OK, I HAVE TO VENT ABOUT THIS. I HAVE FAMILY IN THE TAMPA, FL AREA, AND THEY WERE, WITH JUST CAUSE, CONCERNED ABOUT RETURNING FROM THEIR SUMMER HOME AND TO HAVE TO REPACK FOR A POSSIBLE EVACUATION. YES, I LOVE MY FAMILY, BUT, I ALSO KNOW THEY HAVE A LITTLE COMMON SENSE, AND PREPARED THEMSELVES. SO, ITS WITH DISGUST, IN TWOFOLD, THAT I GO TO CNN.COM AND READ THE HEADLINE SAYING ‘WE DIDN’T EXPECT THIS’. FOR ONE, IDIOTS, WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU 2 MONTHS AGO WHEN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI, LOUISANA AND ALABAMA GOT BLASTED BY KATRINA? YOU LIVE IN AN AREA CALLED ‘HURRICANE ALLEY’, YOU THINK THEY GOT THE NAME BECAUSE THE CAROLINA HURRICANE HOCKEY TEAM PRACTICES THERE? NO. ITS BECAUSE ITS WHERE HURRICANES LAND WITHOUT FAIL EVER AUTUMN. SECONDLY, THE FACT THE MEDIA PUSHES THE FOCUS TO THE MORONS WHO ACTUALLY STAYED IN THE AREA. TURN THE CAMERA OFF, GO HOME, AND REPORT THE NEWS, NOT THE WEATHER. THANKS.
