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“Hurricane” Irene

August 29th, 2011 . by Cary

The headline reads “Flooding, cleanup in wake of storm” and I had to read the article to make sure they weren’t talking about a flood of tears in the liberal news outlet’s studios, since there was nothing overly dramatic to blow out of proportion. The cleanup of those tears, according to the subheadline, could run into the billions.

Hype? You betcha. On the front page of today’s Arizona Republic, there is a picture of an oceanfront house in Fairfield, Connecticut with what appears to be the back porch collapsed into the high water. The rest of the house is standing, and, at least from the photograph, still above water.

photo by Cathy Zuraw/Connecticut Post

The AZREP caption reads “A home in Fairfield, Conn., is submerged after Tropical Storm Irene sent seawater flooding into shoreline communities and destroyed oceanfront homes as it surged across New England on Sunday, toppling trees and cutting power.”

Ok, it’s a small example, but typical of the OverActiveMedia – didja notice the use of the word “submerged” in the caption in connection with the pictured house? Just curious, but when did “submerged” come to mean “when a part of the back porch falls into the water”?

Like my buddy Texas Fred says, what a NewsGasm!

Chat ya later…

cary

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5 Responses to ““Hurricane” Irene”

  1. comment number 1 by: Larry

    We got a lot of much-needed rain and only a little bit of wind in Raleigh, the beaches got hit pretty good but not nearly as bad as it was feared they would. More flooding in the Northeast than there is here, and Irene was still a cat 1 when it came ashore here.

  2. comment number 2 by: cary

    I’m glad you all survived the stronger portion of the storm. Have you noticed most of the coverage seems to be of the area hit by the Tropical Storm instead of the Hurricane? Well, I should say, that’s the coverage we’re seeing out west. You probably get more localized coverage, but really, since when does a Tropical Storm get so much coverage?

  3. comment number 3 by: TexasFred

    These people that live *on the beach* or in their *beach communities*, I have NO sympathy for them, I mean NONE… You build on the water and you just gotta know, water is going to over-run your position and make a mess in the process…

    At least that’s how non-beach dwellers see it…

  4. comment number 4 by: cary

    Anyplace you live, there are risks involved. Here in Phoenix we are at risk of being buried in dust and having our belongings melted into a puddle during the summer, but we accept that and we adapt. I just have to laugh everytime someone complains that their beachfront home was destroyed by a tropical storm or hurricane, their creek side cabin was washed down the canyon by the floods, or the mountain cabin is either burned to the ground or lost in a snow slide. It’s a fact of life – no matter where we live, Mother Nature was there first and is going to remind you that as strongly as she needs to on occasion.

  5. comment number 5 by: cary

    Almost forgot – or their trailer in the midwest was blown away by a tornado …