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Tropical Storm Irene Compared to Hurricane Katrina
Tropical Storm Irene Compared to Hurricane Katrina
Tropical Storm Irene Compared to Hurricane Katrina
Granted TS Irene was pretty damaging to the whole of the east coast, but a lot of that was because we're just not prepared to deal with stuff like that.  Snow and ice storms are more the forté of Upstate NY.  Still, as bad as Irene was, we were lucky.  Check out this comparison of the devastation after Katrina hit the south six years ago.