Weather Reports are lop-sided.

[Bubba1235]

So for the last week it's been SMOKING hot, dry and very windy in the mid-west. (At least where I live.) That barely gets a blurp on the news but now the heat is moving towards the east coast and all of a sudden its the end of the world and all over the news.

Go figure...

 

[DECK SWABBER 58]

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Yep, we're just a bunch of dumb hicks to those snobby east coasters!

 

[lncoop]

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Yep, we're just a bunch of dumb hicks to those snobby east coasters!

LOL. Yeeeeep, just a bunch a hillbillies and corn pones. They just don't know how to handle it.

 

[Philster]

Re: Weather Reports are lop-sided.

So for the last week it's been SMOKING hot, dry and very windy in the mid-west. (At least where I live.) That barely gets a blurp on the news but now the heat is moving towards the east coast and all of a sudden its the end of the world and all over the news.

Go figure...

Pardon, but the NE USA is the biggest Megalopolis in the world! From Boston to Washington, DC, it's about as heavily populated and as urban a place you are going to get anywhere. The NE corridor has tens of millions of people, tightly concentrated and many in urban areas. NJ alone is the most densely populated area in the country.

So, yeah, it IS legitimately bigger news:

The Northeast megalopolis or Boston–Washington megalopolis is the heavily urbanized area of the United States stretching from the northern suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts to the southern suburbs of Washington, D.C. On a map, the region appears almost as a perfectly straight line. As of 2010, the region supported 50-60 million people, about 17% of the U.S. population on less than 2% of the nation’s land area, with a population density of 931.3 people per square mile (359.6 people/km2), compared to the U.S. average of 80.5 per square mile!



It's humid too.

 

[lncoop]

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Ok, east coasters are wimps... I get your point.

Yeah, I get that, but I'm not sure I understand completely. Is he saying they're wimps 'cause there are more of 'em?

 

[roscoe]

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Pardon, but the NE USA is the biggest Megalopolis in the world! From Boston to Washington, DC, it's about as heavily populated and as urban a place you are going to get anywhere. The NE corridor has tens of millions of people, tightly concentrated and many in urban areas. NJ alone is the most densely populated area in the country.

So, yeah, it IS legitimately bigger news:

The Northeast megalopolis or Boston?Washington megalopolis is the heavily urbanized area of the United States stretching from the northern suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts to the southern suburbs of Washington, D.C. On a map, the region appears almost as a perfectly straight line. As of 2010, the region supported 50-60 million people, about 17% of the U.S. population on less than 2% of the nation?s land area, with a population density of 931.3 people per square mile (359.6 people/km2), compared to the U.S. average of 80.5 per square mile!



It's humid too.

Absolutely none of that changes the impact the weather has on an areas' residents or the economy.
The weather outside the NE corridor, between the Appalachians and the Rockies, has a vastly larger impact on the economy of the nation.

I think it is the rest of the country that supports your region.
Without us, you'd have no food, oil, lumber, boats, or cars.

We provide everything and deliver it to you, so that you will stay there and leave us alone. :|

 

[JB]

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That is normal weather here in Texas. EDIT

 

[angus63]

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I was curious about how many ignorami it took to stereotype an entire multi-state region with moderators endorsing the bashing....and now I know. Thanks! : )

 

[Scott Danforth]

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weather happens, its not news. just like when it snows, news crews go out and film people shoveling. you dont see the same news crews filming people cutting their grass.

East Coast, West Coast, Rust Belt, etc. doesnt matter. each area sensationalizes something in the news that other areas dont think twice about. for example

75 mph winds in Florida is a Hurricane..... while 75mph winds in Wisconsin is a "strong wind advisory"
6" of snow on the east coast is pandemonium, 6" of snow in Houghton is what falls in the afternoon between 2 and 3.
100 degrees in Chicago is headline news, 100 degrees in Miami is Wednesday in July.

 

[lncoop]

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I was curious about how many ignorami it took to stereotype an entire multi-state region with moderators endorsing the bashing....and now I know. Thanks! : )

Geographical stereotyping is something that's not endemic to any particular region. We southerners know all easterners are snooty and elitist liberals, all mountain folk are inbred (except Arkansas mountain folk of course) hillbilly heroin addicts, and all Texans and Okies wear cowboy hats and have earl wells in their back yards. And we southerners, well, we're perfect of course (unless you count our racism, revisionist history, and refusal to let go of our idealized version of the past (which I guess is another way of saying revisionist history). Now, if you'll excuse me, I must resume the search for my Confederate flag.

