Of course we believe that, but the media will thank someone else...
Posted on 08/28/2011 8:25:32 AM PDT by mandaladon
KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (AP) — From North Carolina to New Jersey, Hurricane Irene appeared to have fallen short of the doomsday predictions. But with rivers still rising, and roads impassable because of high water and fallen trees, it could be days before the full extent of the damage is known.
More than 4.5 million homes and businesses along the East Coast lost power, and at least 11 deaths were blamed on the storm. But as day broke Sunday, surprisingly light damage was reported in many places, with little more than downed trees and power lines.
"I think it's a little strong to say we dodged a bullet. However, it certainly could have turned out worse for the Hampton Roads area" in Virginia, said National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Montefusco.
At the same time, officials warned of the possibility of severe flooding over the next few days as runoff from the storm makes its way into creeks and rivers. In some parts of the Northeast, the ground was soggy even before the storm because of an extremely rainy August.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett cautioned: "The rivers may not crest until Tuesday or Wednesday. This isn't just a 24-hour event."
Irene brought rain of six inches to a foot to many places along the East Coast. The storm was still pummeling the New York City area on Sunday morning, dropping below hurricane strength but still dangerous with 65 mph winds and heavy downpours.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell had initially warned that Irene could be a "catastrophic" monster with record storm surges of up to 8 feet.
But in Virginia Beach, the city posted on Twitter late Saturday that initial reports were promising, with the resort area suffering minimal damage.
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"We are going to DIE!"... "Never mind."
Yes, you do need FEMA!
You will probably also need a counselor to help you get through this event./s
The people in tidewater are just great. The streaker deflating that pompous jerks dramacast makes me just a little more proud to be a Virginian.
....swimming goggles.
Thanks for explanation; I didn’t know what that was. Makes him look even sillier!
lol...I’ve never seen a storm hyped like this one
a mild storm heading into colder water and land mass did not deserve all this
yes...given the population centers there..it did merit some attention
about 10% of what it got
a late August storm of that strength would almost never have had the chance to strengthen enough to create winds or surges of serious consequence in areas...where the coast is considerably higher than in the Gulf for instance
and further...the Carolinas took the hit but all the attention in the media was about the northeast...
duh...
if the northeast ever does get a Camille or Katrina..unlikely...it would be catastrophic...even though they do have better water run off than the soggy south...the population and the demographics of said population could create an Omega man scenario...and the well behaved portion of the populace are often not armed.
would not wish that on anyone..
Of course we believe that, but the media will thank someone else...
We started through our freezer stuff on Tuesday, just so the effect would be minimized.
Come to think of it I pulled two pounds of chicken from the freezer on Friday. I wondered why.
The catfish were lovely!
I said unlilkely...I think there have been 2...the 38 storm and one from early 1800s...very very rare
and unlike this one...1938 storm stayed out at sea till it hit mid Long Island...what it has to have the stay strong...feeding off the Gulf Stream...and missed big population centers...it killed give folks had little warning unlike today
Irene hit land early on...weakened as expected...and alarmists acted like it would then pass over DC, Philly and NYC before making a hard right over Albany back out to the east.. it would take a high Cat 4 or Cat 5 storm at landfall to have such momentum
and note..some meterologists called the hype on this one
(not Muscles Bastardi..self descrived survivor..lol)
It reads:
"Barack Obama President of the United States"
That's to keep people from mistaking him for the janitor.
The data on the 1938 have an additional kicker: not only was the storm out to sea from the West Indies, but it got between two strong high pressure zones, which ejected it like a pinball directly at Long Island. It was moving at 50 mph for several hundred miles.
The ‘cane history of the area:
Before the 1938 hurricane it had been several decades since a hurricane of any significance adversely affected the northeastern Atlantic coastline. Nevertheless, history has shown that several severe hurricanes have affected the Northeast, although with much less frequency in comparison to areas of the Gulf, Florida, and southeastern Atlantic coastlines.
The Great September Gale of 1815 (the term hurricane was not yet common in the American vernacular), which hit New York City directly as a Category 3 hurricane, caused extensive damage and created an inlet that separated the Long Island resort towns of the Rockaways and Long Beach into two separate barrier islands.
The 1821 Norfolk and Long Island Hurricane, a Category 4 storm which made four separate landfalls in Virginia, New Jersey, New York and southern New England. The storm created the highest recorded storm surge in Manhattan of nearly 13 feet and severely impacted the farming regions of Long Island and southern New England.
The 1869 Saxby Gale affected areas in Northern New England, decimating the Maine coastline and the Canadian Outer Banks. It was the last major hurricane to affect New England until the 1938 storm.
The 1893 New York hurricane, a Category 2 storm, directly hit the city itself, causing a great storm surge that pummeled the coastline, completely removing the Long Island resort town of Hog Island.
LOl hadn’t thought of that, but now that you mentioned it. . .
Another “Crisis” gone to waste . . . Rahm E., 2011
LOL
Keyboard, you owe me one.
/johnny
I’m tired of people saying that this hurricane was all media hype. There are 5 trees overturned on my block from a microburst. My friend is right now bailing out her basement from six feet of water. Power is out to almost a million homes in the New York metro area. There are people trapped in hotels in upstate NY from an overflowing reservoir.
The disaster management decisionmakers have to be right every time — and they are damned if they do, damned if they don’t, because if you remember, the worst of Katrina came AFTER the storm.
The people complaining about media hype and an overreaction to the storm should maybe consider themselves lucky instead of considering it overreaction.
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