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?

"A fanatic is someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject" Churchill