Hurricane Irene

[Habsburg]

Katia, Katrina.

I'm handwringing for you guys.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Katia, Katrina.

Lazy meteorologists

Also a 60% chance of TS development in a low pressure in the Gulf.
I hope it hits Texas!

[garbon]

Some years ago I was hunting in Wareham, Mass. We were on a river bank not too far from where the river empties into the ocean. It was raining, normal storm, but there was a storm tide that we didn't realize. High tide came but the water kept rising fast. Pretty quickly the entire land area around us was covered in water. We used a canoe to get out of there, and that was tricky enough, being careful to keep to calmer water until we got to higher ground. Parts of the neighborhood nearby was flooded out. My friend's car was ruined due to being immersed in water. Just a mess all around. That was my introduction to how bad a storm tide could be, and this was really not a big storm, else we wouldn't have gone hunting in the first place.

Did FEMA step in and help out?

Those basties were nowhere to be found! 

What about MEMA?