Relatives who live in trailers evacuated ... when I went to check on their places this morning there was no damage in the neighborhood at all.
The Weather channel is so used to reporting the mundane that when the unusual occurs, they have to magnify it to appear like another Katrina.
CNN Breaking News: “IRENE Batters Long Island, NY”
(Muliple umbrellas turned inside out!)
To be fair...it’s the continued media hype that’s so funny. When I was in the navy we went through storm preps and then the storm went out to sea and the sun came out and we went golfing at the base course. This stuff happens and preparations are good, even when everything turns out fine. But the media continuing to try and make a mountain out of a mole hill is just comical.