Damned if you do ...
CNN is in full panic mode this morning on the pending landfall of Hurricane Ike. Now, I don't want to diminish the significance of this particular storm, but talk about your made-for-TV disaster. Unlike a tornado or earthquake, a hurricane is reasonably predictable, which gives the CNNs of the world ample time to amp up the volume from its army of wind-blown reporters. In the category of things always getting darker before going completely black, I just heard one CNNer warn that evacuation isn't always a great option for medical personnel - that "you can accidentally pull out an IV tube," or some such. This after emergency officials declared "certain death" for those who don't leave certain parts of the Texas coast. Hmmm, IV tube ... certain death. I think I'd be heading for high ground.