Media Tune in Tomorrow to Learn About the Hidden Dangers of Staircases, Cracks in the Sidewalk, and Slippery Bathtubs!
posted by on January 2 at 16:06 PM
On the off chance that you weren’t already afraid of your own shadow, today’s P-I is full of reminders that the world is a scary, dangerous place. In addition to its overwrought reporting on the murder wave that wasn’t, there is a (sadly, since-updated) story on power outages, which begins, “After a two-week reprieve from the darkness, hundreds of Seattle residents have been plunged back into a world without electricity Tuesday afternoon as another windstorm pelts the city.”
A whole world without electricity? Sounds scary. Why, it’s enough to make a person want to run and hide in their baseme…
Oh.
“[Madison Valley resident Kate Fleming’s] death was a shocking eye-opener for basement-happy Seattleites who fill the lowest level of their houses with entertainment centers, recording studios, home businesses and family rooms.
The P-I’s evidence of Seattleites’ newly opened, no-longer-basement-happy eyes? Well, they don’t have any, but they do quote a guy saying he “hadn’t even thought” to be scared of his basement until the reporter asked him about it.
I’m not opposed to tabloid-y treatment, and I understand that reporters are desperate for new angles on the Storm of the Century. But dear God, does a freaking weather event really merit this level of hysteria?
As desperate as a story on 11 grand spent for postage?
I thought basement living was already bad enough. Especially come January in Seattle.
A plan and a back-up plan rightly top the list. I use that two-pronged strategy for as many milieus as possible.
The number of deaths is just one statistic. How about the number of assaults?
I'll say this: there were a couple of dozen shootings within a few blocks of my CD residence last year. I can't think of a single one from years past. Fortunately and miraculously, only two resulted in death. Many of these were not reported to police and don't show up in your stats. In other cases, the "victims" refused to cooperate with police.
So, please stop denying reality based on incomplete stats. I invite you to attend a block watch meeting (lesbians make up a plurality in our group, so you should feel at home), and hear firsthand what's been happening.
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boring stories don't get more interesting when reported upon
Assuming that Erica is a lesbian, how fucking hilarious.
It is when your city is as woefully incapable of handling such storms as Seattle is.
I mean, we still have our power lines on wooden poles and our traffic signals on WIRES. Even many smaller towns phased that sort of shit out 20 years ago!
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