>It was interesting to me how the media was slavering over some kind
>of pending catastrophe & quickly lost interest once it was clear
>that people were going to act in a civilized manner. No raped
>babies, no nuttin.
I didn't get that so much. Locally, there were a million updates all weekend. I think the media coverage, which started well before the event, helped prevent problems.
AFAICT, most of the catastrophe stuff came from yahoos posting comments to stories. But then, I don't watch local tv news.