[CA357]

Having lived in the Sierra Nevada's and some smaller ranges, I'm astonished at people's sheeplike attitudes. It's a winter storm. This is winter! Storms. Get the connection?

Geez.

[KG7IL]

Since Global Warming has been debunked, and renamed Climate Change, they gotta hype what they can.

[rocshaman]

It seems like anything that happens in the New York-Boston area is big news, even though it has nothing to do with the rest of the country. I suppose it's because there are so many millions of people jammed together in that area. We get storms here in Oklahoma like that about every three decades or so but guess what, we just handle it, and it doesn't make the national news usually either.

[firedawg60]

It thundered around here today and the ground got wet.....almost.

[robocop10mm]

Disaster draws audience. Audience garners market share. Market share dictates cost/value of commercial advertising.

Cable providers and sattelite companies can and do track what you watch and when. The networks use this data to justify the per minute rate they charge for advertising. The Nielson boxes are pretty much a thing of the past.

Why do you think the news networks constanly tease us with the upcoming "breaking" story? They want you to stay tuned as long as possible to boost viewership.

[rocshaman]

Originally Posted by firedawg60

It thundered around here today and the ground got wet.....almost.

I hear that, I'd gladly take a couple of feet of snow at this point, we need the moisture.