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Hurricane Irene’s Path: How Do Forecasters Predict the ‘Cone of Uncertainty’?

You’ve seen Hurricane Irene’s path predicted on maps: lime green states, electric blue water and a white upside-down teardrop running smack into North Carolina. But hurricanes are fickle and go where they will, so how do weather forecasters nail them down?

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Five Ways to Track Hurricane Irene on Twitter

As Hurricane Irene swirls through the Atlantic and appears on a beeline path for the Carolinas, Twitter has become the ultimate source for real-time information about her wind speed, location and impending direction. Here are the tweeters you should be following to keep up with where Irene could make landfall.