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To: abb; abbi_normal_2; aberaussie; abner; AbsoluteGrace; alancarp; Alas Babylon!; Alia; ...
...Irene about to re-emerge over the Atlantic waters...

Max sustained winds 80 mph, 950mb
50 miles SSE of Norfolk, 340 miles SSW of New York City
Moving NNE at 13 mph.

Hurricane force winds extend outward 85 miles
Tropical storm force winds extend 290 miles from the storm center.


On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->

1,202 posted on 08/27/2011 2:06:55 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Drink good coffee. You can sleep when you are dead.)
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I just checked several data buys off NC and could not find sustained winds of more than about 55 knots,where have the highest winds been reported?

I found one area where the eye had to have crossed since it had a baro of 28.15 and the winds did a 360, but no really high winds?

1,315 posted on 08/27/2011 3:32:06 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin 2012)
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Obama takes charge at hurricane command center

Maybe this is common knowlege but I just saw it, and if true.......

GOOD FREAKIN' GRIEF!!!!!

Never let a good crisis go to waste, even if it is a Cat 1 downgrade or TS.......!!!

1,320 posted on 08/27/2011 3:35:26 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Hurricane Irene is Obama's fault because he hates people in general. Fair's fair.)
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Update from here in Norfolk...........

Lots of wind and rain. Tropical storm winds since I got up and rained all night. Lost power around 11:20 and got it back at 2:40. Flooding in low lying areas. Went down to Ocean View part of Norfolk, on the bay. Drove the Nissan Titan. The waves were lapping at the underside of the new fishing pier, the one that replaced the pier that was destroyed by Isabel. Right now the center of the storm is at the VA/NC line right on the coast. 80 MPH winds with gusts to 98. High tide right about now. I live on some of the higher ground in the city. Lots of flooding, a large watermain break, tree limbs down all over the place, and an 11 year old in Newport News was killed this morning when a tree crashed thru his apartment building. The ocean is up on the boardwalk in Virginia Beach.

Spent the day teaching my wife and 10 year old daughter how to play Risk. We played Clue last night, and started a game of Monopoly after I won Risk. With the power off we didn’t want our steaks to spoil, so I was out under the covered patio grilling in the storm.

The storm should be pulling away now, I hope we have no other problems, but I think it’s going to be a long night.


1,459 posted on 08/27/2011 5:27:18 PM PDT by fredhead (I'm not sleeping, I'm checking my eyelids for cracks.)
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