U.S. TV Coverage of Hurricane Dennis....

KA

Katherine Founding member 8 July 2005 1:17am

Joe Havard posted:

Remember Iris in September 1995. The effects of that hurricane were felt in Britain.

Yes, but as a comparatively modest extratropical depression.....

DU

Dunedin 8 July 2005 1:32pm

Katherine posted:

Gulf of Mexico at present has very favourable conditions for dennis to strengthen further - some are saying it could potentially become a Cat 5 Hurricane, the highest classification...... expected to make landfall in the USA Friday or Saturday....

The American news channels always say this for effect and to try and whip up (pardon the pun) interest in their wall-to-wall guess work coverage. They invariably go from Cat 5 to 4 and then low and behold it's down to being a tropical storm.

It's largely guess-work when the storm is this far out to plot its course and strength hundreds of miles away.

NE

Newsman 8 July 2005 7:16pm

Is this Hurricane Dennis Norden?

PT

Put The Telly On 8 July 2005 8:32pm

You're funny.

DB

dbl 10 July 2005 8:29pm

Newsman posted:

Is this Hurricane Dennis Norden?

How inappropriate.

MA

marksi 10 July 2005 9:09pm

If Americans would build houses out of something more than wood and plasterboard then they might stand up to hurricanes a little better.

That and not living in caravans.

MN

MarkN Founding member 10 July 2005 10:02pm

DialUpBorg posted:

Newsman posted:

Is this Hurricane Dennis Norden?

How inappropriate.

Yes... everyone knows that it's Denis Norden (if you are referring to the writer and television presenter, that is).

(July 2005)