Weather....

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Mark Conrad

If anybody needs any pine cones, I have millons you are welcome too.

And I have oak leaf clusters, branches and acorns free for the takin'

I had to brush-hog my driveway last evening when I got home from Maine.

[Autumn Daze]

It seem we along the coast did better than my family in southern Vermont. Torrential rain with almost no wind created flash floods of epic proportions. Many bridges gone,two dams broke. The town of Willmington is half gone down the river along with the towns of Marlboro and South Newfane. My brothers road is gone and it will be about 3 weeks before he can get out. RT 100 has houses parked on it. It's a mess and came without warning. Funny the media doesn't talk about this.

[Opening Day]

Cause it's not NEW YORK CITY.....dummy....! On Sunday I did see a quick mention about VT and then we went back Live to NYC for something much more important shot of Broadway with no one walking around...... That's my comments from the peanut gallery..

[Kevin McCormack]

Mark, my son now lives right around you in VA Beach (Baltic Ave.). His fiance is a trauma unit physician over at the Chesapeake Medical Center in Chesapeake VA and had 24/7 duty from Friday 6pm through Sunday noon. Brendan very wisely snagged a motel room early Wed. over near the hospital so he could see her on breaks durin the storm. Worked out great, but they have not been back over to see if their place in VA Beach had any damage (they are up about 5 floors overlooking the main drag to the ocean). They had plenty of emergency supplies, but I'll check with him about the pine cones.

[Blind Dog]

Looks like JD escaped the dance; the site has been up and running without fail.

Thanks JD

[Bindlestiff]

I sure was wrong on my assessment of this storm. The cable TV weather reports had me in line for a direct hit and painted my expected experience as life altering. Well, I had heavy rain and strong blustery wind, but not the hurricane they predicted. Not even close and I was suppose to be at the center of its path as it came through New England. It actually went a bit West of me.

Today, on my ride to work I saw how lucky I was. Yesterday on the TV all I saw was wet empty streets in NYC, I assumed that they were obvious reporting with the absolute worst backdrop they could find, even it wasn't representative of general conditions for the drama. But today, I see trees down everywhere, roads closed and homes damaged and now I finally learn that towns in Vermont are under water.

I guess I was very lucky at my home to not experience any of the nasty parts of this storm. I never expected to see this much damage from the storm that passed over my house (it seemed mild) and I was reported to be in the center of it all! What a difference a few miles can make

[John D.]

Originally Posted by Fred Preston

Looks like JD escaped the dance; the site has been up and running without fail.

Thanks JD

Hi Fred,

Many thanks... I did back all my servers thinking there was a good chance that either the 100 foot spruce or the huge maple would fall on the garage (my office is above the garage, where all this runs from), but, it wasn't to be.. Usually Jen & I lose power at the slightest hint of high winds or heavy rains...??

Anyway, my thanks! No one was more astonished then we were...

John

[J.B. Books]

Well I survived the not so BIG blow named Irene. At 1PM Sunday my power went out and it was finally restored in the last hour. It is clear the Public Service Company of NH's maintenance of the power grid is sub par. 2 1/4" of rain and the highest gust recorded was 45mph. No power 29 hours. What would we have done if it was a real storm!

[Dean Romig]

We have seen "film footage" (digital) of the flooding and destruction in the wake of Irene.

Here are some pictures I took in Maine on Sunday just before Irene arrived - next morning all was sunny and bright. A few limbs down, minor flooding, and a lot of expended effort by residents all around us to secure their properties and belongings, boats, awnings and anything else that might blow away or otherwise become damaged by wind and water.

[Parkerman]

We checked in with some old neighbors in Fairfield County, CT (lived there 3 times). Trees and power lines blocking most streets. No gas pumps available if you could get to them. Estimate at this point is power out for a week.