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Originally Posted by Mord
This storm has been blown out of proportion from the beginning anyway.
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Well of course the media just love a good storm story. In fact, just between themselves, newcasters describe those scenes of wind-whipped trees and flooding as "weather porn."
None the less, Irma is historically exceptional in its size and power. It has destroyed 95% of the buildings on Barbuda and is responsible for 23 deaths so far. A lot of the reporting is pretty factual, no? At times it was a Category 5 hurricane, so I'm assuming that's what it was, no exaggeration.