After Irene: Little damage seen in many places

Yahoo News ^ | 28 Aug 2011 | TOM FOREMAN Jr.

[mandaladon]

Watch Obama take credit for this.

[Para-Ord.45]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBVIe-8G9GU

[CGalen]

This is what Donald Trump said last week on
Greta’s show. The Donald said we would get some rain, and some wind, but no big deal. He said the news media was just trying to make get better ratings.

[RC2]

Yep.....Shepherd Smith hasn’t shut up since the storm started. He makes his own news. I’m glad people took care of themselves but this is the only thing that Smith is talking about.

[ken21]

after all the hype.

janet neapolitano and buds looked like dorks advertising their commands.

mayor bloom looked like an @ss.

[abb]

[Gena Bukin]

That absolutely hilarious video will be the defining image of Hurricane Irene.

I've watched it 20 times and I'm still laughing!

[TigersEye]

Can't we at least wait until the looting is under control before we start criticizing?
... wut? Oh. Never mind.

[caww]

news media was just trying to make get better ratings.

And it worked........ Even so this was not a storm to ignore. They said from the beginning it was a "water storm" more than anything else.... once they saw how slow it would move across the coast. And that is exactly what it has been...streets flooding...ocean surges etc. Falling trees and limbs on an already saturated ground.

I also tend to believe the many prayers that it would weaken and spare the coast were answered.....and all are grateful it was not near what might have otherwise been possible.

[Chgogal]

Irene was nothing compared to Ivan, Katrina, Rita, Wilma and Ike.

I include Ike because it hit our energy complex.

[sitetest]

“Little damage seen in many places”

I'd say the headline should be:

“Little major damage seen in many places”

Where I live, 60% of folks lost power during the storm (about 20% of those folks have had it restored so far). That's hardly “little damage,” but most of it is just downed trees and lines, so it's minor damage.

But lots and lots of it. Lots and lots of minor damage.

[BradyLS]

A lot of rain hits New York. Citizens are in a panic! The call goes out: Wonder Wonks to the rescue!!!

[Rennes Templar]

That’s funny, and check out this one!

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/sea-foam-dc-tv-reporter-does-hurricane-live-shot-covered-in-raw-sewage/

[Professional Engineer]

Snicker.

[nhwingut]

They are so desperate they’re using car accidents to include in “hurricane fatalities.”

[wastedyears]

That’s going to become a huge meme now.

[Iron Munro]

After Irene: Little damage seen in many places

That is only because Commander Zero, the world reknown meteorologist and Smiter of
Hurricanes, cut his well earned vaction short to sit at the complex controls of the old "Rove
Weather Machine" to protect the nation and guide us safely through this terrible attack by a
clearly upset Mother Gaia.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Or earlier disasters like this;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q64qvkVtXd0

[cripplecreek]

We had a very heavy dew in Michigan yesterday morning. It was horrifying, it soaked my shoes and my feet were wet till I took my socks off.

I need some FEMA money.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

They still haven't reported how many people die in these areas just on a normal weekend. Numbers are probably similar.