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...ISABEL'S WARNING: Bigger, badder storms may be coming...
Among the persistent mysteries is why hurricanes like Isabel start out big and then diminish while others, like Andrew in 1992 and Camille in 1969, get stronger just before they make landfall. Only three Category 5 storms have hit the U.S. over the past 100 years--Andrew, Camille and the Labor Day storm of 1935--and Isabel was not one of them. But a fast-fading Category 2 hurricane--which is what Isabel was as it slammed into North Carolina and Virginia--is still a formidable force...
...called my kids in Raleigh, and they were in tears this morning. I told them the fireplace is still there. As long as it's there, we can build around it." PAT BOYETTE, resident of coastal North Carolina, whose house was destroyed when Hurricane Isabel roared through...
...there was a bright side to Hurricane Isabel, it was the predictable rush by storm reporters to give viewers an up-close look at the storm by donning slickers and braving the gales. The you-are-there prize went to NBC's BRIAN WILLIAMS, who was literally blown out of a shot, along with the Weather Channel's Mike Seidel. Williams noted, "I can just hear the folks at home saying, 'They got what they deserved...
...million Estimated number of people left without power after Hurricane Isabel hit the East Coast...