Ed Rappaport
Ed Rappaport
Edward N. "Ed" Rappaportwas the acting director of the National Hurricane Center. He replaced former director Bill Proenza on July 9, 2007. Rappaport was replaced by Bill Read...
system threat
The big threat from this system is going to be the rainfall.
england island moving next toward
As it does so, it will be moving up toward Long Island and New England over the next 24 hours.
intensity maximum reached
I think it has probably reached its maximum intensity now.
category expect hurricane perhaps
We expect to have a Category 2 -- perhaps a Category 3 -- hurricane at landfall,
issue
The real important issue here is that when it got to the metropolitan area, it was weaker.