Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Forgotten Fires and Floods

The still-burning California fires are only worthy of a photo in my printed piece of s*** today, readers, while the Globe finally gets around to the epic floods down south (not like there is any regional racism there from the Glob).

And when I think of all the crap getting big blue Xs day after day as I decide what stories to bring you.


"3 killed, 5 missing in Southeast storms; Roads inundated as more rainfall threatens area" by Greg Bluestein, Associated Press | September 22, 2009

ATLANTA - Forecasters issued flood alerts for parts of Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, Kentucky and Georgia as more rain fell after days of storms that have saturated the ground. As much as 20 inches had fallen in three days in parts of the Atlanta area....

Three days? This is the first I've read about it in the Glob -- and probably the last.

The “persistent tropical system’’ that has been hovering over the region for the last week could dump another 4 inches on north Georgia overnight, said National Weather Service meteorologist Frank Taylor. Rains were expected to taper off starting tomorrow....

Yeah, that's why CNN has been all over it today.

Lapping up to the studio door yet, CNN?

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