Or do deaths make it no longer hype? So how many deaths are allowed in a "hype" anyway? A dozen? 30?

I'd like to add my DirecTV was on and off for almost 2 hours.

 

[candrew]

I recall on the news today that there are still close to 2 million people without power and they were showing NJ, parts of which are under 8' of water.

I would definitely say that I was beyond lucky.

There are some towns literally within walking distance of my house that have been told they won't have any electricity until after Labor Day.

A large percentage of my town is within a "flood zone" some of the hardest hit people had to be saved from their house by the fire department from the second floor of their house because their entire basement AND most of their first floor were flooded.

 

[GVC]

I'm headed back up to the Eastern Townships of Quebec in a couple weeks, and I'm interested in the local damage. Apparently the Mississquoi river rose something like 13 feet, putting a bunch of **** under water. Fortunately, our house is up on a high hill, so there won't be any flooding, but I suppose there's a chance one of the big trees by the house blew over and did some damage (although I'd think the neighbors would alert my pops if that were the case).

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

All hype. Nothing to see here.

 

[JohnStockalypse]

Told ya.