But over reporting has a double edge effect 1) some folks will prepare for the worst and be better prepared for it should it occur but then should it not occur the second effect is some folks will be saying "they cried wolf" and the next time when Armageddon is upon us they will ignore it.
The trick is balance as it tends to be so in everything. If only the ones in Washington, D.C. could learn that!
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In a message dated 12/20/2010 3:30:51 P.M. Central Standard Time, kef413@gmail.com writes:
The real drama here is in the reporting.
Satellite images are, IMHO, not dramatic; they're showing what they've been
showing since Friday.
"Huge stormS"? There is the Jetstream/Pineapple Express, and ONE storm
system. Granted there's another Low forming west of HI. The "storms that are
expected to batter Southern California" consist of the Low/storm system
that's been off the NW coast at least since Friday that is predicted to move
into our area and displace or "mash" with the Jetstream. ("Mash"? Did the
"writer" mean "mesh"?)
Despite the ignorance of the reporter, we are in fact having rain and will
have rain, and it's not lacking newsworthiness.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Noyes" <kimnoyes@gmail.com>
To: "CaliforniaDisasters" <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 1:14 PM
Subject: [californiadisasters] Dramatic Satellite Image Shows Huge Storms
Heading Toward L.A.
> Dramatic satellite image shows huge storms heading toward L.A.
> By Shelby Grad
> Los Angeles Times
> December 20, 2010 | 11:02 am
> A satellite image of the Pacific Ocean offers a dramatic preview of the
> storms that are expected to batter Southern California on Tuesday,
Wednesday
> and Thursday.
>
> The satellite shot (above) shows a band of storm lining up in the Pacific
> and moving into California.
>
> The image below shows rains in California as of about 10:30 a.m.
>
> A northern cold front is expected to move into the Los Angeles basin
Monday
> afternoon, mashing up with subtropical moisture that has been sitting off
> the Pacific coast for several days. Periods of intense rainfall through
> Wednesday will bring another 5 inches to coastal plains and valleys and up
> to 10 inches in the mountains.
> View images and article source here:
>
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/12/dramatic-satellite-images-show
s-huge-storms-heading-toward-la.html
>
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