We Have Moved!

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Tony Heller

This is the last post which will be made at this site. All new posts will be at:

http://www.real-science.com/

Please bookmark the new site!  In a few days this site will redirect automatically to the new site.

Thanks everyone.

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“Con-Ed says Lower Manhattan flooding less than expected”

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Tony Heller

No doubt Joe Romm will apologize for shouting fire in a crowded theater.

Aug 28 (Reuters) – New York power utility Consolidated Edison (ED.N) said on Sunday it hasn’t made a final decision on whether to cut power to Lower Manhattan due to storm surges, but flooding in the area appeared less severe than some forecasters had expected.

http://www.reuters.com/

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CNN : “New York City seemingly spared”

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Tony Heller

Live blog: New York City seemingly spared as Tropical Storm Irene churns on

[Update 10:22  a.m. Sunday] CNN’s Anderson Cooper, reporting from Battery Park in New York, says that the flooding there is receding and it is no longer raining.

“The winds have also died down,” he said, noting that New Yorkers were beginning to come out of their homes as the weather appeared to get better.

He said the Holland Tunnel has also reopened.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/

 

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Test Drive The New Site!

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Tony Heller

The one year anniversary of this blog is coming up this week, and Real Science will be moving to a new site very soon. Feel free to post and click on ads!

http://www.real-science.com/

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GFS/WRF Forecast Was Almost Perfect

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Tony Heller

I did this GFS/WRF run on Friday.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wzaq3g7UgI]

Compare with what actually happened. It got rainfall, wind speed and the shape of the storm almost perfect.

Kudos to NOAA and NCAR weather modelers, who were dead on. Almost perfect. Where were politicians getting their information from?

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Obama Narrowly Escaped 31 MPH Winds And 0.03 Inches Of Rain At Martha’s Vineyard

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Tony Heller

http://www.wunderground.com/

 

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The Eye Of The Tiger

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Tony Heller

The eye of Irene passed almost directly over New York City. Here are the stats from Weather Underground.

http://www.wunderground.com/

Precipitation 4.56 in
Wind Speed 14 mph
Max Wind Speed 24 mph
Max Gust Speed 60 mph
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Expert Forecasts From Three Days Ago

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Tony Heller

 

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Obama Fled The Devastation On Martha’s Vineyard

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Tony Heller

http://mvcodata.whoi.edu/images/camera/image1_big.jpg

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Comment From Reader Andre

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Tony Heller
Andre says:

I was a first responder and thoroughly trained in Hurricane damage assessment and disaster management by FEMA. I have been involved in many Washington D.C. metro area hurricanes over the past 25 years. This is by far the weakest hurricane I have ever seen that was considered a serious threat. I don’t get it. There was never any reason I could see for calling this the 50 year hurricane. The poster is correct, I was monitoring the wind speeds all along the east coast for the past 48 hours, the wind speeds even next to the non-existent eye never exceeded 50-60 mph and was 10-35 MPH over 95+ percent of the nearby area. I’ve been in touch with my contacts at ARC and a few of them are in agreement, it makes no sense. The “tropical storm” portion of this storm extends no more than 60 miles from the center, the rest only qualifies as a “tropical depression”. This is based on the real data that anyone can find on the internet. I don’t care what NOAA or NHC says if it does not have a basis in fact.

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