Weather.... - Page 4

Jean Swanson · 08-30-2011, 01:32 AM

Here in Weathersfield ,Vt we only had tons of rain for a 24 hour period and some light wind ,maybe 25 to 35 mph for a short time last night . My house is at abt. elevation 1160 and the Connecticut is at elev. 285 and 2 miles east and is buldging at the seams at the present time . No damage here ,but just west a few miles along Route 106 ,the damage is extensive with loss of bridges , highways , buildings , etc . Up north I think there was more rain and more flooding

Dean Romig · 08-30-2011, 05:44 AM

It's good to know you're OK Allan. I've tried contacting some friends to the north of you and can't get in touch with them. They often lose electricity and I'm hoping that's all it is this time.

Double Play · 08-30-2011, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete Lester

No power 29 hours. What would we have done if it was a real storm!

Pete,
We lost power at 4:00am Sunday and best guess is with half a million homes still without power it's going to be a while. There are crews here from Alabama and Georgia, I can't imagine what this state would have done if the storm came in as a cat 1 or 2.
Hopefully they have learned a lesson and will start keeping the trees cut back from the power lines. If some of that federal stimulus money was used to improve the power grid instead of lining the pockets of political cronies’ we all would have benefited.
Now we await all that water from Allan’s place to flow down thru the already overflowing Connecticut River. Life is good.

ch · 08-30-2011, 07:54 AM

If thats your boat Dean I'll b there in a couple days with my pole. What do I need for a rig.

J.B. Books · 08-30-2011, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Larry Frey

Pete,
We lost power at 4:00am Sunday and best guess is with half a million homes still without power it's going to be a while. There are crews here from Alabama and Georgia, I can't imagine what this state would have done if the storm came in as a cat 1 or 2.
Hopefully they have learned a lesson and will start keeping the trees cut back from the power lines. If some of that federal stimulus money was used to improve the power grid instead of lining the pockets of political cronies’ we all would have benefited.
Now we await all that water from Allan’s place to flow down thru the already overflowing Connecticut River. Life is good.

The problem is a bit more complicated in NH. For most of my life we had a single state regulated utility and the state approved the electric rate. We had a well maintained grid. In the late 90's politicians decided to deregulate electrical power and when that was done the major utility no longer had exclusive ownership of the grid, they had to share the grid with competitiors and thus have no monetary incentive to keep it up beyond minimum standards.

Austin W Hogan · 08-30-2011, 09:58 AM

The attached picture shows The Mohawk between Fonda and Fultonville NY, Monday morning. Fonda Speedway was the original Darlington style track; still good racing there but in the 1960's it was the home track of Bill Wimble and Ernie Gahan, NASCAR modified champions. House at the bottom of the frame was the home of Harvey Donaldson, famous rifleman and founder of NBRSA. Harvey and my father cast silk lines on the lawn. Harvey taught me to mount his GH, throwing apples on that lawn. It was Harvey's LC 16 that I wrote the DGJ article about.
I grew up just outside the lower left corner. My daughter Carolyn lives there now. She lost her furnace, water heater and possibly her freezer, although water has risen further in her cellar two previous times in the 10 years she has lived there. My son Austin L lives about a mile away across the river in Fonda in his grandfather's house. His street flooded but water didn't rise above the curb. He is the science teacher at the school on the hill in the background.
Here in Piermont, we got 4 inches of rain and wind less than gale force; not even any dead limbs down. Power was off about 12 hours apparently due to distant cut off.

Best, Austin

Dean Romig · 08-30-2011, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by calvin humburg

If thats your boat Dean I'll b there in a couple days with my pole. What do I need for a rig.

8" black rubber worm with hot red auger tail rigged Texas style with a small lead (

) split shot at the nose is the best there is on my lake. I lose a bunch of tackle because I chuck them right into the fallen trees... but I haul out some nice largemouths.... mostly from a canoe though.

Dean Romig · 08-30-2011, 10:13 AM

It's good to know you're all right Austin. Of course, water levels won't affect you up on the hill there. I'll bet the Connecticut is flowing pretty full right now and the pictures I've seen of the Pemi are pretty discouraging... washing out roads, houses, bridges - just awful.

Jean Swanson · 09-02-2011, 06:36 AM

If you would like to view some of the havic that Irene produced ,Google youtube under Woodstock VT , Weathersfield ,VT Quechee,VT---water is extremely powerful .

High Brass · 09-02-2011, 08:25 AM

Ran my workboat from Eastern Bay to the Severn to try and find a protected anchorage. Spent the storm on the boat and had lots of wind! Had to reset the anchor in the middle of the night mid-storm and dodged several loose boats. Minor damage to my boat from wind and a lost GPS antenna. Not a fun experiance.