Tropical depression?
Irene has disintegrated into a rainy mess of a thing. Eye disappeared long ago, any kind of structure has vanished. Winds are strong, rain is heavy, but a hurricane it ain’t.
Link to live image here.
UPDATE: This in the comments from Klem, cowering under the worst storm in history:
“I live on the east coast and Irene is on top of us right this minute. It is windy and rainy, nothing out of the ordinary. This is an average August storm, we get them every year in August. I was watching CNN this morning and they were trying to make this storm out ot be as scary and damaging as they could, they were trying to keep the story alive as long as they could, especially after telling everyone that this was the most powerful hurricane in recent memory. It was no use, this hurricane has fizzled.
This is not climate change, this is climate normal.”
Australian Climate Madness 
seems like a media upbeat to me.. Never let a good crisis go to waste..
Suppose Obama will now take the credit for defusing Irene………
barry’s votes blowing in the wind
I’m holidaying here from Brisbane. It is a beat up. Obama – to be expected but v. Disappointed in Bloomberg. New Yorkers r tough but the media has people polarized – either scared or angry! I think too many peeps are drinking the koolaid!
You heartless Hurricane Deniers…really! Next you will be telling me the Earth isn’t held up by a giant turtle…!
The Earth is not held up by a giant turtle. The Earth is held up by 4elephants that stand on the back of a giant turtle! Go wash your mouth out – Denier! /sarc off ( just in case)
Helluva convenient side track
@Carol: Yep, it’s turtles all the way down!
wet and windy – category 1. And New York shuts down LOL
What an absolute Hurricane ‘global warming’ Irene non-event
Wait for the headline – Hurricane Irene fizzles out because of climate change.
its a beat up to take focus on whats happening in Lybia
Not really much of a storm. The Real Science Blog actually called it a NOAA’s phony hurricane and the comments were quite interesting.
I live on th east coast and Irene is on top of us right this minute. It is windy and rainy, nothing out of the ordinary. This is an average August storm, we get them every year in August. I was watching CNN this morning and they were trying to make this storm out ot be as scary and damaging as they could, they were trying to keep the story alive as long as they could, especially after telling everyone that this was the most powerful hurricane in recent memory. It was no use, this hurricane has fizzled.
This is not climate change, this is climate normal.
Thanks Klem, have included your comment in the OP.
Ever since they all missed the boat on Katrina, every news agency the world over wants to capture the next big storm. Sadly (for the news hounds) they are a lot rarer than the Al Gores of the world have led people to believe.
If this is the worst that Global Warming has got to offer, well, I’m out to drive around the block for fun.
Yup, we all forget the category 2 hurricane in 2003 that took out Halifax, which was at that time the worst storm since 1893. It pays to have a very short memory.
So you’re saying the Halifax storm of 1893 was as big as Hurricane Juan? Well you forgot a few more hurricanes which hit Halifax in 1871, 1879, 1891, 1896, 1927, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1996 and Juan in 2003. That list only includes hurricanes which hit Halifax directly, it does not include hurricanes which brushed near Halifax which caused a big storm but little damage.
See what I mean when I say this is not climate change, this is climate normal.
cheers