Monthly Archives: September 2011

A normal four day period in New York State sees 2,000 people injured and 12 dead in traffic accidents. http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/Statistics/2009NYSAccidentSummary.pdf The LSM has been reporting that a half dozen people died in “hurricane related” traffic accidents along the entire eastern seaboard over … Continue reading →

Irene shut down Broadway, took a bite out of Hollywood’s box office, closed casinos in New Jersey and canceled thousands of East Coast flights. But the economic fallout had been predicted to be far worse. The full cost of the … Continue reading →

New York is deserted today on what should be one of its busiest weekends for tourism of the year, as businesses count the cost of a four-day city shutdown after Hurricane Irene forced people indoors. Retailers will make heavy losses … Continue reading →

TUESDAY … After another very chilly morning with isolated ground frost, lows 2-6 C, sunny by day with highs around 16-17 C. Light winds. A spell of cloud and light showers may affect eastern Ulster mid-day. http://www.irishweatheronline.com/

Yesterday was an interesting day. I presented a very straightforward map from Weather Underground showing that there were no sustained surface winds higher than 33 MPH at Irene’s US landfall. Hundreds of people went nuts, because the map disagreed with … Continue reading →

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As I write this, Hurricane Irene is on its way up the U.S. East Coast and, if the storm follows the current path projections, one thing is certain. Many buildings are soon to be destroyed — perhaps numbering in the … Continue reading →

Irene Was All Talk Aug 28, 2011 2:40 PM EDT That was it? New York was obsessed with the hurricane—and still is, but for a different reason. As Jacob Bernstein reports, the talk is all about a storm that was … Continue reading →

Perfect Storm of Hype: Politicians, the media and the Hurricane Irene apocalypse that never was There was almost palpable disappointment among the TV big guns rolled out for the occasion when Irene was downgraded to a mere ‘tropical storm”. In … Continue reading →