http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/221302.shtml
Quote:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER INDICATES THAT THE EYE OF IRENE
MADE LANDFALL NEAR CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA AROUND 730 AM
EDT...1130 UTC. THE ESTIMATED INTENSITY OF IRENE AT LANDFALL WAS
85 MPH...140 KM/H...CATEGORY ONE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE
WIND SCALE.

Looks like it's weakening -- one more crisis almost behind us.
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Okay, what’s your point??