One if by land (tornado), two if by sea (hurricane and flooding). Our back-to-back lashing by Mother Nature last week had many people wondering what gives. The other half blamed the media for blowing the natural disasters out of proportion ... ever heard of it’s fun to cover rare climatic events?! Alas, I was not involved in the Times-Mirror’s coverage of either event, but I have since collected a few of my favorite photos of other news organization’s reportage from around the Internet.

Standing water. Photo Courtesy/Failblog

Irene was not just a bunch of hot air. Photo Courtesy/Vogue UK