Is the politics of fear spreading? - Page 4

innerSpaceman · 08-30-2006, 07:44 AM

I don't remember too many fall guys needed with FEMA under Clinton.

Sometimes does indeed mean sometimes. As in - sometimes not.

Gemini Cricket · 08-30-2006, 08:49 AM

Sometimes bad things happen, sometimes it just is. But Katrina was a big fvck up by this administration. It still is. People are living in trailers now since Katrina, trailers that could not withstand another harsh hurricane. They haven't learned a thing. If this happens again, we're not prepared.

scaeagles · 08-30-2006, 05:42 PM

I agree with the Katrina thing. Not trying to deny it at all, however I often think the responsibility of the local authorities is overlooked. Regardless....

I was speaking of a CYA in the face of impending disaster. Making sure everyone knows the worst possible scenario so in the event of anything the people in charge can say warnings were issued. Saying a horrible terrorist attack could happen at any moment so that when one does no one can say it was unexpected. This is all I am saying.

I just find it ridiculous that people need to be told how severe a hurricane can be so that if they are hurt in anyway it isn't the fault of the government.

Personal responsibility seems lost in all of it.

Motorboat Cruiser · 08-30-2006, 11:40 PM

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I just find it ridiculous that people need to be told how severe a hurricane can be so that if they are hurt in anyway it isn't the fault of the government.

Seems to me that knowing how strong an impending hurricane may be would be pretty useful information if you happened to be in its path.

scaeagles · 08-31-2006, 05:19 AM

Of course. Declaring states of emergency with mandatory evacuations for a storm that is weak on an unknown track is excessive, though.

Moonliner · 08-31-2006, 03:44 PM

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The weather service has been denigrated to reporting on depressions just forming off the coast of Africa that could in a week or two become a real storm due to the lack of any real activity to report on.

Yeah that's about average for my life. I disrespect one little tropical depression and the next thing you know it's tracking right at my house and just in time to spoil some of my weekend plans.

Seesch. Get a sense of humor Gaia.

Alex · 08-31-2006, 06:13 PM

The weather service has always tracked those depressions and CNN has always reported on them. I remember them doing so when I was a kid.

Now people just pay more attention to them and want to hear more about them.

Moonliner · 08-31-2006, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

The weather service has always tracked those depressions and CNN has always reported on them. I remember them doing so when I was a kid.

Now people just pay more attention to them and want to hear more about them.

When it comes to tracking I'll grant you the weather service. That's what they do. However in regards to predicting I still argue that politics based on last years storm (fear) colored their predictions for this year.

In researching the original post, I did try and look up some old records on CNN. In years past tropical depressions just off the coast of Africa received little if any coverage and were certainly not listed on the main page off cnn.com until they were much more developed and heading in the right (or is that wrong?) general direction.

Not Afraid · 09-01-2006, 11:26 AM

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I remember them doing so when I was a kid.

And here's when the age thing slaps me in the face. There was no CNN when I was a kid.

Motorboat Cruiser · 09-01-2006, 11:49 AM

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And here's when the age thing slaps me in the face. There was no CNN when I was a kid.

It's a wonder you all survived such hardships.

08-30-2006, 07:44 AM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I don't remember too many fall guys needed with FEMA under Clinton. Sometimes does indeed mean sometimes. As in - sometimes not.
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Sometimes bad things happen, sometimes it just is. But Katrina was a big fvck up by this administration. It still is. People are living in trailers now since Katrina, trailers that could not withstand another harsh hurricane. They haven't learned a thing. If this happens again, we're not prepared.
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08-30-2006, 05:42 PM	#3
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I agree with the Katrina thing. Not trying to deny it at all, however I often think the responsibility of the local authorities is overlooked. Regardless.... I was speaking of a CYA in the face of impending disaster. Making sure everyone knows the worst possible scenario so in the event of anything the people in charge can say warnings were issued. Saying a horrible terrorist attack could happen at any moment so that when one does no one can say it was unexpected. This is all I am saying. I just find it ridiculous that people need to be told how severe a hurricane can be so that if they are hurt in anyway it isn't the fault of the government. Personal responsibility seems lost in all of it.
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08-31-2006, 05:19 AM	#5
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Of course. Declaring states of emergency with mandatory evacuations for a storm that is weak on an unknown track is excessive, though.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The weather service has always tracked those depressions and CNN has always reported on them. I remember them doing so when I was a kid. Now people just pay more attention to them and want to hear more about them.
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