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Re: Tornados... 89+ dead in Joplin, MO
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Originally Posted by MarcBee
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I'm in tornado alley too, and do appreciate all the precision they can muster. Too bad "precision of prediction" is only mearsurable after the fact! But of course better too many warnings than not enough.
What bugs me is how they capitalize on "weather as entertainment." So now the "best" reporter will be obliged to stand on the shore in his fishing waders, to show us what it feels like for an approaching hurricane to knock you down. Puh-leez.
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"Best" reporter? I think Geraldo was the only one who really did that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FziScjyf4Ic
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