| Dear Media |
[Jul. 22nd, 2008|11:13 am] |
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Texas is large. Very large. Seriously, you should look at a map sometime.
When I see a headline like "Texas Braces for Dolly", it makes me laugh, because to be fair, a tiny bit of Texas is getting ready for what MIGHT end up a Category 1 hurricane by the time it makes landfall. The other 95% of the state is likely to be watering their yards and staying out of the heat as per usual for this time of year.
I know you need to make news stories and yes, a Cat 1 will likely bring some heavy rains and flooding in an area that doesn't need it, but in the grand scheme of things, this is a non-story. In fact, if the expected landfall were say, forty miles further south, I doubt you'd be reporting it at all.
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Indeed. This is the first I've even heard that there might be a hurricane. Not to ill-wish anyone or anything, but, uhm... we'uns here in the Brazos Valley could use a dumping of rain. The land out here is so parched, it's crazed with cracks.
It's not going to come even close. Last I checked, Houston was 200 miles out of the probability cone.
Poop, I was hoping for some of that coastal stuff to come this way. We're selling the house and need all the rain we can get to keep the yard alive.
Hahahahahaha....I found the headlines very funny myself...."Texas braces for Dolly" indeed...I live up in DFW, and I just really don't pay attention to the media hype...and by damns, it's hot, very parched, and very dead lawn-ish up here. | |
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