Quake TV Pro and Con

We were lucky--the 6.6 earthquake didn’t really make it to South Orange County, but kudos to our local TV stations for their outstanding coverage of the earthquake stories! I spent the entire day and evening glued to their broadcasts. They even outdid their wonderful job on the recent fires.

Thanks again, L.A. commercial TV stations!

RICHARD P. HARMAN

Monarch Bay

The recent earthquake in Northridge was a true tragedy, but there was another tragedy that day: the television news coverage. Hour after hour of continuous news coverage after the first three hours was ridiculous. Especially since it was all the same information. This in itself was bad enough, but when on Channel 7 the newscaster started listing the victims of the quake and what they had died of, that was too much. Wasn’t it bad enough that these people died?

I do think that updates during the day would have sufficed. I would like to applaud Channel 13. In the early evening they finally returned to regular programs. Enough is enough.

SHELLEY D. JAMES

Irvine