Hurricanes (broadcast Friday, August 24th, 2007)

Hurricane Dean hit Mexico twice this week, first moving across the Yucatan Peninsula on Tuesday as a powerful Category 5 storm with 165 mph winds, then making landfall again on Wednesday in Veracruz as a lesser Category 2 storm with mere 100 mph winds. The storm was one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes to make landfall in recorded history, featuring strong wind sand heavy rainfall, but, thankfully, less damage and fewer injuries than initially expected. In this hour, Ira and guests talk about how Dean fits into the record books -- and whether it's business as usual, or indications of the effects of global climate change.