Irene

[bdravens]

[quote name='berad' timestamp='1314636383' post='770036']


Small person or big tree?
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I'm 6'3...big tree...very big.

[BrownsFan]

Tell the people in VT and CT that it was "overhyped" and see what they say. I'll admit it didn't slam a lot of places as bad as it could have but it certainly did a number of plenty of spots.

As far as my location didn't lose power or cable service which was cool. Personally Isabel was worse for our area in '03 IMO.

[Moderator 2]

[quote name='BrownsFan' timestamp='1314643489' post='770145']
Tell the people in VT and CT that it was "overhyped" and see what they say. I'll admit it didn't slam a lot of places as bad as it could have but it certainly did a number of plenty of spots.

As far as my location didn't lose power or cable service which was cool. Personally Isabel was worse for our area in '03 IMO.
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Glad to see you are still alive I have been looking at the [url="http://interactives.wavy.com/photomojo/gallery/895/1/hurricane-irene-north-carolina/"]Wavy photo galleries[/url]

[cursona pirate]

Never reached cape cod still in new York!!!!

[MagicianCamille]

[quote name='BrownsFan' timestamp='1314643489' post='770145']
Tell the people in VT and CT that it was "overhyped" and see what they say. I'll admit it didn't slam a lot of places as bad as it could have but it certainly did a number of plenty of spots.

As far as my location didn't lose power or cable service which was cool. Personally Isabel was worse for our area in '03 IMO.
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Just because it did hit a few places pretty bad doesn't mean it wasn't overhyped.

[Moderator 2]

MD has had 3 fatalities hard to call that over-hyped

[FerrariFan87]

[quote name='Moderator 2' timestamp='1314738090' post='771213']
MD has had 3 fatalities hard to call that over-hyped
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Yeah, whenever the President has to sign a declaration stating that an emergency exists in Maryland, that's [i]not [/i]over-hyped at all.

[cursona pirate]

Irene caused a lot of traffic. Just got to cape cod.

[thewarden86]

[quote name='theFRANCHISE' timestamp='1314634552' post='770014']
I'm glad that everyone overreacted rather than showed up unprepared for the storm. It could've been much, much worse.

I'll take the storm being "lame" and "disappointing" and "overhyped," over thousands of people dead. With all of the flooding and some of the damage done in VA, VT, NC, and NJ, imagine how much worse it could've been if people hadn't been evacuated.
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Personally, I'm not talking about our leaders, I applaud them. I'm talking about the media's refusal to honestly portray the storm when it became evident it was weakening.