Hurricanes

Hurricanes One can never overreact to an act of mother-nature, especially hurricanes. Hurricanes can blow at speeds of 130 to 150 miles per hour, which is one reason why they should never be disregarded. Areas near the Gulf of Mexico have experienced roughly 24 hurricanes since the turn of the century. People should take heed to hurricanes because of the media, fatalities caused by past hurricanes, and possible property damage. The media tends to cause the community to overreact to hurricanes; however, if the media downplayed the situation, it could be potentially deadly. When major disasters are approaching, meteorologists tend to get overzealous with their predictions; nevertheless, they shouldn’t be disregarded. For example, in 1999 Georges was supposed to hit New Orleans directly, but it took on a different path which was nowhere near New Orleans. This caused the public to overreact because if Georges had hit southern Louisiana, New Orleans would have been a disaster area. It is true that some people overreact to the threat of hurricanes, but even more people under react to them because they distrust the media. This under reaction can cause great losses to the community. We must realize that the media isn’t hurricanes, people, media, because, should, take, overreact, orleans, one, new, hurricane, damage, cause, react, over, mexico, gulf, even, betsy, under, took, think, things, southern, situation, reason, put, property, possible, out, never, near, major, louisiana, living