They scare people on a daily bases (economy, wars, riots, you name it...) so are we in danger to become addicted to fear? We are already addicted to stress (usual daily stress and all sorts of other stress) and now we have this constant fear ...It seems to be boring to live normal life nowadays.
I do not know anything about topic but Irene seems to be category one now and it probably will not be catastrophic event.


Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind...Albert Einstein