tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965951790123936165.post1470703686732763747..comments2023-04-13T07:43:30.833-04:00Comments on The Deuce: Irene Apocalypse?phillipthe2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17751436376944257745noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965951790123936165.post-84738846792822836132011-08-28T21:43:34.645-04:002011-08-28T21:43:34.645-04:00Ronskii: Big storm, but she weren't no Floyd ...Ronskii: Big storm, but she weren't no Floyd or Bonnie. Hell, Floyd (nearly a cat-5 while off the coast here) got folks a little nervous...remembering the devastation from Andrew in south FL in '92. I recall Floyd getting up to New England and being referred to as "rather tame" by the northern media...how quickly they forgot (or never noticed) that Floyd had killed 35 people and caused over $4B in damage in NC alone.<br /><br />I was rather surprised that there wasn't a whole lot of media squawk about global warming (as it relates to Irene). Oh wait, they usually mention that after the fact. <br /><br />But yes, you're right...after NC all I heard was NYC, NYC, and more NYC. Ok, there was a sound bite or two about the potential of earthquake damaged monuments in DC being blown down, but....seriously?! The talking heads were really, really over-estimating the power of a marginal Cat-1! Uprooting trees, sure. Uprooting a 91,000 ton, 555 foot high marble obelisk...not likely.phillipthe2https://www.blogger.com/profile/17751436376944257745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965951790123936165.post-83744630726950599542011-08-28T20:22:58.007-04:002011-08-28T20:22:58.007-04:00Im in wilmington NC which is no stranger to hurric...Im in wilmington NC which is no stranger to hurricanes. Awhile back we were a hurricane magnet. The eye wall passed just barely east of us, in fact i just cleaned up the yard today. Was predicted to hit Hatteras head on originally at a strong 3 or possibly 4. But all I kept seeing on tv was how new york city was going to be devastated by the cat 1 hurricane or more likely a tropical storm if that. The tv completely gave up on the nc coast where it was supposed to make landfall and focused completely on nyc. Whatever flips their flopper I guess.ronskiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406215488263867678noreply@blogger.com