TORT: The ONSC Rant Thread (3 Viewers)

[JohnVee]

This post is not meant to be a slight against the horrible issues WNC is facing, but I feel that I have to comment on something I saw on Spectrum News yesterday. The reporter was standing in front of a business in Marshall. NC. I was there last week and know exactly where she was. She said that "The building is destroyed, it's no longer there and is now an empty lot". The reality is that the "building" was a wooden shed surrounded by junk in front of the actual business. I had actually wondered if it was even open when we were there because it looked like a bunch of junk in a dirty lot. No visible signs of utilities in the lot where she stood. Now, the shed and all the junk around it are indeed gone. That sucks. But I'm upset by the reporter who plucked the low hanging fruit when she could have looked 20' in any direction and seen damage that actually matters.

 

[izzyandsue]

This post is not meant to be a slight against the horrible issues WNC is facing, but I feel that I have to comment on something I saw on Spectrum News yesterday. The reporter was standing in front of a business in Marshall. NC. I was there last week and know exactly where she was. She said that "The building is destroyed, it's no longer there and is now an empty lot". The reality is that the "building" was a wooden shed surrounded by junk in front of the actual business. I had actually wondered if it was even open when we were there because it looked like a bunch of junk in a dirty lot. No visible signs of utilities in the lot where she stood. Now, the shed and all the junk around it are indeed gone. That sucks. But I'm upset by the reporter who plucked the low hanging fruit when she could have looked 20' in any direction and seen damage that actually matters.

Was going to ask “who is spectrum?” Unfortunately tragedy sells advertising, and most people can be lead down “ the easy road “. I drove up from NM to get my youngest hooked up with solar generator, and even in the northern SC area the damage was pretty bad, hard to imagine how much worse it got to the north

 

[gasman4u]

This post is not meant to be a slight against the horrible issues WNC is facing, but I feel that I have to comment on something I saw on Spectrum News yesterday. The reporter was standing in front of a business in Marshall. NC. I was there last week and know exactly where she was. She said that "The building is destroyed, it's no longer there and is now an empty lot". The reality is that the "building" was a wooden shed surrounded by junk in front of the actual business. I had actually wondered if it was even open when we were there because it looked like a bunch of junk in a dirty lot. No visible signs of utilities in the lot where she stood. Now, the shed and all the junk around it are indeed gone. That sucks. But I'm upset by the reporter who plucked the low hanging fruit when she could have looked 20' in any direction and seen damage that actually matters.

 

[stevezero]

A local business owner did a series of videos during and after the storm showing the damage in Marshall. The high water mark was well up into the 2nd floor brick bldgs, and they were kayaking down main st to look at bldgs. 26 to 27 ft.

Everyone in media wants the Lake Lure footage to be where they happen to be, to get the viewers, the clicks, the ratings, etc

I'm actually impressed that more outlets are focusing attention on the smaller towns and isolated communities, because a lot of those places are still isolated.

 

[weejub]

I want to know what is going on in WNC, and yet, I watch something and I am constantly wondering - are people trying to gain from this via higher YouTube watcher counts, or increased Ad dollars, click throughs, etc. Its maddening to go down that rabbit hole.


Rant about lazy consumption of "news:"

"The Media" is a combination of everything we see and hear produced by for-profit and non-profit entities. Most are for-profit - buyer beware. None of it is to be fully trusted, and yet, I will take a competitive marketplace of media and sort through it rather than a government sponsored media or relying on a unique source for everything.

So many people grew up trusting the big channels and the big magazines. We know they were not 100% trustworthy. Going back to more simple times isn't going to happen.

We have more to sort through now and it is exhausting to do so. The thing is, its one of our civic duties to sort through this and form our own opinions.

Anything else is lazy - just do it - watch the channels you hate, read alternate viewpoints - make the effort mentally and don't fall victim to the lazy pursuit of only reinforcing your hunch without enough views/facts to make a reasonable assessment.

It is NOT our civic duty to believe and spew rhetoric from unique sources that are questionable, at best, to include s*** journalism even from major networks.

We all know this - I am preaching to the choir, but its not easy. I say all this with love for everyone here.

**Insert any Mark Twain or Yogi Berra quote of your choosing**

 

[weejub]

This for sure. And the politicians are (almost always) cowards. They want to show a "win" to their constituents, so voting "yes" on a bill that brings some sort of pork or campaign promise home always helps.

Or the opposite - they trash a bill, don't vote for it, it passes and then go back and report on how great it was for their constituents.

 

[stevezero]

I've gotten a lot of usable info from locals documenting their survival, escape, etc.

I'm still tryin to understand why our local fox station sent a reporter to asheville this morning for live spots. She was totally out of place. Fully assembled hair and makeup, white nail manicure white silk blouse... it was all she could do to keep her composure as she was doin her live spot.

 

[uzj100]

I would like some real info as well.

 

[izzyandsue]

This is why I avoid FEDEX every time I have the option of choosing deliveries. They have to drive by my house when they go from Charlotte to Monroe, literally. Now it shows that they dont know when it is going to be delivered. I can stand on US 74 and they can throw the box at me without even stopping.

 

[gasman4u]

This is why I avoid FEDEX every time I have the option of choosing deliveries. They have to drive by my house when they go from Charlotte to Monroe, literally. Now it shows that they dont know when it is going to be delivered. I can stand on US 74 and they can throw the box at me without even stopping.

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This has been my experience as well. I’d take rabid, junkie hobo as an option over fedex were it a delivery option.

They’re by far the worst of the major delivery services.

 

[JohnVee]

We must have gotten a new Amazon driver. Most of my stuff has just been left halfway down my driveway with no delivery alerts, even the generator I got last week. I was waiting all day for it at my front door and had no clue it had just been laying in in full view from the street because of the giant Japanese Maple that blocks my view from the house.