Folks Tee Vee news is all about good looks and the ability to read from a teleprompter, not critical thinking so it did not surprise me that a weather channel air-head referred to the Mississippi Coast as The Land Mass Between New Orleans and Mobile, which in turn created a social media firestorm as Mississippians have a well-known inferiority complex, fueled by a world-wide perception the land mass is populated by ignorant red necks. Worth noting is that perception is based on more than a kernel of truth as there was a massive display of systemic ignorance up Crystal Springs way recently for example. I personally have no problem accepting that reality for it is just that. Mississippians have many redeeming qualities though, it just does not get the press attention.
I mention all this because it appears to my untrained eye much of the land mass indignation is coming from “Old Mississippi”, despite the fact the ignorant Weather Channel talking head was in reality speaking of occupied West Florida, which was ripped away from Florida Territory in 1817 and parceled among 3 states. Picturesque St Francisville Louisiana was our capital and we even had a flag that would not alienate a large swath of the populace. Continue reading “Tropical cyclone shoo-shoos, occupied West Florida and Tee Vee talking heads……”