Public Opinion Says Hurricane Irene Was Overblown [INFOGRAPHIC]

i live in nags head,nc not overblown lots of damage

It certainly wasn't as bad as Katrina & Rita in 2005,or Ike in 2008.,luckily for those in its path.

They don't call it Happy Hour for nothing! Next time one hits directly to us in west Florida I'm heading for a well-anchored bar! Whether I drink soft or hard at that bar is my business. Sodahead doesn't need to know everything about me.

The power of water is greatly underestimated ..............

and wind

My area...http://www.catskillmou...

These poll results, are in the end, really rather meaningless, given that there were only two choices, "overwhelming" or "overblown," two choices at either end of the spectrum, neither one of which might accurately reflect someone's view.

There is nothing so small that it cannot be blown out of proportion.

Idiots, I have been a meteorologist since 1966. Go live through it......... it killed people in 13 states....one of the storms of the century.

Your talking about irene? srsly?

It killed 43 people living in the USA!

It was terrible!! I live in upstate NY. The wind was the thing with us.

I live upstate too but water was the issue with us!

I hope you are your neighbors are doing well. Margaretville, Phoenicia and Arkville were really in bad shape. At least the Governor pitched in.

Did you get opinions from the forty three dead people?

touche

Here in Virginia, thousands of people lost their homes, their cars, their livestock and much more! We didn't have power until last night, Wednesday the 31st. So, from our perspective, it was overwhelming.

It was painfully obvious through weather satellites, that a hurricane was going to hit the East Coast.
This being the case much of the hoopla was over emergency preparation, getting ready, and bracing for the incoming storm.
It's hard to understand how there can be any apathy for an emergency situation where some areas faced total devastation, and many people lost their lives, and loved ones.

I guess it depends on where you live and who ya know....our area was hit hard.

It was a stupid question. There should have been a third choice.

Haha it actually put out the fire in VA

there's a silver lining to hurricanes?

Seems that way

Not overhyped whatsoever! For the people living through it and those that are being air lifted out of their homes / towns that are completely cut off...not overhyped. People must realize hurricanes do not normally go that far up the coastline and north (at least ones that strong and big). Buildings, roadways, and utilities are not set up to withstand hurricanes. Also for many they were just adjusting to the shock of the recent earthquake and then a hurricane came through. Of which people of the northern and central east coast are not accustomed to having to deal with those types of natural occurrences. So no its definitely not overhyped, we should all be a bit alarmed at these large changes that are occurring on this planet. More earthquakes, dormant volcanoes are awakening, the entire solar system is warming up. It's not hard to find any of this on Google. I dont see why some would say that it was overblown BUT they aren't the ones having to get plucked from their roof top or town surrounded by water and given a ride in a helicopter...

Then why is it that Irene is being slated as possibly one of the top 10 costliest natural disasters in U.S. history? As someone else said, it depends on where you were at. I live in a flood plain in NJ and we are still dealing with the repurcussions. Other people I work with that live a half hour from me had zero damage.

Whether or not you think it was overblown or not depends largely upon where you were for it. The more southern states that are more frequently hit were also more prepared and ready for massive damage, and damage not up to that level left them thinking it was overblown. Vermont however was no where near prepared for what happened there. Massive flooding pretty much leveled one town, and wiped out historic bridges all over the state. It was probably the worst natural disaster Vermont has experienced. It's natural they believe it to be overwhelming.

Oh My! Just looking at the pics anyone can see it was not overblown.

The fact that it wasn't as worse as some expected gives little comfort to those who have lost much.

Our government and media are great at orchestrating terror.

That does not mean millions are NOT without electricity.......duh!

are you?

Yes, what a stupid question, because for each family or area it was disasterous or could have been. It was not some classic rain. I think those who say it was over hyped should be ashamed.

Overblown! All of you frontwipes who think this is overblown, get off your lazy asses and visit the affected areas in NY, NJ or Vermont! They do need help and they are begging for it. Contact RED CROSS in your area!

Virginia as well. Especially central Virginia. We got the dirty side of the storm!!

If hurricane Katrina taught us anything , it,s that you never underestimate the dangers of storm of this nature. What some may consider overkill might actually be good common sense planning.

This should be required reading for news/weather men.

Have you seen any of the footage of the damage?

I'm not saying there was no damage, or that some folks shouldn't be evacuated. However, I watched a report by the Weather Channel's so called "Hurricane Expert" who stated Irene could be the worst storm in history. Statements like that don't do anyone any good.

At the point when disaster preparations and emergency planning had to start, it still could have been an extremely destructive storm. A Category 2-3 hurricane with such massive rain bands, hitting most of the major cities on the eastern seaboard in a row could have horrific consequencies.

The weather channel does kinda suck though. Just read National Weather Service reports directly, skip the middleman.