[Nedusa]

Yes I agree the amount of press and media coverage is a bit disproportionate when considering the number of lives ultimately lost. I don't remember this much coverage when Hurricane Katrina or the Boxing Day Tsunami struck which resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives.

There are natural disasters happening all the time all over the globe but as these do not have the temerity to strike Manhatten they receive far less coverage.

[SharkAttack]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

Yes I agree the amount of press and media coverage is a bit disproportionate when considering the number of lives ultimately lost. I don't remember this much coverage when Hurricane Katrina or the Boxing Day Tsunami struck which resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives.

There are natural disasters happening all the time all over the globe but as these do not have the temerity to strike Manhattan they receive far less coverage.

It's true, something hits that big-ass city and the media is all over it. A 4.5 mag earthquake in Los Angeles gets more coverage than a 7.7 in Northwest Canada. Quite the joke.