To be sure the only things I say NAY to are (1) overwrought emotionalism and (2) knocking fellow Freepers, beyond some utilitarian limit.
Never hurts to be polite, right?
Did anyone hear the older professor who was just on Fox? He was comparing Irene to a storm that hit NYC back in the late 1800’s. Said the wind speed didn’t matter.
He mentioned 4 other factors that people should be paying attention to, but was reading another weather forum, and missed part of it.
I have read that entire counties in NC are totally without power. To my mind, this loss of power is the worst of the potential possibilities. There are only so many power crews to go around, and if all the states lose electric, consider that 1/3 of the total US population lives in the affected areas.
It could get very ugly.