bk - So... What if Irene had "fulfilled" the models and predictions and clobbered New York City? -It's weather. It will do what it does, and just have to be thankful that this time, it did not do what it was supposed(?) to do.
*There are some parts of Lower Manhattan that are still under water. Flooded streets, flooded basements. And the reports from Long Island are not exactly "light". Thankfully, the death toll is on the very low sides of things.
For NYC, most of the forecasted damage from the floods was structural. There was never a forecast for "mass destruction and numerous deaths". The evacuations were part of a larger plan to not only sure the safety of everyone, but to make the initial stages of clean up easier to manage. The public transit system was shut down so that the efforts to get it back up and running after the storm would not be hampered by train cars and busses stranded on the roads and tracks.
I'm guessing, unfortunately, that DR vixmom is dealing with another flooded basement. Hopefully, the whole vix family is all right. However, I'm sure they are greatly inconvenienced right now in terms on money, quality of life and mental and physical stress.
Yes, the newscasters are still trying to make something out of Irene. In a way they are still building things up. In other ways, they are not.
