"Uncharacteristic" Isaac lacked punch but not size

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"Uncharacteristic" Isaac lacked punch but not size



Joel Geiger surveys the damage in the Olde Towne area after Hurricane Isaac passed through SlidellMIAMI (Reuters) - Meteorologists tracking Hurricane Isaac this week struggled to pin down the vexing storm's next move, variously referring to it as "disorganized" and "uncharacteristic." For George Dubaz, a New Orleans tour guide, Isaac was simply a "pain in the ass." After two days of lost business he'd had enough of the lumbering Isaac. "Most of them blow through and are over with. This one is just hanging around too long," Dubaz said, comparing it to "somebody that comes for Mardi Gras and they stay two weeks afterwards. ...









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