Also of note yesterday was that the explosion and fire at an oil/gas depot in Staten Island wasn't important enough to delay or interrupt the soap operas on the local NYC stations. While the Fox News channel, along with CNN & MSNBC kept switching coverage between the two fire related stories, the network affiliates in the nations #1 market seemed to feel that it wasn't really worth the airtime that it would take from the fiction of day-time drama.

It's probably a good thing that the 9/11 tragedy happened while the TODAY SHOW was still on and they hadn't switched over to Judge Judy. Folks outside the Financial District might not have known what happened until the News at Noon.

Is it the gloomy weather that has me so cynical today, or what?