Like many, I closely followed the progress of Hurricane Irene last week. I was not surprised as it weakened and ceased to become a coastal threat. I will admit to having badly underestimated the extent of the inland flooding that followed. Irene was a devastating storm, just not in the way the media expected.
Now that the storm is over, the Washington Monument is still standing, and Armageddon failed to visit NYC, it seems that many are complaining that Irene was overhyped. I disagree, but have found it instructive to examine why people feel that it was overhyped.
Rather than restate what others have already written, I’m going to post links to the best rebuttals and analyses of Irene’s alleged ‘overhyped-ness’. They make for interesting food for thought.
- Crisisblogger – Category 5 Coverage for a Category 1 Storm
- Jim Garrow – Was Irene Overhyped?
- Philly.com – CATEGORY FEH
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