Saturday.. In September.:

And time keeps on going…

Yet another Obama U-Turn, this one on environment

Yet another Obama U-Turn, this one on environment

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I hate to say it, and no matter the temperature, it’s over. Summer is done. Gone. Finished. Another year going by quickly… ‘12 is coming. The fall’s early heat will fade away into the cold winds of time. .. .. It’s been real.

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I think to myself, ‘what a wonderful world’

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…it’s almost. Goodnight all.

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Kids are back in school but, by God, it looks like the trees are giving up on summer, too

Dick Cheney laughs on NBC as he disconnects his heart pump!

Dick Cheney laughs on NBC as he disconnects his heart pump!

A few Catholics still say Galileo was wrong!The group of people still say that the earth, despite all scientific data showing opposite, is at the center of the universe..

A few Catholics still say Galileo was wrong!The group of people still say that the earth, despite all scientific data showing opposite, is at the center of the universe..

….Guy Gaga?
Male Gaga?

Gago?

Yet again, Lady Gaga rocks the music world.. appears as a man —in drag ?— at MTV music awards….. And 

SHE EVEN USED THE MEN’S ROOM 

Schools back...

I feel for you, kids… Summer is over.

….I suppose with Amy Winehouse’s passing, Ke$ha sees an opening:

Singer Ke$ha spits out beer while performing at a taping of the 2011 MTV World Stage Mexico at Mexico City’s Auditorio Nacional, Thursday Aug. 25, 2011. The show will air on MTV Latin America Sept. 23. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

MTV music awards tonight.. and yes, Snooki and her JERSEY SHORE escaped Irene on a private last minute flight

…we can breathe easier.

Now bring on Britney and Gaga and pay tribute to Winehouse. Music, MTV style. 

MTV music awards tonight.. and yes, Snooki and her JERSEY SHORE escaped Irene on a private last minute flight

BRIT PAPERS ATTACK: IRENE WAS THE PERFECT STORM OF HYPE

BRIT PAPERS ATTACK: IRENE WAS THE PERFECT STORM OF HYPE

Ayden’s first hurricane. I think he’ll be a storm chaser..

Trying to put perspective on a strange week

This week, after an earthquake shook parts of the world that don’t know what to do during them, it was one thing. Then after a hurricane slammed into that same part of the world, it was quite another. And even more, some forecasts project a hurricane potentially taking a silimar track to Irene… It has been a strange, odd, and particularly eerie week.

I’m not saying end times are upon us. I’m not quitting the day job and hopping in my car to proclaim armageddon .. But I can admit, I felt a lot closer to that this week than ever before.

I have never lived through an earthquake before. Sure, here in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania, I suppose I’m sheltered. Or thought I was. And hurricanes? We’ve had them… that one is an old one. But for in cities that never sleep, massive rains and winds can shake not only foundations of buildings but also the human psyche. 

The only conclusion that one can derive from a week of natural disaster is this: The world, all over, is fragile. The ground isn’t certain. And the winds can blow. 

That is a scary prospect, as well, isn’t it? 

We are a society, a human race, that tries to get ahead of nature. We also have this notion that, since we made computers, we don’t have to worry about those old fashioned problems like disease and natural disasters. But we do.

I have often said, and still believe, that society as a whole is constantly on a hair trigger away from anarchy. Just one action, even if it’s small, can provoke insurrection. And in 2011, billions of dollars have been tallied in an expensive year for natural disasters.

The only stark and complete conclusion I can take from a shaky, windy week: We are at the mercy of this planet. We don’t run it, own it, or master it. We just inhabit it. 

Irene falls short of projections?

Irene falls short of projections?

Long Beachless Island: 

Drew Messler of Manasquan tries to avoid the surging water as he goes for a walk on the beach on Fifth Street at high tide as Hurricane Irene moves past Long Beach Island, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 in Beach Haven, N.J. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)

DOWNGRADE: IRENE LOSES HER HURRICANE STATUS

A quick FYI as this storm departs from our memory: The European model shows another hurricane taking the same track after Labor Day weekend...

A quick FYI as this storm departs from our memory: The European model shows another hurricane taking the same track after Labor Day weekend...

This too shall pass. Amazing shot.

thedeadline:

Calm after the storm: sun’s about to come up on the Outer Banks. (New photo) (Taken with instagram)

NEW YORK CITY: TORNADO WARNING

Also now: 3.1 million homes and businesses are without power

NEW YORK CITY: TORNADO WARNING

Another Reuters image (this photographer had to be having fun watching).. of the revelers, seemingly grown adults, playing water slide on the streets of New York City. Looks fun.

And it looks like the Irish pubs that stayed open last night in the city had customers.. 

The city that never sleeps.. Reuters photog Brendan McDermid captures an image of really happy and very wet revellers in Times Square as Irene struck.. 

The moment it occurred: A hurricane passes directly over New York City

HUDSON RIVER IS OVERFLOWING..

..portions of New York City beginning to get flooded.. 

As said: The storm surge was the true worry of this storm.. And now events are showing why it was a valid concern..

The hurricane, by the way, is right over New York City now .. it’s going to race as of now, though, caught up with the right steering currents..

THE EAST RIVER IS TOPPING ITS BANKS RIGHT NOW

Winds are getting intense.. Strong East wind..

MSNBC RIGHT NOW ON LONG BEACH

Tidal flooding is beginning.. water is rushing the beach .. Al Roker is reporting that streets are flooding and cars are being inundated with water from the ocean .

Winds right now: 75 MPH according to the latest.. Gusts stronger

…I still think it’s lost the power it had. It started last night… And now we will just with for the latest from the hurricane hunters

A little on Long Beach Island.. by God good luck there 

inothernews:

Irene is pummelling the sand berms at Long Beach on Long Island, and while Channel 7’s NJ Burkett was reporting, the storm surge knocked a two-story lifeguard building off its pilings and into the boardwalk.

This storm should be downgraded!!!

So when will the NHC do it?

I’m not saying winds and rains are over (believe it’s even coming down outside my window and I know Jersey and NYC are in for some tough hours) but the dry air last night really destroyed the power of Irene. And thankfully so..

Dodged a bullet perhaps? …we still got shot .. but maybe only with an air rifle..