Cat Volcano Pen and Ink drawing in a notebook

Cat Volcano circa 2025

#catvolcano
#disasterporn

I worry about the people of Jamaica dealing with Hurricane #Melissa.

But I detest #DisasterPorn.

All these TV stations have sent (disposable?) reporters and camera crews so we can wring our hands at the images.

Spare us. Get the needed info to disaster relief teams. Let us know how we can help.

The #WeatherChannel and their obsession with #DisasterPorn is really telling this morning. The #Katrina coverage is annoying AF. I just want the weather. Life in the US sucks ass right now. I don't need constant video of the disaster when #POTUS is destroying the USA daily.
#WeatherNation is better.

Now they seem to be bemoaning the slow speed of investigation (damn those experts) and of identification of victims (damn those experts again)

Meanwhile, travel journalists state the bleeding obvious

#DisasterPorn

I fear it is

A lot of armchair experts (in some cases literally) doing a lot of speculation

Was it terrible? Yes, but not news
Is anything really known? No, but not news

#DisasterPorn it is?

#news #itvnews #c4news #skynews #bbcnews

Is the #Channel5 documentary on the #airindia crash, just #DisasterPorn, or do they *already* have something of value to say?

If there is something of value why has it not been on the news?

#news #itvnews #c4news #skynews #bbcnews

Bridget McKenzie is a snake, could never trust her, ever.
#disasterporn #4corners #auspol

Sarah Henderson is delusional, as usual #disasterporn #4corners #auspol

Original post on mato.social

"#fakeAIslop is #profitable, and there are countless users doing the same thing. There’s absolutely nothing to stop them.
That is: the #Instagram platform doesn’t just enable this behavior, it rewards it. On Instagram & TikTok, #FutureRiderUS’s top hits are from #fakeLAfires. None are clearly […]

There's been a tornado emergency and PDS warnings for a tornado on the ground NE of Nyman, IA and none of the US networks seem to be covering it. Maybe 2 in the area.

I am consistently shocked that US news, other than hyper-local channels, do not cover severe weather until AFTER.

#DisasterPorn

"what can #demobilize us is too much #fear and fear-mongering, along with #socialmedia #algorithms that reward #Doomsayers"

One has been known to be a bit Doomsayer-ish An excellent and timely reminder to keep your head and not succumb to #DisasterPorn click-bait.

open.substack.com/pub/theconne...

Honestly, the way some* commercial TV networks are covering the #DisasterPorn that *was* #TCAlfred and its effects on the Gold Coast you’d think it had become a self-funded retiree and bought a unit at Surfers Paradise and was itself complaining about storm-fuelled beach erosion.

"So many people on the ground...the ADF, the SES, the police..." and so many journos, camos, and soundies... #TCAlfred #DisasterPorn

BREAKING: A tree has fallen in Mt Gravatt and taken out some power lines and a street sign. THE SIGN'S FAMILY IS YET TO BE ADVISED - WHY ARE WE SHOWING THE SIGN ON TV RIGHT NOW?! Who will think of its children?! #DisasterPorn #TCAlfred

I wonder how many car's suspensions got ruined carting too many sandbags in the last couple of days? #DisasterPorn #TCAlfred

Yes, it's sad that Currumbin Surf Club has been inundated by the storm surge, but it happens *EVERY TIME* there's a bigger-than-normal high tide. The issue the media should looking at is why hasn't the surf club been relocated permanently? #DisasterPorn #TCAlfred

Today's strap line going with "Northern NSW on high alert: Communities away arrival of Cyclone Alfred".

Cyclone Alfred doesn't exist anymore - it's now a tropical low; and it cross the coast north of Brisbane, so it'll just be rain that affects Northern NSW.

I mean, FFS. #DisasterPorn #TCAlfred

A little light on this darkest day: my 7th book, Disaster Porn, will be published by BOA in 2027. Pulling over for trash couches for years! Inspired by these pages by Maira Kalman, the book features The Husband, the Devil, Goya, teenage Cassandra, and the OG disaster porn—Pompeii.

#disasterporn

Modern tech enables us to watch the results of tornados, tsunamis and earthquake, and their resulting suffering #disasterporn

#disasterporn: financial crisis infographics gallery flowingdata.com/2009/03/13/27-visualizat...