tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post937335648725612576..comments2024-03-17T18:37:36.377-07:00Comments on Geotripper: What? You Were Expecting This?Garry Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00531226195147986457noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-12503992395898906102010-02-28T09:32:42.323-08:002010-02-28T09:32:42.323-08:00You are not too hard on them. The coverage was bel...You are not too hard on them. The coverage was below even their usual poor performance. I was checking geology blogs and was pleased to see your coverage.Judithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-51524093814429535102010-02-28T08:19:09.835-08:002010-02-28T08:19:09.835-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jennahttp://www.travel-mazatlan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-32286485279496786582010-02-28T04:51:15.474-08:002010-02-28T04:51:15.474-08:00Garry:
Great analysis on this and your previous co...Garry:<br />Great analysis on this and your previous couple of posts. I totally concur.<br />CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-43752789511352582622010-02-28T01:48:39.339-08:002010-02-28T01:48:39.339-08:00By all means no! You are not being too tough! I to...By all means no! You are not being too tough! I totally agree with you on this. It's all about the money. Science is only considered if and when it is profitable, i.e. when it can be of some use to explain death and catastrophe. If none of this exists then it becomes an eccentricity that most people don't care about. That's why blog dedicated to discuss and popularize science are so important!Filipe M. Rosashttp://lisbonstructuralgeologist.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-89654075713782386212010-02-27T23:23:42.545-08:002010-02-27T23:23:42.545-08:00ArgghhH! Hop on over to phreatic.blogspot.com to s...ArgghhH! Hop on over to phreatic.blogspot.com to see my reaction to CNN's Rick Sanchez. Here's the last bit of his Seargent-intense interview with a Dr Frankel from Georgia Tech:<br /><br />SANCHEZ: That's important. Sorry. Um, well, this is interesting. I mean, I have never seen something develop like this and science being used the way you guys use it to get all of your material.SciGuy315https://www.blogger.com/profile/08316684673793283489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-11349210329961739212010-02-27T20:57:46.711-08:002010-02-27T20:57:46.711-08:00Don't have TV or cable so can't say for su...Don't have TV or cable so can't say for sure on this particular event. However, I've seen the stupidity and sensationalism before. It's really not about education and information, it's all about $$$. Maybe that's why I don't bother to watch this crap. Instead I feel better informed reading your blog Garry.Gaelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784162697113288888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-11212004940336572462010-02-27T19:52:21.917-08:002010-02-27T19:52:21.917-08:00no, you're not being too tough ... like you I ...no, you're not being too tough ... like you I was pleasantly surprised w/ CNN's explanations of subduction zones and how differences in shaking, distance from epicenter, and building codes made this quake distinct from the one in recent collective memory (Haiti) ... but, as you say, when they went to the tsunami coverage it's as if they were upset that there wasn't widespread devastation. They spent the entire morning stoking fear and then when the tsunami did what was expected they turn around and say "well, it wasn't nearly as bad as people feared" --- yeah, media, YOU were the ones fearing that.BrianRhttp://clasticdetritus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-80381619792776982532010-02-27T19:14:24.393-08:002010-02-27T19:14:24.393-08:00I agree completely with the way the news networks ...I agree completely with the way the news networks handled this. On one website the media was desperately trying to link Haiti and Chile together. After a while my eyes glazed over, and snapped back into focus when a USGS representative was being interviewed. I, however, did not get much out of that, either.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064319862675324423noreply@blogger.com