Even the weather is fake news

[Anonymous 1]

Local radio and TV stations around my area always scream “you will surely die from this cataclysmic storm if you don’t stay tuned to this station.” It could be a little snow, a little wind, a little rain, but the stations will pump it up. I assume this is all for clicks on the website to “check back often” or to stay tuned to that station.
Weatherchannel has been caught “playing it up” just a tad.
Here’s 1:12 of weatherchannel hype.

[MorpheusParticipant 2177]

A cheesy one liner, Weatherman is a Whetherman.

[Anonymous 18]

Fear porn is a mega buck business.

[Knarley BobParticipant 2219]

The forget to realize that it might, or it might not. That is the whole story.

OATHKEEPERS, not on our watch. MOLON LABE

[AutoliteParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

Fear porn is a mega buck business.

The reporter in the video seemed to be struggling to stand still in that ‘fierce’ wind yet those people behind him didn’t seem to have any problem at all calmly walking around. What’s up with that???

[The Batman 2020Participant 2112]

Hurricane Florence Devastation

Your 20's are for learning, your 30's are for earning.

[ShineParticipant 1696]

Anonymous wrote:

Fear porn is a mega buck business.

"Society is to blame" Denton

[Gravel PitParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

Fear porn

never heard it put like that, thats exactly what it is. And you’re right, its big money

[WPLParticipant 2390]

Hahaha! Good catch. Maybe it’s a new dance move?

The storm did cause significant damage and some death in the worst-hit areas, but the weather guessers were claiming I’d get anywhere between 4 and 20 inches of rain and 35+ MPH squalls, flooding, and landslides. What I actually had was light drizzle, very slight winds, and humid weather. So, while my thoughts are with those who got hit badly, I’m also pretty disgusted with the way the press played this one up.

Autolite wrote:

Thorndyke wrote:

Fear porn is a mega buck business.

The reporter in the video seemed to be struggling to stand still in that ‘fierce’ wind yet those people behind him didn’t seem to have any problem at all calmly walking around. What’s up with that???

[narwhalParticipant]

WPL wrote:

The storm did cause significant damage and some death in the worst-hit areas…

I’d love to see statistics on the average number of deaths due to accidents, murders, etc for a weekend in the effected area. It would not at all be surprised if it’s actually higher than the deaths caused by storm, since people are going to be too busy avoiding the storm to murder each other and do stupid things. If so, that would mean the storm actually saved lives.

What would happen if a significant storm hit Chicago?

Ok. Then do it.

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