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News coverage is really dropping the ball on this one. It might not have the optics of Katrina, but it was a far more powerful, even if smaller, storm. Eg: New

News coverage is really dropping the ball on this one. It might not have the optics of Katrina, but it was a far more powerful, even if smaller, storm. Eg: New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and SE LA power outage maps [0][1][2] Based on the damage in south Louisiana, it's a miracle there weren't far far more deaths. The damage to Port Fourchon alone should be national news. Anywhere from 10~30% of the countries oil flows through there, depending on how you measured it. And it got a direct hit. The gas pipeline fiasco from a few months back? All the refineries feeding it were shut down for over a week. Wait till that lag period catches up. But for reasons that be, MSM decided this was a non-event until it got to NYC, and even then a relatively minor one. Hard to believe they're not downplaying this on purpose. [0]https://i.imgur.com/MT1z0n5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/MT1z0n5.jpg [1]https://i.imgur.com/HpKJlS4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HpKJlS4.jpg [2]https://i.imgur.com/618PI36.jpg https://i.imgur.com/618PI36.jpg

jrockway 5y ago
> MSM decided this was a non-event until it got to NYC, and even then a relatively minor one The only story the New York Times was covering all week was Ida. Well before it got to the Northeast.
- beerandt 5y ago
  That's good to hear. Lake Charles is still waiting on Congressional approval for a relief bill for last year's hurricane damage, so there's some angst. Cable news seemed stuck on Afghanistan evacuations (which didn't have any developments between the bombing and last wheels up, as far as I can tell). And the weather channel (and similar) were too busy faking bad conditions in places that were relatively spared. Ie. the electrical lineman doing cartwheels behind the reporter pretending to be blown over.