When this Channel's camera man set up behind the framework for the portable dam, a rival station lameted that they hadn't thought of using that perspective. Due to their specific nature, many news stories are not be set in glamorous places. Nevertheless, those - reporting the story - still must do their best to try to catch their audience's attention. Frankly, all 4 Channels (using different vantage points) were about equal. It's hard to make a bunch of metal sticks look exciting. Ditto piles of sand. However, when put taken in context with the story, the story takes life. From the gallery http://www.pbase.com/britestar/2011_flood_of_the_century