The Media and Not So Common Sense

What a fiasco we had today here in the Southwest. Talk about totally jumping to conclusions and over reacting. Common sense definetely played little or no part in the actions of many county and school officials. The forecasted weather called for a severe storm to hit southwest Texas and New Mexico. The potential for significant amounts of ice and snow was there.
However before the "storm" even arrived or a single snowflake fell every school district in El Paso closed for the day. The media had hyped this "storm" up to such a degree there was even a noticable increase in people shopping and stocking up on common items. Now I see nothing wrong with being prepared for the worse. This however has to be tempered with a bit of sound knowledge and good judgement. Its no wonder that when a major emergency or storm does strike most people fail to react in a positive way. Hopefully the decision makers and media in our local area learned a thing or two today about jumping the gun. Hopefully they also realized the powerful affect they have on the masses. Hopefully they'll also remember they are stewards of the peoples trust!