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CO2 emissions wise, can you imagine if the entire I-95 corridor from near PHL to BOS dropped off the grid from storm damage for 2 weeks, how much cleaner the air off George's Bank would be?

All that extra electrical supply might lower costs in the rest of the US.

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that joke just turned into a reality

Yeah, I wasn't *entirely* joking in the first place. It's just so cliche, that I feel like I can't post about it, without making a little fun.

As it is, I wonder if we aren't seeing the beginnings of the ERC already taking place

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Help me out here. I don't get it. I've been looking at other tropical cyclones and their track history... the ones that recurved before they hit land. Take Earl 2010. Earl was much more north and much more east than Irene is right now before it made its turn to the north and north east. Looking at Bertha 1996, that storm was about 25-50 miles more north than Irene is and it slammed into the Carolinas. What is there that is going to make Irene make such a dramatic turn to the north and north east so dramatically? Have we ever seen a storm make this kind of dramatic turn before?

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Help me out here. I don't get it. I've been looking at other tropical cyclones and their track history... the ones that recurved before they hit land. Take Earl 2010. Earl was much more north and much more east than Irene is right now before it made its turn to the north and north east. Looking at Bertha 1996, that storm was about 25-50 miles more north than Irene is and it slammed into the Carolinas. What is there that is going to make Irene make such a dramatic turn to the north and north east so dramatically? Have we ever seen a storm make this kind of dramatic turn before?

It's all in the synoptic pattern - look at the orientation of the ridges and troughs and you will understand why it's taking the track it is. there have been some excellent posts and blogs on the main model discussion thread, I highly encourage you to read through those post to understand the track this thing is forecast to make. I think the red tagger phil has some really thorough blog post explanations.

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