What's that you say? A storm is coming?
The "weather man" always hypes up storms, doesn't he? I have to say, I really thought this one was going to be all hype too. It's a bit like the boy who cried wolf, except in this version the wolf like Big Bad Wolf from the Three Little Pigs, blowing houses (and other objects) away.It turns out that hype can come true, as Sandy has proven.
It's difficult to keep yourself informed of the events as they unfold if you have kids in the house. I wanted to know what was going on, but at the same time, I really didn't need my kindergartener to hear about young kids being killed by falling trees. The radio doesn't give a disclaimer. How about a quick, "Turn down your volume for our next story, if you have children around."?
Another interesting piece to this whole thing is how people survive without their media, now that power has been lost to so many for so long.
P. S. Can I just say, I hate the term "Superstorm?" I'm not sure why, I just think it sounds ridiculously uncreative. The world of meteorology couldn't come up with a more inventive term?
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