Media catch phrases in reporting hurricanes

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Media catch phrases in reporting hurricanes

#1 Postby PBFN » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:06 pm

Lets hear some of the common catch phrases we all see on the news when they talk about hurricanes.

I'll start.

"Barrelling" towards the coast
"Lashing" the coast with xxxmph winds
"Steaming" towards your city
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Re: Media catch phrases in reporting hurricanes

#2 Postby cjrciadt » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:08 pm

PBFN wrote:Lets hear some of the common catch phrases we all see on the news when they talk about hurricanes.

I'll start.

"Barrelling" towards the coast
"Lashing" the coast with xxxmph winds
"Steaming" towards your city

Battering the coast
Potenally Catstrophic
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#3 Postby Canelaw99 » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:08 pm

"ravaged, ravaging, etc."
"hunker down"
"pounding the coastline"
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#4 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:11 pm

"We will keep you ahead of the storm"
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#5 Postby PBFN » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:15 pm

Canelaw99 wrote:"ravaged, ravaging, etc."
"hunker down"
"pounding the coastline"


:D How could I forget "Hunker Down". Thats thier million dollar baby! :Pick:

Of course there is the trademark of storm2k :eek: HOLY CRAP! :eek:
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#6 Postby yzerfan » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:32 pm

As Carl Hiaasen would say:

"Conditions are deteriorating, Dwight"
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#7 Postby decgirl66 » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:51 pm

"The wind is really picking up out here..." (as they stand in the rain with their rain slicker trying to hold on to their hat!)

Wind? In a hurricane? Nooooooo! Really?? :dont:
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#8 Postby DramaQueen » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:55 pm

"If you look behind me you can see....."
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#9 Postby ChaserUK » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:57 pm

".....now Katrina, sorry, I mean Rita......."
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#10 Postby Canelaw99 » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:02 pm

I always love it when the news anchors in the studio ask the reporter in the field who's in the middle of a feeder band "So, how are things out there where you are?" I mean, really...is the reporter going to answer, "They're great! I shoulda brought my swimsuit!" LOL Just cracks me up....
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#11 Postby timNms » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:08 pm

my favorite is "unprecedented catastrophic event" that's the new catch phrase since Katrina :D . Wonder what they'll call the aftermath of Rita? Looks to be as bad, if not worse, than Katrina.
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#12 Postby timNms » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:11 pm

my favorite is "unprecedented catastrophic event" that's the new catch phrase since Katrina :D . Wonder what they'll call the aftermath of Rita? Looks to be as bad, if not worse, than Katrina.
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#13 Postby f5 » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:43 pm

its weakening winds down to 170 instead of 175 pressure is up to 901 instead of 900 mb
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#14 Postby f5 » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:44 pm

its weakening winds down to 170 instead of 175 pressure is up to 901 instead of 900 mb
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#15 Postby isobar » Thu Sep 22, 2005 4:49 pm

"It's a ghost town around here."
Jeff Morrow even pointed out what an overused cliche it is. (After he said himself of course.)
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#16 Postby JuliannaMKH » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:20 pm

"(city name) dodged a bullet!
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#17 Postby Burn1 » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:34 pm

In harms way

S Florida reporter in Key West before Rita...." Key West was expecting a storm surge of 9 feet, now officials say somewhere between 8 and 10 feet"

The idiot said it twice....

Also another S Florida reporter on Miami Beach at 1 in the morning "Right now on Miami Beach a little unusual as we are not seeing the surfers that are quite often out during the storms"

No S_ _ _! It's 1 o'clock in the morning....Have you ever heard of a midnight surfer
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#18 Postby Rain Man » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:43 pm

I've heard the terms "barnstormer" "hold onto your britches" and "humdinger" all in relation to hurricane rita.
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#19 Postby cyclone_watcher » Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:01 pm

Most rediculous one => "A category five storm".

These guys are sooooo dumb!
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#20 Postby SamSagnella » Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:03 pm

cyclone_watcher wrote:Most rediculous one => "A category five storm".

These guys are sooooo dumb!


:roflmao: :sprinkler:
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