tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171175265245997391.post6053112866017610285..comments2024-03-02T23:32:19.314+13:00Comments on Seemorerocks: Making sense of media coverage of a heatwaveseemorerockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09638172074263860001noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171175265245997391.post-83966881751139252402019-01-29T05:24:43.945+13:002019-01-29T05:24:43.945+13:00Just thought I'd let you know, I used to go to...Just thought I'd let you know, I used to go to wunderground.com before going to your site, which I just did, and there was a story entitled s/t like: "Australia heatwave gets worse". But after the site finished loading, that article, the only one of any interest, as ALL the others had been posted for days, was gone. I'm pretty sure IBM owns the site now, and they have rendered it useless except for the daily weather report. So thank you for your much-appreciated contribution,it really is providing a unique perspective, and that's what is being systematically destroyed on the inter-webs as much as it has been from every other Corporate-owned news source (that would be ALL of them) (SHOCKING!).Robertlowrey.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929839643254994477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171175265245997391.post-29331032300506772322019-01-28T21:33:55.673+13:002019-01-28T21:33:55.673+13:00Hi Robin I've been quite displeased with the m...Hi Robin I've been quite displeased with the media coverage of the consequences of this heatwave here in Sydney. No reporting of the 2500 camels shot outside Adelaide, only the briefest of the wild horse deaths from thirst in the NT. Almost none of basically the complete loss of the young offspring of the existing wildlife. I was awoken by the strangest cries in the pre-dawn hours and learned later it was probably the cries of the bats whose offspring perished in the heat. I finally realised that my dog will not leave the house on the side with direct sun on the concrete. We are going up the coast for holiday in a week or so (to an air conned holiday house, thank heavens) and I will almost certainly need to put booties on her staffy paws if we stop at a conventionally paved rest area. Nobody is doing any education about how warm air holds more water and they are still selling evaporative coolers as portable aircon in the stores. It's just horrible. <br /><br />I hope you and Pam and the animals stay safe. I think about you a lot. Phorushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921379008696600186noreply@blogger.com