Alarmist local media acting irresponsibly

Alarmist local media not helping Hurricane preparations


It’s amazing to sit and watch the local media in both a large TV market (Miami/Fort Lauderdale) and medium sized market (West Palm Beach/Treasure Coast) and see how desperate they are for this Hurricane to chart a path towards the Florida Peninsula. It is apathetic in particular that the TV news casts are quick to alarm the local population but are rarely if ever explaining the steering currents and what contingencies must take place in the weather system between today and Saturday for the storm to actually make the turn towards Southwest Florida. In fairness to the Miami TV stations, they cover the keys which are much more vulnerable during a storm of this magnitude. Nonetheless, let’s hope the TV coverage of this storm gets more responsible and takes on the public interests rather than the sensational needs of producers and advertisers as the storm nears.