Astronauts say the hurricane looks “scary” even from space. Just imagine the punch she’ll pack on the ground.
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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 …
Hurricane Irene Forces Cancellation of Couple’s Outer Banks Wedding
Hurricanes and Melissa Cook just don’t get along.
Experts: Hurricane Irene Set To Be an ‘Extraordinary Threat’
The Weather Channel is reporting in no uncertain terms that Hurricane Irene will be historically big, the likes of which have rarely been seen in metropolitan areas from North Carolina up to New England.
Hurricane Irene: States of Emergency Declared Across East Coast
From New York to the Carolinas, it’s all getting serious.
Is Virginia For Lovers? Hardly — Try Alaska Instead
Since 1969, we’ve believed that Virginia was the lovers’ state, thanks to a misleading tourism campaign. Turns out, we’ve been wrong all along.
According to Census Data, This Is America’s Gayest City
Clearly, this is the most useful the U.S. Census has ever been.
Specialist: Hurricane Irene Is Just the Beginning of an Active Season
Forecasters routinely get blamed for simply blowing hot air. But nobody accuses the National Hurricane Center of anything of the sort.
Washington Monument Closes to Repair Earthquake-Induced Crack
Despite what the jeers of jaded Californians might suggest, toppled lawn chairs weren’t actually the worst of the damage from Tuesday’s earthquake that rattled the East Coast.
For the College Class of 2015, Dial-Up Is So Last Century
For teenagers entering college for the first time this fall, there has never been a ruling Communist Party in Russia, Amazon is more than just a South American river, and “LBJ” is more likely to mean LeBron James than the man …
Quote: Hurricane Irene’s Path Could Still Change
“People think hurricanes are a Southern thing, but people in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast need to take Irene seriously. We have a lot of time for people to get ready but we don’t have forever.”
— CRAIG FUGATE, the Federal …
Brand New, Upscale Hotel Tower in Las Vegas May Get Bulldozed
It seemingly had everything going for it: One of the most famous names in architecture—Lord Norman Foster—and a prominent location that anchors the corner of CityCenter in Las Vegas. But before MGM Resorts International even …