Even if you weren’t in the predicted path of Hurricane Irene, you likely heard about pretty much nothing but last weekend. We Americans love our big storms. There’s been lots of grumbling lately about over-hyped media coverage, especially since the hurricane was downgraded to a Category 1. But this was a bad storm — big, slow moving and full of rain.
Remarkably, the storm followed the path that meteorologists predicted: hitting landfall in North Carolina and moving up the east coast, hugging the shore. How did they know?
This video from The Weather Channel gives a really good explanation.
By the way, I apologize for being absent online for much of this week. I didn’t have power until Monday, and then it took another three days for my internet connection to be restored. Hope everyone else fared well!