NOAA Still Calling This 47 MPH Monster A Hurricane

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1. Micah says:

   August 28, 2011 at 12:22 pm

   The 8 am NOAA update is STILL calling this a Hurricane with 75 mile mph sustained winds. I’m sitting in Newport RI right now, strongest winds to this point were around 6:30 am at around 40 sustained with higher gusts.

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2. kccat says:

   August 28, 2011 at 12:40 pm

   It does not even look like an organized hurricane, just a giant mass of rain….I dont even see where the eye should be!

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3. Micah says:

   August 28, 2011 at 12:48 pm

   8:46 am update from Newport. A squal band has arrived with driving rain and wind speed back up to the 40s sustained. The Tree outside my window lost a dead branch.

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   • Mike Davis says:

     August 28, 2011 at 1:37 pm

     Micah:
     Call FEMA ASAP They are waiting for something to do! Call the national media because they are looking for photos of massive destruction such as you describe! 😉

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     • Micah says:

       August 28, 2011 at 1:52 pm

       A second dead branch fell out, somebody is going to have to pick them up and put them in the dumpster. Looking around, this area would be in a world of hurt if, God forbid, a real Hurricane or ice storm hit this place. All of the power lines run right through the trees. I guess they don’t believe in triming them here. Of note: still have power. Winds down into the 30s with some stronger gusts.

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     • Mike Davis says:

       August 28, 2011 at 2:03 pm

       The utilities expect wind here and send the trimmers through on a regular basis! It is called being prepared!
       Some might call it, heaven forbid, the precautionary principle applied properly!

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4. AndyW says:

   August 30, 2011 at 3:11 pm

   If only Michael Fish had been american

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqs1YXfdtGE

   Andy

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   • AndyW says:

     August 30, 2011 at 3:15 pm

     and this is what really happened

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKPQLl5rupg&feature=player_embedded

     Now that’s proper wind, not your little zephyr Irene.

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