Now that the weather forecasters have wet themselves and salivated with a blood lust, it appears that Hurricane Irene may be, for the most part, a big but fairly windy rainstorm. The 'so called' eyewall has collapsed, the winds are barely mid cat 1 at 85 mph (The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) and weakening more as it moves inland.

With that said, I do hope that holds and that it wont intensify - we sure don't need the predicted 4-10 inches more rain on top of the 3-4 that we had a few days ago that has saturated the ground. Also, I hope everyone stays safe.