Biking the car-less streets of New York City after Hurricane Irene

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I felt, from the outset, that Irene was overhyped for the New York City area. I felt this because, based on the projected path and based on the talking heads' opinions, they were saying that it would lose power overland. So, I figured, if it were to come onshore as a Category 2, then it would probably be a pretty bad storm by the time it got to NYC.

But then it came on shore as a Cat 1. So I figured, it'll fizzle by the time it got to NYC. However, the news seemed to suggest something much deadlier.

My neighbors ran and so did a lot of other folks. My brother and I decided, even if it were to be worse than we anticipated, it would still be better than a true hurricane.

I think we were on point - it was a strong storm, but it wasn't nearly as bad as they said, and it was much more like what we expected.

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