That's all it takes in a headline anymore isn't it?
It MAY shock you, because everything shocks someone and the promise of that potential drama will draw most people in. Graphics are by definition images thus anything we look at is graphic but to put it like that makes it sound salacious. It's certainly from a disaster and it's clearly footage and we can't get enough of disaster footage shows, that's proven in the ratings.
It's everything you want a headline to be"Pat yourself on the back and move on." as the wise Kellen Perry once said. You'll see variations of that headline compete with "pain at the pump" for this years most overused cliche in multimedia. TV, print, web, you name it. Oversaturation of flood coverage is ironic but at least it may save us from a premature start to the 2012 election silliness.
I'll try to be a bit more serious now and also point out that there's much more in depth and serious minded coverage of the what's and wheres at KQ2, the local newspaper/television tag team Channel 3/News-Press as well as various local radio outlets.
Now I'll quit being serious and pitch to our intrepid reporter Stephen J. Bigly.
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