Do You Remember Irene?
by Pat Darnell | Apr 15, 2012 | Bryan TX
I didn't; because it didn't affect the Gulf Coast. But till this morning I also didn't know that namer's of storms often retire certain storm names. And that is the report today. "Irene" is retired. According to AP "... -- Irene is being retired from the list of storm names because the 2011 hurricane killed 49 people and caused more than $15 billion in damage ..." (AP, Miami. Apr 13, 2012, 11:28 AM EDT. LINK)
Irene was the hurricane that skated along the Eastern seaboard last year. Report on some of it can be found HERE: MooPig's Own Irene Watch ... that is from August 28, 2011. It was an unusual storm because it hit the Carolina coasts and regions up through southern New England with torrential rain and strong winds. Those regions seldom get hurricanes. See the maps HERE.
See: also, billingsgazette.com : The Associated Press:
'via Blog this'
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HURRICANE_IRENE_NAME_RETIRED?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/24/hurricane-irene-path-maps_n_935195.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2011/08/moopigs-own-irene-watch.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2031174/Hurricane-Irene-pictures-U-S-East-Coast-battles-extraordinary-weekend.html
2 comments:
There is some irony here. The tree is a dead one, probably the victim of the tree borers. Any strong wind would have blown it down, straight line or rotating, maybe even on its own, would have fallen over.
Man has set-up home near coastlines, around the globe. To have a dead branch break through a tempered-glass, layered automotive windshield takes force, similar to a sea breeze gone orbital. Sea breezes, whether named or not, are forces to be reckoned with.
I had a Granny-In-Law named Irene and she lived out in the middle of the Pacific, where sea breezes can blow the whiskers off your face.
I pray for the souls lost to the storm and ask for God to be merciful. We have volition and we more often than not use it toward our destruction. Keep us safe and make us watchful of your miracles, Oh Lord. They are mighty!
Right on, Catchitone.
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