Hurricane Irene

Only a few weeks after a mystery creature was discovered on a roadside near Alexandria, another strange beast was discovered washed up on a beach in New York. Although the two creatures look nothing alike, the strange looking creature has raised similar questions to that of Minnesota's own beast of question.

Whenever natural disasters strike, news stations often send out a few poor saps to report from the scene. With Hurricane Irene, we typically saw wind-whipped, rain-soaked correspondents in various locations talking about the storm’s fury. But if there’s an award for Most Deserving of Hazard Pay, it has to go to Washington, DC Fox affiliate WTTG’s Tucker Barnes.

The East Coast continues to brace itself for a weekend that could lead to major headaches in the wake of this storm.   Imagine a vulnerable island, parts of it man-made, with towering buildings and lots of people crammed into small spaces. Now...