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Poll: Are New Yorkers Overreacting To Hurricane Irene?
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Jamie Feldmar
Published Aug 26, 2011
Modified Aug 26, 2011
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So, guys, have you heard? There's a real, live hurricane headed our way! Probably. Maybe. Whether or not it's actually going to hit hard, or even hit at all, remains to be seen, despite the mandatory evacuations, supermarket sweeps and impromptu natural disaster-themed board games cropping up before the storm. Sure, there's some scary stuff out there, but...is it all too much? Are we neurotic New Yorkers taking our paranoia a wee bit too far? Is the city grossly overreacting to compensate for Blizzageddon? Will our hurricane turn out to be more like...our earthquake? You be the judge.
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