Harsh words for those who hype bad weather:
David Phillips, senior climatologist for Environment Canada, calls the nonstop coverage "storm porn," and said it inflates public anxieties about weather events.
I wouldn't go that far. I think most of the TV weather talkers are just trying to report conditions as they are and make honest predictions. But I do sense a certain amount of glee sometimes when what they're predicting is especially bad, and a certain sense of letdown when things don't quite get as bad as predicted. I suppose that's a failing common to those of us in the news business. I think there was a George Carlin bit that went something like, "75 traffic fatalities were predicted over the holiday weekend, but there were only 50. Some of you people weren't doing your part!"
