When did Irene stop being a hurricane?
jamesl writes ``Cliff Mass, a climate researcher at the University of Washington and popular Seattle blogger, asks, 'When did Irene stop being a hurricane? there is really no reliable evidence of hurricane-force winds at any time the storm was approaching North Carolina or moving up the East Coast.
Category 3 Hurricane Irene is still on target to menace the East Coast of the United States this weekend.