IRENE AND GHOSTS OF HURRICANES PAST

Hurricane Irene is stalking toward the U.S. on a track that will affect tens of millions of people. Once departing the Outer Banks of North Carolina late Saturday, it looks as though she’ll churn NNE along or just off the Delmarva Peninsula and Jersey Shore, putting Long Island in her crosshairs. Irene’s course is expected…

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IRENE EYEING NORTH CAROLINA

Things are looking a bit better for Florida and Georgia this afternoon vis-a-vis Hurricane Irene. The same strengthening factors as mentioned in yesterday’s blog remain in play today, while at the same time the models seem to have stabilized their shifting tracks of the past few days. That means that after Irene blasts through the…

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HURRICANE IRENE AND MIRACLE-GRO

It appears now that the core of Hurricane Irene, as it churns toward the WNW, will remain just north of Hispaniola. That’s not good news. That means the mountains of the Dominican Republic won’t get a chance to knock the stuffing out of the storm. But there’s worse news. Irene is about to be fertilized…

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