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Subject: Re: [OM] Irene
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:27:35 -0400
If you were in the Catskills or Vermont where mountain streams turned 
into rivers you'd likely have another opinion of the storm.

Chuck Norcutt


On 8/30/2011 9:21 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> I know it wasn't the case everywhere, but Irene was a real bust in
> this part of Maine. Everyone was hunkered down for the big blow, and
> by the middle of the day they were out going to restaurants and
> shopping and stuff. Still, a stiff breeze, but in this part of Maine,
> that's an everyday thing. We had a Northeaster this past winter with
> wind gusts somewhere along the coast here clocked at 90 mph. And it
> was cold. And snowing.
>
> As the day wore on, I saw meteorologists on the tube clinging with
> their hard-bitten nails to the last vestiges of hope that Irene might
> still live up to her clippings. Alas, pretty much for naught.
>
> But then after Katrina, no one in any position of responsibility,
> self-imposed or not, is going to take anything more than a mild
> summer breeze lightly.
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On Aug 28, 2011, at 5:26 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> I hope that you chaps are OK Over There.  I thought that Irene had
>> weakened, but it looks still pretty rough.
>>
>> I wish the reporters Over Here would stop talking about the "eye of
>> the storm" as if it were the worst bit, though.
>
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