User blog comment:Andrew444/Tropical Storm Irene's (unofficial) forecast track/@comment-2239664-20110821165708

Doomcasting, are you Andrew? Irene is now forecast to become a hurricane as it approaches Hispaniola fast. Hurricane warnings are up. Furthermore it is now forecast to cross the entire island of Hispaniola and now it will have a much higher chance of dying out over the island, rather than clip southern Haiti and later hit the Gulf coast. Perhaps it might not hit them as hard as it otherwise could. The DR is more forested and prepared than Haiti, so it might not be so bad for them and it will be almost nothing by the time it reaches Haiti, to be honest, if that forecast holds true.