Hurricane Dennis: Notes #1

> Al Roker is in Pensacola, reporting for NBC and MSNBC.

> “The worldwide resources of Fox News are standing by” to cover the storm, Brian Wilson said at noon. Why would you need “worldwide resources” for something that’s happening on the Gulf shores of the U.S.?

> Last hour CNN interviewed a FEMA spokesperson on-camera in Pensacola, Florida, and now MSNBC is interviewing an American Red Cross spokeswoman on-camera in Mobile, Alabama. Have the representatives purposely fanned out to locations where reporters are present?

> “These are live pictures being provided by WEAR in Pensacola, Florida:” FNC has been relying on video from a robotic camera near a pier there. The video is shaky and compelling…

> FNC’s Eric Shawn: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of the Gulf Shores.”

> “11:55am — A hurricane is hitting the US and guess what FNC is talking about? Terrorism!,” an e-mailer said. I don’t think it’s bad to mention other news during hurricane coverage, though; MSNBC is about to check in with a London correspondent…

> MSNBC has (thankfully) pre-empted ‘MSNBC Entertainment Hot List’ in favor of more storm coverage.

> CNN’s Miles O’Brien is having fun with Keyhole.com’s satellite imagery of the coast…

> Lost Remote has links to live streams of local TV coverage. I wish we were seeing more local coverage on the cable nets…