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Anniversary of Hurricane Irene for Montgomery County

Watching Isaac reminds us of the one year anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene and how we should be prepared for future storms.

As Tropical Storm Isaac is currently hitting Key West Fla., I had a friend remind me that one year ago was causing power outages and flooding throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania. 

The Mayor of Hatboro had to declare a weather emergency and even with this declaration there were many people still caught by surprise. 

Why is this, you ask? 

We are prone to the simple fact that we rarely have bad weather and it is easy in our busy schedules to not pay attention to the news. Hopefully with more people getting smartphones and gaining access to email, they have some kind of local  news or weather alert so that they receive critical information from many available sources. Many businesses were affected by this storm due to power outages, downed trees and street flooding.

We are currently in an active time for the hurricane season, it is a good time to think about being prepared.

Check out my 2011 weather year in review summary here

You can visit my blog The_Weather_Vane here.

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