"The Obamas, meanwhile, enjoyed a low-key day amid the white sands and tall waves of the private Pohogonot beach. The president did convene a conference call with emergency officials for an Irene update earlier in the day.

He had no plans to leave Martha’s Vineyard early — even as emergency crews mobilized around him.

“The island is cranking up,” said Peter Martell, the emergency management director of Oak Bluffs, where leaders held storm meetings with hospital, nursing home and school officials yesterday. “A hurricane is like a large gorilla. It goes wherever it wants, whenever it wants.”
"----http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2011_0826prezs_posse_staysput_as_tourists_flee/

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Gadhafi-Zimbabwe-Mugabe-Libya/2011/08/29/id/408988

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/26/us-storm-irene-washington-idUSTRE77O6X220110826

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyMpLjfpi7o