Hurricane Irene

[TWCC_DJK5555]

We certainly dodged a major bullet

Fortunately many areas suffered very little damage.  A lot of downed trees and power lines along with some serious flooding, but no major structural damage that I've seen.  I don't expect to see the name "Irene" being retired this year.

After Irene: Little damage seen in many places

[WeatherWitness]

Tropical Storm Irene has sustained winds of 50 mph as of 5 PM EDT. Of course, TWC is showing only the worst impacts that this storm caused, but overall a TS in NYC was certainly not as bad as a MAJOR hurricane.

[TWCToday]

Damage in my yard

[gt1racerlHDl]

Damage in my yard

Wow that is some massive damage, at least you and hopefully everyone you know is fine after Irene.

after the 5hr+ power outage here in MA i was able to upload what Irene did while she was cutting through the Mid-Atlantic and New England

WeatherScan Local Forecasts with Hurricane Irene

[Mr. Rainman]

Irene has become post-tropical and will no longer be followed by the National Hurricane Center. She will still cause gusty winds across parts of the Northeast through Monday, however.

[WeatherWitness]

Looks like Irene is going to bring some rain to Greeland or Iceland. Don't know why the NHC has the projected path going out that far, since the system is already post-tropical.

[Localonthe8s]

Will Irene be retired or reused again in 2017?

[toxictwister00]

Will Irene be retired or reused again in 2017?

That most likely won't be decided until next Spring.

EDIT: Yesterday and today after seeing all the devastating flooding and the fact that the death toll has increased to 37 today in the US (I death I know of in PR) I personally think Irene will be retired. Estimates are already approaching the 10 Billion mark in the US alone