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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 hundreds – and thousands more will be damaged.

Dozens of artificial beaches — nourished beaches that cost millions of dollars per mile — will be narrowed and some will disappear altogether including possibly some that are a few months old like the new beach at Nags Head, North Carolina.

http://articles.cnn.com/

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 blown out of proportion.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/

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 New York city, CNN’s silver-haired Anderson Cooper, more usually seen in a tight t-shirt in a famine or war zone, was clad in what one wag dubbed “disaster casual”.

He looked crestfallen and fell briefly silent when a weatherwoman told him that the rain was not going to get any worse. “Wow, because this isn’t so bad,” he said. “It’s an annoying rain but it isn’t even a sideways rain.”

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/

Huntington Chief: Becket dam didn’t fail
Dam at Big Robin Lake in East Becket

Updated: Sunday, 28 Aug 2011, 2:46 PM EDT
Published : Sunday, 28 Aug 2011, 1:25 PM EDT

BECKET, Mass. (WWLP) – Huntington’s Police Chief says that the Big Robin Lake Dam in Becket has not failed (as reported by a trained spotter) but that hundreds of people have been evacuated downstream as a precaution.

http://www.wwlp.com/

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Right. I ran the GFS/WRF model on Friday – and it predicted heavy rain, tropical storm force winds, breakup of the eye, and a complete breakdown of the southern half of the storm. Exactly what happened.

What information was Obama working with?

h/t to Amino

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

http://www.digtriad.com/

NOAA said that maximum average wind speeds at landfall were 85 MPH, hurricane winds stretching outwards for 90 miles. In fact, only two locations even had gusts over 85 MPH.

The 115 MPH is a mathematical outlier from a “trained spotter” – which is not credible and should be thrown out.  The nearby weather station at Beaufort, NC, had a max speed of 53 MPH and peak gust of 70 MPH.

http://www.wunderground.com/

The Deniers of Global Warming are Winning

The House of Representatives voted 240-184 this spring to defeat a resolution that said that “climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for public health and welfare.”

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce informed the Environmental Protection Agency that “populations can acclimatize to warmer climates via a range of behavioral, physiological, and technological adaptations.”

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced recently that melting of sea ice “will result in more shipping, fishing and tourism, and the possibility to develop newly accessible oil and gas reserves.”

Apparently these politicians know something that the scientists don’t?

The data of the past few years has shifted the paradigm for GW. What was forecast six years ago to happen in 2050 now is projected for 2020 (some of it is here in 2011).

*Warning – nutcase alert*

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Reported dam failure in East Becket
Dam at Big Robin Lake in East Becket

Updated: Sunday, 28 Aug 2011, 1:25 PM EDT
Published : Sunday, 28 Aug 2011, 1:25 PM EDT

BECKET, Mass. (WWLP) – The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for central Berkshire County and in Western Hampden and Hampshire Counties after a trained weather spotter reported that the dam at Big Robin Lake in East Becket had failed.

The water from the dam will be rushing into Walker Brook West Branch of the Westfield River, toward Chester and Huntington.

If you are near any of these bodies of water, you are urged to be vigilant and seek higher ground if necessary.

http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/berkshire/Reported-dam-failure-in-East-Becket