On 17/09/2010 22:10, Bjørn Sørheim wrote:

..and to note that serious damaging and life threathening weather events
outside our (the west-ok) sphere sometimes get quite little media-coverage
considering their scales compared to a similar event in the US, UK or most
western countries.

Much of it depends on what else is going on in the world.

Often the UK media will cover US events if there is an increased
likelihood that British holidaymakers will be caught up in it, or if
there is a large damage bill/loss of life.

There may not have been anything about Karl up to now because yesterday
the storm was forecast to make landfall in a sparsely populated area.
There are more important things to report on than a hurricane hitting
desert. It is only earlier today that the storm jogged south and hit
Veracruz.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11342007

There will probably be something about Igor over the weekend if it
causes a lot of damage on Bermuda.