Hurricane Irene Looks 'Terrifying' From Space, NASA Astronaut Says

What a load of Doom hype.

Here is a video of Irene from the space station with astronauts commenting on it. They are worried

Holy shit!

UFO at 0:46 o.o right next to the eye

UFO at 0:46 o.o right next to the eye

I really feel like this hurricane could do a lot of damage. Certainly not because of its size, but because of the size of the hpye coming from NASA, weather.com, and others. They're trying to create a fear above what one should feel in this situation.

A healthy fear is good when dealing with hurricanes. I've lived on the Gulf Coast around Houston all my life, and I've been in many, many hurricanes of different catagories. We've started over more than once because of them, but I've never seen a storm create this much hoopla in TPTB. They act like it's a catagory 5 or something.

The reason I feel like it could do a lot of damage is because as much as they're pushing the fear button, I feel like they've got some cool destruction planned. Just like Katrina. It wouldn't have done anything at all if they had not blown the levies.

I wonder what they're going to do to create a panic in NYC. Just sayin'.

If I lived anywhere above north carolina I would kill myself right now. seriously.

OP OP!! Edit the post to include the Space Station Video, and point out the UFO at 45 secs!!

you gotta scare the living pants off people, otherwise you warn them and they just sit around with an attitude of "wont happen to me"

If were in the path of this moster I'd praying real hard. Good luck people,

[link to news.yahoo.com]

..Hurricane Irene is bearing down on the U.S. East Coast and has turned into a frightening storm, according to an astronaut on the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Mike Fossum said that Hurricane Irene, like all hurricanes, looks "terrifying from above," and its evolution into a major storm this week has been unmistakable from orbit.

"We saw a big change in the structure of the storm over the several days that we've watched her, especially yesterday," Fossum told SPACE.com today (Aug. 25) during a video interview from space.

Hurricane Irene is currently a Category 3 storm with winds of 115 mph (185 kph) that is battering the Bahamas. Space station astronauts and satellites have kept a constant watch on the growing storm. [Photos: Hurricane Irene Views From Space]



The storm is expected to hit the North Carolina coast on Saturday (Aug. 27) and follow the coastline north, where it may make landfall on Long Island, posing a threat to New York City, according to OurAmazingPlanet, a sister site of SPACE.com.


Fossum, a native of Texas who has seen many hurricanes from the ground and space, said that two days ago the eye of Hurricane Irene wasn't as stable as it appears now. The storm has grown more organized and uniform as this week wore on, he added.

"There's kind of a dome shape to the whole thing, with the eye fully formed," Fossum said. "Yesterday you could see the eye wall and down into the eye itself. You know that is a powerful storm, and those are never good news when they're headed your way. So our prayers and thoughts are with the people in its path."

Fossum is one of six astronauts living aboard the International Space Station and is in the middle of a six-month spaceflight. His crewmate Ron Garan, also of NASA, has been posting photos of Irene from orbit each day as the space station has been flying over the huge storm.

NASA is also broadcasting live views of Hurricane Irene from the space station when the orbiting lab sails over the storm.

You can follow SPACE.com Managing Editor Tariq Malik on Twitter @tariqjmalik. Follow SPACE.com for the latest in space science and exploration news on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook.

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I'm sorry pal, I don't have the ability to do that, looks like I'll have to pay up and upgrade.

Thanks Green! Watch the extended version, the lady commenter in the beginning says she cant believe how big it is, "amazing".

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If were in the path of this moster I'd praying real hard. Good luck people,

[link to news.yahoo.com]

holy shit good find, look how the tape is edited too after that

Can't wait to see the newscaster idiots out there in the middle of it.