> and was still a category 1 when it reached Cape Hateras.
> Doesn't matter what the buoys say. The National Hurricane Center has it
> classified as a Cat 1 at least half way up the Delmarva peninsula.
Classification is based upon _predictions_ and they were being cautious
as they should be. Indeed it was a hurricane when approaching the coast
but it had diminished to Tropical Storm status by time time it reached
Cape Hatteras. Sooner than predicted by the classification. Satellite
imagery shows it as a poorly formed storm just off shore. The buoys
don't lie. Clearly Fox News doesn't care what the buoys say either.
(they recently opinioned that the NWS wasn't necessary and should be
sold-off since we have the weather channel...???)
Weather professionals are poring over the data right now. Call it what
you like but it wasn't a hurricane according to ground truthing. I'm not
down playing the damage. In fact the storm obviously lost a lot of
energy as it approached the coast and in doing so slowed down and dumped
most of that energy in the form of warm water. I don't think this is
unusual for the US east coast as the upper left quadrant of the storm
comes ashore first. Imagery clearly showed the moisture moving to the
W-NW quadrant. Unlike in the Gulf or Central America which get hit
head-on. We had a storm with 1/2 over land and the other half over
increasingly cooler water.
We get freshets like Irene around here all the time. Just not as much
infrastructure at risk nor as many people to complain about losing power. :)
Mike
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