I know that it got kind of buried yesterday, what with the earthquake hogging all the headlines and everything. But here’s your reminder — there’s a hurricane that’s still on path to affect the region this weekend.

It’s been a little while — about three years, in fact — since a hurricane actually made landfall on American soil, and about eight years since one even came close to the District. But this one looks like a real doozy: Hurricane Irene is crafting a path that appears to have it slicing right up through the Chesapeake Bay this weekend.