Remember that recent thread about dud storms?

[Jim Cantore]

Should we call Irene a dud?

I say absolutely Most overhyped storm in my opinion since Isidore in 2002

[WindRunner]

No, she became a hurricane against odds and came much closer to land than most of the people here thought she would.

[Jim Cantore]

I thought it would be dead a week ago

as for the media hype the past 5 days I call it a dud

as for its life by no means is it

[wxmann_91]

Yes, if you read the previous amateur discussions I made and the thread in its entirety then you will realize many people WAY overhyped this storm, including me. It may not be the biggest dud but I sure did spend a big amount of time on this for nothing.

[Jim Cantore]

It did give parts of the east coast a scare but no more then high waves

[Opal storm]

Irene is now a hurricane and strengthening,how is that considered a dud???

Just because it didn't hit the U.S doesn't mean it's a dud.

[Jim Cantore]

I say dud MEDIA wise

life wise this was a suprise I didnt give it 24 hours after day 2 of being TD 9

[sma10]

The only place Irene was overhyped was on weather message boards.

[superfly]

Overhyped media-wise? What media are you watching?

[Swimdude]

It's only over-hyped here. And EVERYTHING is over-hyped here. If you dislike that fact, then don't read the threads.

[Jim Cantore]

there are several factors that make it a dud a several that make it not dud

Facts that make it a dud

Missed U.S
Media over hyped it
Forcasts had it at a hurricane 4 days ago
Once promising wave had half its life hanging on to TD

Facts making not a dud

Should have been dead on day 3
Actully became a hurricane in the first place
Got even that close to the U.S in the first place
Actully became a tropical storm

[NastyCat4]

Irene is only overhyped to the ludicrous forecasts that were going on last week--that she was going to be the second coming of Andrew (the sharp left, and rapid intensification over the Gulf Stream). That was such laughable overhype.

[Jim Cantore]

I laugh when they call something the next andrew

I wasnt home in Jersey for this but a Friend of mine said the news was comparing this to another Gloria or Bob

Get real

some people will do anything for ratings

Irene my official status

A media dud
a suprise to KNOWLAGEABLE forcasters

[Jim Cantore]

Knowlageable forcasters such as ourselves at storm 2K, The NHC, Dr Steve Lyons, Joe Bastardi (I laugh everytime the name is mentioned if you take out the I look at what you have) And last and certainly not least the late John Hope who is forcasting hurricanes somewhere up above.


feel free to add the the list

A dud to overhyping morons such as

CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, And local stations from Florida to Maine.

[senorpepr]

Personally, I didn't see very many media venues hyping Irene. The only hyping I saw was here on Storm2k of people comparing Irene to Andrew and Frances. However, in my opinion, this was a pretty clear-cut storm with very little surprises.

[Jim Cantore]

I didnt see the hype I saw with frances last year which fell well short of that hype

Some east coast stations like in my area hyped it to death

[superfly]

CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, And local stations from Florida to Maine.

What are you talking about? There was very little hype that I saw.

[beachbum_al]

Dud

[webke]

I think that the media only really pays attention when the possibility of a landfall exists, when that goes away they turn to something else to improve thier ratings.

[Jim Cantore]

Irene is no means among the major overhypes of these news networks just minor overhype (my local stations especially)

Major Overhypes

* HUGE overhypes
** Comically overhyped

*Gloria (worst over hype ever)
*Allen (WAY overhyped)
*Frances (fell apart in Bahamas)
Chantal (sudden death)
*Debby (what a collapse)
*Bret (could have caused several billion in damage)
Dean (2001) (hyped to crush Florda)
**Ethel (this was NEVER a cat 5)
Bonnie (8/11/04 Could be a hurricane in the morning )

Lesser Overhypes

Floyd (not a typo)
Ivan (also not a typo)
Dennis (1999)
Lili (still considerable damage)
Isidore (major damage still in Mexico)
Isabel (MUCH weaker but alot of damage still in a large area)
Irene (2005) (Doesn't belong on any of these lists)


Moderate-Major UNDER hypes

* MAJOR under hypes

*Charley (hello cat 4)
*Alex (minimal TS out to sea RIIIGHT)
Gaston (nobody much gave it a shot)
*Jeanne (hello back she comes like a boomerang)
*Claudette (stronger then given credit for)
Cindy (Possibly minimal hurricane?)
Gabrielle (almost a hurricane normally would have been around 45 with that amount of time)