August 28, 2011 Irene

CaliforniaMama · 08-28-2011, 08:09 AM

Space.com

Credit: NASA via Ron Garan

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Astronaut Ron Garan tweeted this picture of Hurricane Irene from the International Space Station on August 24, 2011: "Ominous view #FromSpace of Hurricane #Irene east of the Bahamas @ 3:14pm EST today. East FL coast is calm b4 storm."

CaliforniaMama · 08-28-2011, 08:10 AM

The swirl reminds me of a galaxy.

I never realized before that there was an eye in a hurricane as there is in a tornado.

Stormieweather · 08-28-2011, 11:19 AM

Yup. The eye of a hurricane is a quiet and calm time after the frenzy of the storm, and a lot of people think that it's over and venture out. Of course, as soon as the eye passes over, the storm resumes in full fury. The eye of a hurricane runs about 20-40 miles across so it can be nice and quiet for an hour or two.

Diaphone Jim · 08-28-2011, 06:54 PM

Irene is an innie!

08-28-2011, 08:10 AM	#2
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	The swirl reminds me of a galaxy. I never realized before that there was an eye in a hurricane as there is in a tornado. __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear.

08-28-2011, 11:19 AM	#3
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	Yup. The eye of a hurricane is a quiet and calm time after the frenzy of the storm, and a lot of people think that it's over and venture out. Of course, as soon as the eye passes over, the storm resumes in full fury. The eye of a hurricane runs about 20-40 miles across so it can be nice and quiet for an hour or two. __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

08-28-2011, 06:54 PM	#4
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Irene is an innie!

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