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Irene's winds must have picked up quite a bit

By adamg on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 12:28am

Because, OMG, we've been blown clear up to Maine - and look where New York is!

Where's Boston?

Mediacrity snapped this Weather Channel report on MSNBC.

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By Jay Levitt on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 7:36am.

Coverage

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By Ron Newman on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 8:21am.

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By O-FISH-L on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 2:42am.

At 7 AM on Saturday, ch. 7's Pete Bouchard was on the radio (96.9, I believe) saying that dry air from FL had "sheared" the storm to the point that it would be little more than a 'Noreaster for Boston. To his credit, Bouchard stopped the talk host interviewing him from repeating "tropical storm damage potential" in the greater Boston area. Bouchard sad, "I don't want to commit to that after Irene was weakend ast night". Yet, throughout the day, ch. 7 and everyone else local and national kept hyping things to the point where the T is closed and possibly Logan? Are you kkidding me?

Now at 2:30 AM, the Weather Channel is talking about Boston getting clobbered with rain. The Red Sox just completed a double header, it's not raining, radar is relatively clear in Greater Boston, my sump pump has yet to kick in and my American flag, which is straight out with a seabreeze, is calm. Farce.

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By J on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 2:46am.

Protip: Just because wind may not be an issue doesnt mean torrential rain wont be.

What does 6 inches of rain at the end of a wet month mean?

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By Jay Levitt on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 9:39am.

the storm hasn't got here yet?

You may be right, and the storm may turn out to be less than expected, but saying that now is like saying 2012 won't happen because my calendar has been reliably saying 2011 for months.

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By O-FISH-L on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 9:50am.

No Jay, I didn't realize that. Neither did the talking heads who say "we are now in the period of peak winds." Ch. 5's Anthony Everett, live via Skype in his coastal hometown of Cohasset around 9:15 am today. Nary a breeze and no rain. In Cohasset, on the open ocean! MBTA shut down, airport closed, state of emergency? That is borderline criminal.

Not sure when you expect the storm to start but looking at the radar, I wouldn't be surprised if the sun comes out later today. Over 24 hours ago on radio, Pete Bouchard called this what it is, nothing more than a 'Noreaster for Boston. Too bad he didn't go on TV and to the Governor's office with the same inconvenient truth. While preparation expenseses can be somewhat justified, the cancellations, closures and other unnecessary costs can't. That's where Irene's true economic impact will be felt, at least here.

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By btmitch on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 10:15am.

Yeah... reading his updates has been interesting, given the hysteria on other outlets and from our fearless leaders in bunkers in Framingham or other undisclosed locations.

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By Jay Levitt on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 1:08pm.

NOW you can say "I told you so."

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By issacg on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 9:24am.

Logan Airport very rarely closes, and when it does, it is usually only for so long as it takes to clear a single runway so that at least one runway is available.

It is usually the airlines that cancel all of their flights, since they fly their equipment out to avoid having it be damaged or stuck on the ground.

As for the T, the only thing that is going to save them from a tremendous amount of criticism is that this is a Sunday. If this had been a weekday and they had called the shutdown less than 12 hours before the onset of the morning commute, they really would have be in for it.

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By issacg on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 10:20am.

The T and Mr. Davey are still going to be pummeled, especially if the sun comes out later today, which it definitely could. I was merely pointing out that they will take less criticism than they would have if it were, say, a Wednesday in September.

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By CaT on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 9:01am.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

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By issacg on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 10:24am.

Incidentally, I was just listening to some radio media reports, and you can already hear the disappointment in the voices of the reporters.

Given the "if it bleeds, it leads" predisposition of nearly every reporter in Greater Boston's msm, few things could make me happier on a breezy and damp Sunday (well, okay, clearing, drying and a 30 mile bike ride might be good, but I'll take what I can get).

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By issacg on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 10:37am.

Dear God - If New York on Hudson really was New York on Connecticut/Dartmouth, think of how much more overrun by New Yorkers Killington would be! They might even overrun one of our last bastions of skiing that is relatively free from "where's da cawffee - I'm freezin'" - Jay Peak!

Now that would be a true apocalypse...although on the bright side, we could much more easily get to the 'Loaf, Le Massif and Mt. Ste. Anne.

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