Amazing how a disaster pushes all other news aside

It's like a reminder--literally from above--of what is important.

In this case, it's a tornado.

Now, IT is the only news that matters.

For example, from CNN:

Searching 'board by board'
24 dead including 9 kids

• Rescuers in Moore, Oklahoma, in frantic hunt for survivors

• "This is a tough community," Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb says
• Looks like a "two-mile-wide lawnmower blade" hit DEVELOPING STORY

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEVASTATED

Dad's desperate race to reach son's school 1:26

Kids huddled in school's hallways 2:25

Tearful reunions as children emerge 1:59

THE TORNADO AND ITS AFTERMATH

Guy who took video 'blessed to be alive' :55

Daybreak reveals disaster's magnitude

Surprised survivor finds dog on TV 2:12

Frantic search; heartbreaking find 1:35

Watch as deadly tornado takes shape :51

Follow twister's deadly 40-mile path

And from Fox:

DEADLY TWISTER HITS HEARTLAND
Rescue teams search rubble for survivors after tornado kills at least 24

Oklahoma City officials lower tornado death toll to 24, which includes 9 children, as rescue efforts continue after monster storm destroys homes, buildings and an elementary school.

HOW YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE AFFECTED BY OKLAHOMA TORNADO

Deadly Tornado Tracked Path of 1999 Oklahoma Twister | Missouri City Devastated By 2011 Twister Aids Oklahoma

Photog Describes Rescuers Pulling Kids Out of Rubble | VIDEO: Photog Captures Images of Heroic Effort

Worried Parents Seek Out Kids at Oklahoma School | VIDEO: Rescuers Search for Kids Trapped in School

VIDEO: 'Loudest Noise I Ever Heard' | Obama: We Will Be There | How Is Twister Formed? | JOIN THE LIVE CHAT

PHOTOS: Tornado Tears Through Oklahoma | Deadly Tornadoes in US History | EXTREME WEATHER CENTER

Just yesterday, right before the storm, the news was scandal this, scandal that (mostly imagined and not legitimate), especially on Fox. In fact, it took Fox at least two hours after the storm hit to change its website to the storm as the lead story.

The phenomenon of media coverage of disasters helps us understand why crime is so attractive to the media, as well.

Random.
Violent.
Deadly.

= news