Evacuate now!

[dennishoddy]

So, a hurricane is heading for the Tampa area. Evacuation orders in effect, yet the media is standing on the beach where they officials caution people to stay off of.
WTF is the reason reporting from that area is so important? They are putting themselves directly inline of the dangers the public has been told to stay away from.
They could easily use the web cams every beach area has. I'm watching one now on another page.

 

[Shadowrider]

I've thought this practice was idiotic for forever. Yea, it's a hurricane. It blows hard and rains a lot, we know this. There's no need to send someone out in it to show us. Why reporters agree to do it is something I don't understand, just on the stupidity factor alone.

 

[Snattlerake]

So, a hurricane is heading for the Tampa area. Evacuation orders in effect, yet the media is standing on the beach where they officials caution people to stay off of.
WTF is the reason reporting from that area is so important? They are putting themselves directly inline of the dangers the public has been told to stay away from.
They could easily use the web cams every beach area has. I'm watching one now on another page.

Oh hell, where have you been in the last 30 years? News agencies have done this since there were reporters.



Remember this?

 

[Profreedomokie]

On the local news tonight, they were saying our homeowner's insurance may go up over this storm. This is really a rip-off. We pay some of the highest insurance rates now because we are in tornado alley yet people in Fla. pay less, and they are constantly hit with hurricanes that damage much larger areas. Does other state's rates go up when we have a tornado? I don't think so. I think the problem here is the men south of Guthrie.

 

[chuter]

 

[retrieverman]

Here’s a funny/not so funny story. The varsity girls volleyball team at my wife’s school is flying to Florida today for a tournament.

 

[TedKennedy]

My girl moved down there a year ago. She's right in the crosshairs, outside Tampa. Her and her boyfriend are going to ride it out.

I hope.

 

[trekrok]

Here’s a funny/not so funny story. The varsity girls volleyball team at my wife’s school is flying to Florida today for a tournament.

Hey, the volleyball must go on. Can't let a hurricane delay something as important as a tourney.

 

[retrieverman]

Hey, the volleyball must go on. Can't let a hurricane delay something as important as a tourney.

My wife is much more diplomatic than me, but she basically told them they’re dumb@sses.

 

[clintbailey]

In my 13 years in the Louisiana NG, I headed south towards hurricanes when everyone else was headed north. People here in OK think I'm crazy when I say I prefer hurricanes to tornadoes, but I've said for years that if a hurricane kills you, its probably your own fault. Its not like they sneak up on you during the night like tornadoes!