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Originally Posted by baddog
The big one has been coming since before any of us were born. It is a given
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Indeed, it is an inevitable eventuality and everyone living in California knows it, so what is the point of reporting something that is common knowledge and absolutely inevitable? To raise awareness? I call BS on that! When an earthquake occurs panic takes over and all hell breaks lose regardless of whether or not people have been preparing for it. Sure some try keep calm and collected but the reaction I've seen from most folks is instant panic.
Don't get me wrong tho, I am not saying that ALL networks which report on "ball-park-estimates" about expected natural disasters do so because of some ulterior motive, however it is hard to overlook the pattern certain networks exhibit by pursuing this particular angle.
There are quite a few "companies" I can think of which seem to be able to profit during times of fear and uncertainty; I am sure Glenn Beck can agree with me on this one
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. . . it must also be a slow news day.
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Seems to happen quite often with that particular network.