# Why risk reporters lives for pictures of hurricane damage?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-risk-reporters-lives-for-pictures-of-hurricane-damage/311882>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 10, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-risk-reporters-lives-for-pictures-of-hurricane-damage/311882 "2005-07-10T20:52:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![flash\_hobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce73a5/32.png) [@flash\_hobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flash_hobo)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-risk-reporters-lives-for-pictures-of-hurricane-damage/311882/61 "2005-08-31T01:04:00Z")

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I don’t know if anyone mentioned this, but…

Maybe they use reporters to show us they AREN’T recycling old footage from other hurricanes?  
I mean, they recycle enough from the current one as it is. I was watching CNN yesterday and they played the same 10-second clip about 3 times in 5 minutes.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-risk-reporters-lives-for-pictures-of-hurricane-damage/311882/62 "2005-08-31T16:08:44Z")

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Today’s _[Medium Large](http://www.drinkatwork.com/mediumlarge.html)_ seems appropriate. 🙂

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-risk-reporters-lives-for-pictures-of-hurricane-damage/311882/63 "2005-08-31T16:18:05Z")

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> [@bordelond](#):
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> The risk is way lower than they’d have you believe. I grew up in New Orleans, lived there untill I was 29, and now live again in SE Louisiana. I have seen at least ten hurricanes pass over where I was living.
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> Hurricanes just aren’t that big of a deal. There, I said it. Bad things happen, and worst case scenarios do come true, but by and large, a hurricane isn’t that bad.

Gah! Can’t believe my hubris.

I will say this though, as I drag the goalposts around a bit: not all hurricanes are created equal.

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**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-risk-reporters-lives-for-pictures-of-hurricane-damage/311882/64 "2005-08-31T18:43:10Z")

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> [@bordelond](#):
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> Gah! Can’t believe my hubris.
> 
> I will say this though, as I drag the goalposts around a bit: not all hurricanes are created equal.

They’re underwater. How are you gonna drag 'em?

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