• by Erik Sass , Staff Writer @eriksass1, March 20, 2012

MediaPost's Joe Mandese recalls that in the wake of Hurricane Irene, many people accused the media of over-hyping the threat from Hurricane Irene, because of the relative lack of damage -- but argues that in fact that shows how effective the media was in warning people.  As someone who visited upstate NY and Vermont a week after Hurricane Irene, I would add that there was in fact plenty of damage... just not in the metro NYC area.  Some small towns in Vermont remained cut off from the outside world for weeks after Irene. One small town in upstate NY was pretty much wiped off the map. So, just because it doesn't happen in NYC doesn't mean it doesn't happen!