6:20 am. - Forecasters & Media: Friend or Foe?

John is deciding to pay a visit right now.

Pretty windy, pool flooding, water coming in. Blech. However, it's under control.

Here's the deal:

I'd like to reiterate that the satellite maps mean nothing. Take for example the map above: The hurricane should be well past us. Is it?Who knows, we're getting more action right now than we have for nearly 30 hours.

I honestly believe that someone at the National Hurricane Center in Miami is sitting at his/her desk, photoshopping - or better yet, using colored pencils to create our "satellite maps," because none of them make any sense. None of it has even been remotely in line with what we've actually experienced.

Then there's the flippin' media. They've been reporting mis-information for the past 20 or so hours. Hey, that's cool. It's Labor Day. You don't have time to report on what is actually occurring, you have the last summer barbecue to get to. Instead you'd prefer to just write a catchy, "nik the Baja, crashing winds, pumelling the peninsula, thousands evacuated" -style article that scares Americans far and wide. That's coo. Whatev.

**rolling of the eyes**

Forecasters and news media are nuts. They're running the world. And we're believing them.

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Sidenote: I am never going to sleep again. I.just.want.a.good.night's.sleep.