While I, as a Meteorologist and formerly involved in the TV business, I agree with you on using visuals entirely to overstate this, the fact that the field in the dome was set up before the storm to house thousands of electrical lineman and relief workers expected after the storm, says that the roof coming off was NOT an expected outcome from Milton, making it a reasonable way to tell the story on the news.
kcplate|1 year ago
This was the crux of the story at least locally in Central Florida. I have no idea if that was lost in coverage outside of the area in favor of the visual impacts of the torn roof.