Southerners complain about Hurricane Sandy coverage

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Published: Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:10

View the story "Southerners complain about Hurricane Sandy coverage" on StorifySoutherners complain about Hurricane Sandy coverageCategory 1 Hurricane Sandy swept through the coast of the Northeast including New York and the Jersey Shore, causing hyped media coverage and complaints from residents of the hurricane-prone South.Storified by Stephen Green · Wed, Oct 31 2012 09:10:16Category 1 Hurricane Sandy swept through the coast of the Northeast including New York and the Jersey Shore, causing hyped media coverage and complaints from a portion residents in the hurricane-prone South.Amazing how Sandy is being described as worse than Katrina? Media doing a good job again. Almost 2000 died in Katrina. 50 in Sandy?Graham BuchanThis isn't to say residents don't care about the damage caused by the "storm of the century". They simply don't understand the extensive coverage of a Category 1 hurricane when they are repeatedly hit by Category 3, 4, and 5's. This is how the media see sandy......"Sandy=katrina" .... They are hyping this storm up like It's a cat. 7Chance GreggHurricane sandy would be nothing if it hit Houston. But its "Such a bad storm"AuBree McDonaldAnecdotal evidence shows most of the trash-talk on the hurricane is done in-person, due to the risk of social backlash on social media.The majority of Tweets and Facebook posts were to offer condolences or prayers to the families on the East coast.My prayes go to the East Coast and to the famlies who lost loved ones during Huricaine SandyKay GibbonsPraying for the people in the upper east coast that was devasted by hurricane Sandy. In disbief all the damage a cat 1 didLinda GreenMany experts say Sandy may be one of the most costly storms in the nation's history. Power was out to more than six million people, hundreds of homes were destroyed by fires and flooding, and cars were swept out to sea.
In addition, the Ground Zero construction site also received extensive damage as a result of flooding.Hurricane Sandy--Ground Zero of Climate ChangeDavid BackesBars have reopened and the New York Stock Exchange plans to open up on Wednesday, Oct. 31.

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