On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > that's because the Northern Phillipines aren't one of the world's major > financial centres. The size of the storm isn't what was important to the > press, the politicians and the emergency services - it's the scale of the > potential impact that matters. It's basic risk management. >
Precisely. Pacific storms gets attention when its on its way to Taiwan or Hong Kong after its been through with the Philippines. Which makes the media/government overreaction expected if you live in New York. -- Bong Manayon http://bong.manayon.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
