Ironically, the effect of so much froth is to distract from what’s happening to those trapped at the center of the destruction. In the wake of a massively destructive hurricane, 'Stormy Weather' chronicles the fictional - but highly plausible - descent of the swindlers, scammers, and criminals to prey on the. Some say there’s no other way to report on a storm that hasn’t arrived except to get your reporters in place and fill the air time with whatever they can scrape together. Carl Hiaasen is following his usual agenda in this book - attacking the natural enemies of Florida - insensitive tourist and rapacious economic opportunists. The identical footage could be shot on any windy day in January, and not a soul would know the difference. Carl Hiaasen Stormy Weather Mass Market Paperback Jby Carl Hiaasen (Author) 1,458 ratings Book 3 of 7: Skink See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 17.14 131 Used from 1.57 15 New from 15.25 53 Collectible from 5. Same goes for the generic waves-crashing-on-the-beach scene, which we saw about 174 times during the Dorian coverage. No hurricane is required to make this happen. Of course, this is what palm trees do all year long. Then there’s the mandatory shot of palms trees bowing and swaying in the wind. Look! Sheets of plywood! Screws, too! And how about that the plucky shop owner saying he’s hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst.Ī perfectly pleasant interview, but how is this actual news? Only the shop owner’s immediate family would rush to the television to catch that segment.
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