Hurricane Irene or Hurricane BUSTer? 08/27/2011
According to most forecasts, Hurricane Irene would be a monstrous storm, the likes of which we haven't seen hit the United States in decades. As it churned in the waters yesterday, I updated an 11 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center which indicated Irene was indeed weakening and was not expected to intensify. Hurricane Irene all but fell apart! Irene hit the coast of North Carolina this morning as a Category 1 Hurricane--a far cry from the Category 3 or 4 storm many forecasters were projecting just one or two days ago. Even our president called this storm "historic" and cut his vacation by one whole day. Obviously in the aftermath of Katrina, no landfall hurricane is going to occur and a president is going to remain on vacation. This hurricane is "historic" for the mere fact it happened! Today would have been a "historic" weather day for North Carolina had the weather been partly sunny and 78 degrees. 365 days from now the weather people would refer back to today and mention the sun and temps from a year ago. This summer, Galena, Illinois received "historic" levels of rainfall in a 24 hour period with over 13 inches of rain. This barely made the news outside the immediate region. Hurricane Irene might be better referred to as Hurricane Buster. Just as man cannot possible warm or cool this earth if we wanted to, meteorologists cannot intensify a hurricane to "historic" levels no matter how much they wish. CommentsLeave a Reply | Loading
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