 

[WIMUSKY]

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Duluth Mn/Superior WI had the worst flooding in history this week.
1) I was surprised the national media even covered it.
2) The fact the east was sweating a bit is getting more and longer coverage. The flooding was a token blurb in the news.
3) And PETA wants the city attorney to sue the zoo because a few animals died in the flood.....:facepalm: The city attorney basically told PETA to stuff it!

 

[Philster]

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News/media is a business.

When 60 million people are affected, it is going to get attention.

100 degrees and high humidity in a tightly packed urban area with 10 million residents in the city is a very tough situation.

And guess what? We all know the drill when droughts threaten crops, and when tornadoes wreak havoc, etc. Things that are very bad over there get a lot of coverage over here.

Also, it's just better over here anyway, so NYAH!

 

[R Socey]

Re: Weather Reports are lop-sided.

So for the last week it's been SMOKING hot, dry and very windy in the mid-west. (At least where I live.) That barely gets a blurp on the news but now the heat is moving towards the east coast and all of a sudden its the end of the world and all over the news.

Go figure...

Whenever a new record is about to be broken it is news wherever it occurs! You no they have to talk about something. Whenever you get a cold blast in Texas - below 40; we hear the whining up here! The more people the weather impacts the bigger the news - thats how they figure.

 

[Tim Frank]

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That is normal weather here in Texas. Yankees are notorious for thinking that anything west of the Hudson doesn't matter and west of the mountains doesn't exist.

Not sure that is any different here in Canada.
Torontonians figure that anything east of Oshawa is unsettled....west of London is uncivilised, and ALL of us know that Canada is like a big snow globe....back in the 1800s someone gave it a big shake and all the bigger flakes settled on the West Coast....


Maybe weather should be added to the list along with politics, religion etc.....:facepalm:

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=557596&highlight=hot+weather

 

[Philster]

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That is normal weather here in Texas. Yankees are notorious for thinking that anything west of the Hudson doesn't matter and west of the mountains doesn't exist.

I would give credence to this, but you're irrelevant all the way over there.

Anyone from the East coast that can chime in here? Gettin' a little tired of these country folk shakin' their fists at me.

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

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In my area, we have a saying. If you don't like Ohio weather, wait a day or two and it will change.

The thing I hate is when the media broadcasts extreme weather and you make changes to your plans only to have their report become a dud.

 

[lncoop]

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I would give credence to this, but you're irrelevant all the way over there.

Anyone from the East coast that can chime in here? Gettin' a little tired of these country folk shakin' their fists at me.

Get off my lawn, yankee!

 

[JB]

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I was born and grew up on the east coast. . .NC, NY and NJ. It is not prejudice, it is experience.

As for being a Texican, I first came to Texas in 1972 at age 37. I wasn't here 6 months before I realized that I was born a Texican and finally came home.

 

[RogersJetboat454]

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I would give credence to this, but you're irrelevant all the way over there.

Anyone from the East coast that can chime in here? Gettin' a little tired of these country folk shakin' their fists at me.

I'd back you up Phillster, but if recent memory serves me right, I believe I recall how little you think of Boston, those from Boston, and what little Boston contributed to the founding of our nation. So I don't think my opinion really matters.

Tell you what, admit we are just as relevant as Philly, plus send me a case of Yuengling, and all will be forgotten.

 

[Philster]

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Jeesh... So far, I've picked fights with the Floridians, the Bostonians and the Texans.

Let me get back to that Texican, JB: I like Texas. I don't know of a section that has 60 million people, but it gets some press from time to time. Blame the advertisers and their desire to advertise on stations that get ratings. Ratings come from lots o' people. Lots o' people wedged in between Boston and D.C.

As for Boston: Yeah, you got Colonialism and all that, but as long as you know Philadelphia owns you in that category, we can be friends. I mean, cripes, ya go the fargin' sports teams -- I'll give you that! I'll toss in a case of Yuengling, but it won't be no sissy Light Lager. Ya gotta have the real stuff.