Storm Buzz

Now that Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike have passed by the Lowcountry, the Storm-Buzz widget has been disabled.  This was an experimental feature, and based on the popularity of the page, I think it was a great success.  We look forward to more experiments in the future with intelligent filtering of our Blogroll firehose.  It’s a great way to keep the content fresh when it’s coming out too fast for our puny human brains to keep up!  Here is a sample of the posts that came across the wire while the widget was live:

Brian’s Blog: 12:50 PM Tropics to Quiet Down; WINTER?
2 things to watch in the tropics in the short term—- IKE and the remnants of Josephine.
Otherwise, we should see a quieter period in the Atlantic for about a week or so…with just isolated storm potential for the rest

Audubon South Carolina : Clearing
Due to the approach of Tropical Storm Hanna on Friday, we cleared the office early at the Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest. Thankfully, there was little wind associated with the storm and therefore no boardwalk repairs

Jared W. Smith : When Worlds Collide
Something that might get lost in the larger story of Hurricane Gustav and (to a lesser extent) Tropical Storm Hanna is how the “old” media started looking towards — and, dare I say, embracing — “new” social media tools.

Peninsula Media Online : Hanna Round 2
Here are some photos from Saturday, September 6 as Hanna passed through our swell window. These are taken at the Washout on Folly Beach. Its a heavy beach break when there is swell in the water and there is a local

Jared W. Smith : The final word on Hanna; Ike approaches
After Tropical Storm Hanna gave us some much-needed rain Friday, it turned northeast and hit hyperspeed and has made conditions quite interesting going up the Eastern seaboard, dumping a lot of rain and causing some brief flooding

Mike : Surely this is a good sign
As far as I can tell there are no idiots from the Weather Channel or the news networks reporting on Hanna from downtown Charleston or the beaches. Where they go, trouble usually follows. id·i·ot n. ( d - t) A…