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Re: Come On Irene....
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Isabel, Irene... The 'I's have it, don't they?
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Re: Come On Irene....
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I was listening to a radio show yesterday (my wife calls it "Old Man Radio"). The host was interviewing a Dr. Simon Atkins. Gist of the interview is that Irene was overhyped for TV ratings and that it was not a Cat 1 when it made landfall in the Northeast. Windspeeds indicated that it was a tropical depression?
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And Now.......on to Katia.
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Re: Come On Irene....
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I think Irene was a tropical depression when it hit NY.
We didn't have a gust over 35mph here even though it was forecast to still be a Category 1. Because of that, I posted something along the lines of "fizzle" on Facebook, yet removed my post out of embarrassment when I saw what was happening with the floods in the northern part of the state as well as Vermont and upstate NY.
It certainly WAS over-hyped for us regarding the wind speeds, but the flooding rains truly did a lot of damage.
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I feel sympathetic to those affected. Mark, I'm glad you guys are okay. AND it was kind of amusing to see the East Coast Weather Hype Machine come of age. That's how it always is in Seattle whenever it might snow. Hope somebody at The Weather Channel got rich. Edit: Bonus Hurricane Irene autocorrect fails.
Last edited by tomtuttle; 08/30/11 05:43 PM.
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