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ESRI online map of hurricane Irene impact with social media layer

ESRI has published a very nice map that shows Irene’s impact as captured in Flickr photos, Youtube clips, and tweets. If you get over the clutter at lower levels of resolution, it looks like a very nice idea. For some years ESRI…

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Was hurricane Irene over hyped? Compare actual and forecast tracking paths to see how accurate was the NOAA National Hurricane Center forecast (map, kmz)

Irene might’ve not destroyed the Manhattan skyscrapers with over 100 mph winds and 10 foot high tide surges, as some Godzilla-meets-King Kong extreme weather scenario aficionados dreamed, but it did do a lot of damage in the coastal areas of many seabord…

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Interactive, Downloadable, Google Earth (KMZ) and PDF Click and Zoom New York Hurricane Irene forecast landfall and Evacuation Map

  Update: Sandy related map and article Pictures of Irene flooding in Manhattan Irene has made its first landfall last night in North Carolina at a weaker than expected intensity 1. As the cone of probable impact covers much of New York…

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Could hurricane Irene surge flood lower Manhattan, Midtown East, Upper East Side, Battery Park, the shipyard, and Ground Zero (World Trade Center) areas? (map, kmz)

UPDATE: NYC Evacuation and Hurricane Irene Possible Landfall Map NOAA predicts that even if it remains an intensity 1 or 2, hurricane Irene might flood a good part of lower Manhattan, including Battery Park and Ground Zero (World Trade Center). The later,…