I think it was just an oversight. I emailed the editor and she immediately responded and apologized for it.
Your point is a good one though. I was a little ticked by all the media outlets who reset the fatality count back to zero after the storm left the Caribbean. That said, I think most of the outlets now reference "US fatalities" rather than "storm related fatalities" (and yes, we also had one here in Toronto, unfortunately) On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Martin DeYoung <mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com>wrote: > ************ > > I took the comment as satire indicating the Lat 38 editorial staff felt > the American media should have acknowledged the loss of live and damage in > the **Caribbean**.**** > > ** ** > > One of the Lat 38 owners has a boat or two based in the **Caribbean** and > is often a cheerleader for the sail/charter industry there.**** > > ** ** > > Martin**** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Colin > Kilgour > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 30, 2012 10:39 AM > *To:* **cnc-list@cnc-list.com** > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Bounty sinking today**** > > ** ** > > That Latitude 38 first sentence is pretty offensive if you think about > it. 69 people die in the **Caribbean** but the official death toll > doesn't start until the American media starts paying attention? > > I suspect they don't mean to come across as American-centric insensitive > pricks. But they did. Probably just sloppy writing. > > Cheers, > Colin**** > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Colin Kilgour <charliekilo...@gmail.com> > wrote:**** > > Obviously financial pressures took over here. If you look at their FB > postings from Oct 25, it was clear that they knew about the storm before > heading out. > > Would the boat have been wrecked had they stayed in ****New London****? > Maybe... but if they'd used the last few days to secure the boat rather > than sail head first into the shit, then maybe things would have turned out > much better than they did. > > Cheers, > Colin > > **** > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 12:50 PM, ****Frederick G Street**** < > f...@postaudio.net> wrote:**** > > Probably not -- the captain is the one who's missing.**** > > > ****Fred Street**** -- ****Minneapolis**** > S/V *Oceanis* (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in ****Bayfield**, **WI > **** :^( > **** > > ** ** > > On Oct 29, 2012, at 2:28 PM, Richard Walter <sailind...@yahoo.com> wrote:* > *** > > > > **** > > If the missing crew members are lost, there will be jail time.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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