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August 24, 2006
Look here MSM, stop with the armageddonist blather. . .
So I was going through my daily routine of hitting the bigger news sites looking for interesting stuff when THIS caught my eye.
Here, via Reuters, we have the alarmist report of a "Tropical Wave" heading for the Caribbean. Got that? A wave, not a tropical storm forming, not a hurricane about to ravage unsuspecting non-white people, but a wave.
Yes, yes, I know it's been a slow year for all those reporters who were banking on a heavy-weight hurricane season to pay for their new condos purchased with their bonuses for Katrina coverage, but to report on a TROPICAL WAVE, give me a goddam break people.
Look, I'll grant that a Tropical Wave is a somewhat important meteorological construct, and weather forcasters should pay attention to such a construct, but for al-Reuters to come out with a statement like:
"If the wave gets into the Gulf of Mexico, it could disrupt the U.S. oil and natural gas producing and refining facilities, damaged last year by hurricanes Katrina and Rita."
This statement is simply bullshit. IF the wave gets to the Gulf of Mexico, and IF conditions are right, a tropical depression MAY form, and IF conditions are correct, then a tropical storm MAY form from that, and IF conditions continue to be favorable for it, a hurricane MAY form, and finally, IF a hurricane forms, it MAY disrupt oil and gas facilities.
To try to elevate this Tropical Wave into the realm of imminent weather threat is simply alarmist and armageddonist blather from the MSM, it's what I could call a "most ridiculous" or "bottom story" of the day.
--Jason
PS This reminds me of the lunacy a few months back when "hurricane experts" were calling for the scale to go up to 6 for categories of cyclonic storms. Which in turn reminds me of the amplifier that goes to eleven.
-JC
Posted by JasonColeman at August 24, 2006 10:31 AM
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