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In Response To: The west coast storms are in no way micro storms.... 
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() yes, a lot of coverage...but, 19 poor souls dead so far, 4.5 million without power, N.Y.C. shutting down it's entire mass transit system...there are some very newsworthy factors that went on with this storm...and, remember... there 's always the MUTE button...mnh
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- A WestCoast professional weatherman's perspective on Irene
- WX
- I agree the coverage was pretty overblown...
- Hinckley yard must be full
- Overblown?
- Television coverage of any event is driven by product and ratings
- Hinckley yard must be full
- Saturday evening & Sunday was my concern
- But up until the point that the system went from Cat 1 to TS...
- I don't know, Irene was still a bit more than "just a rain storm" when it made a second landfall here in NJ...
- it's only a matter of time until we have hurricane names sponsored such as the "Lowe's Hurricane Irene"...