Somebody loan me a lifeboat, the weather reports aren’t sounding any more optimistic:
… Even if Irene loses some of its punch as works its way up the coast, moderate to major impacts — including flooding, downed trees and significant power outages — are still anticipated in the heart of the urban corridor from Philadelphia to Boston, especially near and east of I-95.
Much of the “urban corridor” is already saturated from unusually high August rainfall levels, so this is going to be interesting and probably unpleasant. Pay attention to those flood warnings.
It’s going to be turned into Deterrence by the media to draw our attention from the political situation.