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Hurrilurker said:
I don't recall ever seeing so much indifference to a potentially-Cat-4 storm this close to the US coast. Obviously if you're in the target area it's different, but normally it would be 24/7 freak-out coverage at this point (and days before) and I've seen very little of that
It has happened before and right here in the Panhandle.....
It was this time of day 23 years ago on Oct 3rd 1995, while sitting in the barber's parking lot listwning to the radio. Our company let go very early and I eas gonna prep and then go back at zero-dark thirty to help our sftwe dude cover up all the computers and such incase we had leaks. If the roof went, that would be a different story anyway.
Opal was due to hit the next day and forecast to reach Cat 3 and impact within 10 miles of us or so. accuracy then wasn't nearly as good as now, but doggone it they came close, and it went ashore about 25 miles west of us. So we got the strongest verything. Plenty of videos out there to see.
The storm was not getting attention from the national media, and even the next night after it wrecked havoc and night after that - no news!!! Ranked in top 5 of the serious storms to hit the U.S.
WHY?????? Because that afternoon, 3 Oct 1995 they read the O.J. verdict!!!!!
So I'll bet if Michael had been about to strike a week ago Friday or Saturday it would have been the same story. The Kavanaugh debacle, heh?
We're finally getting some coverage, so maybe folks will realize there's news besides politics abd celebreties.
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