AIBU to be wondering why my BBC news feed if full of storm Irma stuff?

[DoryDingDong]

I don't live in Florida, is there so little UK news to report that we have to obsess over the weather in another country?
Also, why so much coverage of this particular storm when so many more horrendous natural disasters go un reported all over the world?
Is this that news worthy or has the media lost perspective entirely?

I tend to agree with you to an extent OP.

The BBC didn't have a 'live updates' running earlier this week when Irma was wrecking havoc and causing death and destruction in the Caribbean. The devastation in Florida is absolutely news worthy but coverage on such a scale when compared to a few days ago? It's odd.

Op you've early been successfully ignoring this barrage of headlines given you have no idea it's how serious it is and that uk territories have been decimated. Friends are trying to find out if uk colleagues are alive and ok. So why not just keep ignoring it, you've done such a brilliant job of it so far.

Lelloteddy - that is absolutely not true. Hurricane Irma, its forecast and its travels (and destruction) through the Caribbean has been top of the news for days now. The footage of destruction of Barbuda has been on a repeat loop.

I have close relatives on one of the islands that took a direct hit. No communication for 24 hours. I couldn't get enough rolling news. OP I cannot convey just how terrifying it was to know kids were literally sitting ducks in the face of Cat 5 hurricane.

You might have the teeniest point about the coverage in relation to the appalling earthquake, but it's lost in your wilful disregard for anyone saying they've got friends, colleagues, family not to mention that British islands have been totally annihilated.

It's because it's in the western 'developed' world. If it was India or somewhere in Asia/Africa we would hear about it but it wouldn't be on constantly.

Just like a bomb exploding in a US city is bigger news than it happening in those other parts of the world.

There does seem more coverage, but the rolling coverage seems to happen when they can have film crew on the ground whilst still providing them with safety. Which seems much more feasible in the states. The BBC notifications have been constant for days, maybe people notice them more because it's the states.

BIWI it absolutely IS true. 3 days ago the ENTIRE front page of the BBC website was NOT running 'live threads' and updates on Irma in the Caribbean. Coverage yes, but this level of coverage? Absolutely not.

EXACTLY!

lello thats a crock of shite i'm afraid!! there was rolling news and live updates last week reporting about the caribbean....

whats 'exactly'?

I think it's an exactly to Lelloteddy's confirmation bias.

oh....is that all!

Itsallabout nobody is saying there wasn't coverage. But there WASN'T the same volume of coverage that there is about Florida.

There absolutely was. Along with coverage of everything else that was going on.

You know, the front page of the BBC's website is never about only one thing! They have sections about news from all over the world, as well as all over the UK.

If you look ...

And the BBC right now is reporting from Nigeria and Myanmar. Oh, and also about the anniversary of 9/11

Just so you know ...

I'm currently watching BBC 24 which covered Irma for ten minutes, some of which time was spent talking about its effect on Cuba. It then went on to talk about Italian floods, Boko Haram and multiple other stories.

One other thing to point out, is that the population of Florida is much greater than that of the islands. Whilst that doesn't mean that their lives are more important - of course it doesn't! - it does mean that there are something like 6 million people being under threat. That's the population of London.

The hurricane itself is larger than the size of Florida.

Sorry - the population of Florida that is under threat.

Do you work for the BBC BIWI? You seem slightly overwrought at the whole issue?

Sorry YABU. It's a massive thing.

3 days ago the ENTIRE front page of the BBC website was NOT running 'live threads' and updates on Irma in the Caribbean

And the ENTIRE front page of the BBC website is not currently about Irma hitting Florida.

I wish I had not contributed as I am as guilty, I wish these type on conversation would happen after the event when people worried about love ones at least know they are safe.

oh and btw....YABU!!

Do you work for the BBC BIWI? You seem slightly overwrought at the whole issue?

BIWI doesn't seem at all overwrought.

Do you work for the Daily Mail btw?