Many are sure to remember that Friday.
Hurricane Irene came barging into town with torrential downpours, gusty winds and an element of surprise.
That was on Oct. 15, 1999 - 10 years ago today.
The storm produced 10 to 20 inches of rain and caused severe widespread flooding. More than 700,000 homes and businesses lost power.
And eight people were killed. Five were electrocuted and three drove vehicles into canals. Additionally, tornadoes injured three people in Broward County.
Irene surprised many because they weren't expecting a hurricane, even though they knew a storm was approaching.
At the time, some criticized the National Hurricane Center for that.
But forecasters noted they had issued a tropical storm warning and that most of South Florida experienced just that, a tropical storm, not a hurricane.
That was on Oct. 15, 1999 - 10 years ago today.
The storm produced 10 to 20 inches of rain and caused severe widespread flooding. More than 700,000 homes and businesses lost power.
And eight people were killed. Five were electrocuted and three drove vehicles into canals. Additionally, tornadoes injured three people in Broward County.
Irene surprised many because they weren't expecting a hurricane, even though they knew a storm was approaching.
At the time, some criticized the National Hurricane Center for that.
But forecasters noted they had issued a tropical storm warning and that most of South Florida experienced just that, a tropical storm, not a hurricane.
Irene was a Category 1 storm with sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour (90 miles per hour) and stronger gusts when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image on August 15, 2005. The third hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic season, Irene is not expected to threaten land.
While Hurricane Irene may not affect the United States or Canada, it is having an effect on haze over the Atlantic Ocean. Hot, humid weather in the Mid-Atlantic states has allowed pollution to build up. As the haze flows out to sea, it is encountering Hurricane Irene, which is steering the haze in a wide circle around its northern edge.
The large image provided above is at MODIS maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The image is available in additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team.
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