Essentially, each new advisory pushes Irene a little more east. Originally aimed for Florida, the forecast moved to Georgia, the Carolinas, to the Potomac Region, and now on to the Northeast states. This improves the situation for the southeastern states, as the wind fields will stay well off the coastal areas. However, it does not bode well for the areas from North Carolina's Outer Banks, to Long Island to Cape Cod. Such is the difficulty in weather forecasting.
The real issue, however, isn't the accuracy of a forecast. The issue is the degree of preparedness in each of the communities that are potentially in harm's way. For now, I'll let this blog entry stand for the information intended, a forecast update. We'll discuss family and neighborhood preparedness in a future post.
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