News Raider of the Day: Despite all the media hype surrounding Hurricane Irene, not a single meteorologist thought to warn people to prepare for the possibility of flash peen.

(sNSFW, peen.)

[mediaite / video: sayomg.]

It's Hurricaturday!

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Tweet of the Day: You are now fully prepared.

[@seth_fried.]

Extreme Weather Exploitation Failure of the Day: This is what happens when you rush to capitalize on a natural disaster: You end up using tornado clip art on your hurricane tee.

[atlantic.]

Hurricane Irene News Update II:

Live Blogs: CNN, NYT, WaPo,

Satellite Image of the Day: The NOAA/NASA GOES-13 weather satellite captured this image of Hurricane Irene this morning at 10:45 AM EDT. (Embiggen.)

At the time, Irene was nearly a third the size of the entire East Coast.

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This Looks Shopped of the Day: I had a sneaking suspicion Nyan Cat would one day be the death of us all.

[@chrixeleon / thanks sporkedd!]