Keith Devens .com

I know exactly what you mean. Not long ago, when suicide bombings killed sixteen people in Israel, a tabloid over here ran a front-page story over a woman who had applied to the National Health Service for a breast augmentation, rather than report on the killings.

I'm not sure... CNN Headlines News covered both. I don't watch a lot of TV, but I saw both the hurricane and the tragedy in Russia coming by several times. Of course, being a resident of Florida, I'm not entirely uninterested in what the hurricane does. :-)

Good! I'm glad CNN covered it.

My godfather lives in Florida, so I'm interested in the hurricane as well.

Russia got a heck of a lot more coverage over here than Florida. In fact, it's been pretty much the main news item.

Yeah, but you're not in the US. It would make much less sense for your media to be covering a storm in Florida

Just in from watching Hellboy: a most excellent movie. Go see it if you haven't already.

Usually, you'd expect them to get about even. I was rather surprised that Florida didn't more. My big question is: why don't Floridians actually build proper houses? I mean, you don't have to use bricks or anything, wood'll do just fine. But the architecture of the houses there doesn't seem right for withstanding the onslaught of winds like that.

Here and in the UK, because we're right on the edge of the Atlantic, Hurricanes aren't exactly uncommon (just not as common as over the other side of the pond), but it's rare that when one does happen you hear about as much damage being done. Mind you, the winds are just as strong.

From what I saw on the TV, small things like hip roofs don't seem to feature in the local architecture. That seems unwise seeing as they don't cost more than a regular eaved roof, and protect the house from a lot of the force of any wind blowing at it. And that's just one thing I'd expect a hurricane-prone region to have in its housing.

Caravans aside, it's just quite puzzling.

BTW, I took a glance at your Catholicism post, but you went and wrote too much! I don't have time to examine and reply to it yet: I went and got me a bit of a life today. But if I don't cover it by Monday, bug me about it or something.

Hellboy... hmm, I think you just gave me something to do tonight!

I dunno a thing about Floridian architecture, so I'll abstain

I took a glance at your Catholicism post, but you went and wrote too much!

Sorry. Most of it was smacking you on the head for not knowing what you're talking about.

(smack!)

Ok, I'll explain why I don't take the Catholic Encyclopaedia as authoritative: it's almost 100 years old and the only thing that's been updated is the list of popes. Seriously! That's why a lot of the things you said don't sit with me right: they were dealt with in Vat2. Read the encyclicals from around that time.

Anyway, this isn't the place for it, and I have to go.