Irene

[scampers]

Already had a few heavy rainstorms up here in the Boston area from the storm's outer bands. Crazy how huge this storm is.

[Wild Cobra]

Big ass storm.

Damn....

She looks pissed!

[Wild Cobra]

Irene is a name derived from the Greek word εἰρήνη (eiréné) meaning "peace".

Bad name for a hurricane.

[ElNono]

tbh, she was overrated, at least around here...

[scampers]

Officially a tropical storm as it made landfall in NYC.

[Wild Cobra]

tbh, she was overrated, at least around here...

The media makes money by sensationalizing things.

[ElNono]

that's a given... it did cause some major flooding and fallen trees though... luckily not around here

[boutons_deux]

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/we...icane-coverage

[rascal]

The eye passed 25 miles west from me in Connecticut. Wasn't bad at all where I was, just rain and some wind, didn't even lose power.

[boutons_deux]

A friend in Williamsburg section of Brooklyn said it was really nothing, one tree down in the local park, some branches, not much rain at all.

[djohn2oo8]

lol NJ

[DeadlyDynasty]

A friend in Williamsburg section of Brooklyn said it was really nothing, one tree down in the local park, some branches, not much rain at all.

Yeah, I gotta buddy who lives in Williamsburg to and he pretty much echoed this.

[ElNono]

lol NJ

[Viva Las Espuelas]

he probably just washed his slab.

[mavsfan1000]

this cat 1, 2, 3 is a lot of bull .

it's like boxing. a power punch vs. a better timed-positioned low-power punch pretty much make the same damage.

NYC is done

[Viva Las Espuelas]

i'm glad the carolinas "took one for the team" just a few deaths. that's all.......

gooooooooooooo team!!!

[ManuBalboa]

lol NJ

[RandomGuy]

The media makes money by sensationalizing things.

I know what you mean. The way they drone on endlessly about things that should just be ignored for the most part as foolish diversions really rankles me too.





Yeah, I went there.

[benefactor]

The storm itself wasn't as bad as expected, but the flooding it brought is a near 100 year event. 10 rivers in NY, VT and NJ has set flood height records.

[benefactor]

[MannyIsGod]

i'm glad the carolinas "took one for the team" just a few deaths. that's all.......

gooooooooooooo team!!!

Would it have been better for NYC to have flooded and to have a death toll in the thousands?

I'm glad the storm played out the way it did. It would have been much worse otherwise. Obviously I wish no one would have died anywhere but given the choice between deaths in the teens or deaths in the thousands its not really a difficult choice. Do you agree?

[MannyIsGod]

Pretty amazing the amount of bs flying around over how supposedly "overrated" this storm was.

[BlackSwordsMan]

isn't it better to be over prepared than to be under? why are people ting on the media as if its their fault more people didn't die? I hope an asteroid slams into the earth and just wipes everyone out we suck

[Phenomanul]

Would it have been better for NYC to have flooded and to have a death toll in the thousands?

I'm glad the storm played out the way it did. It would have been much worse otherwise. Obviously I wish no one would have died anywhere but given the choice between deaths in the teens or deaths in the thousands its not really a difficult choice. Do you agree?

^This

[florige]

tbh, she was overrated, at least around here...

Idk,we got slammed pretty good here in Maryland. There were almost a million power outages, trees down just about everywhere you look, and some people not going to get their power back on until late Saturday. If it had been anything higher than a Cat 1 we would had been decimated.