Nor'Easter

[hudlow]

I guess by now everybody on the east coast has felt the effects of this storm. It's been a doozy around here. Even though I'm 300 miles inland we still get some pretty big winds from hurricanes occasionally. But it's been a long, long time since we've had wind that has gone on this long with such intensity. Most of our wind comes from thunderstorms and they're over in a short time.

The wind started yesterday afternoon and blew steadily with a lot of high gusts all night. We are still under a wind advisory until tomorrow morning. Lots of folks in surrounding areas are without power and many of the schools in the high mountains are closed or running a delayed schedule.

I'll be glad when this one blows out.

I don't like big wind. Today will be a good day to stay in.

Be careful if you have to get out in this storm.

hud

 

[scott_vt]

Mornin Hudlow,
We got about 6" of rain at my Ct home, not sure what we got at my Vt residence. But alot of flooding in our area, Im ready for some sun but it doesnt look like we will get it till later this week !

 

[hudlow]

Good mornin' Sir!,

The last couple of times I have tried to respond, the power has flickered and knocked me offline.

Six inches of rain is a bunch in one day! I heard on the news that NYC recorded 7 inches yesterday. We were supposed to get a couple of inches that we need badly, but I only measured about 1/4" yesterday.

It's windy and clear here, we're supposed to be back in the 70's by mid week.

I thought these "Nor'Easters" were for you folks in the north east....????

Better tie your stuff down, if the wind here is any indication it looks like there's a lot more to come your way.

hud

 

[Thomas]

Hellooooo down there hudlow.
I agree w/you about the nasty storms.
Here on mid west side of NH we had just about everything thrown at us...rain,sleet,4" snow,winds gusting 45mph on/off...and talk about lumber up rooted also bracnches etc.. laying far as the eye can see YIKES...sooo much for the month of March being in like a loin and out like a lamb.

 

[WayneB]

What a month to remember! Right now the temperature has gone up into the 40's and it is raining, but the winds are gusting to around 30 mph here.

Scotty, when I was coming through Burlington Saturday afternoon they were talking 12" plus on Sunday and Monday for upper elevations! Same with Plattsburg and west. By the way there was very little snow up north this weekend and all of the ice is out on the lake.

Wayne

 

[Egon]

I miss this one Thomas. I am safely ensconsed at my sons home in Edmonton.

 

[dmccarty]

We just had a big pine tree fall down into the parking lot at work. It just missed a row of cars but it looks like a truck and another car took some damage from the limbs. If the tree had been 2-3 three feet over it would have taken out 8-10 cars.

Right before I heard that a tree had fallen I was in someones office with windows. The trees where really moving. I think the building funneled the wind took out this tree. The tree that fell was big and green but about 30 feet from the three story building.

We had one small very dead pine tree that fall near the road at the house. I hope that is all that happens. Lots of rain yesterday. I'm guessing 2-3 inches which is nothing compared to the 6-8 inches in the NE. The river was really up this morning. It was 6inches over flood stage yesterday.

Later,
Dan

 

[Thomas]

I miss this one Thomas. I am safely ensconsed at my sons home in Edmonton.

That's good news Egon,but just think of all wild pictures you could have taken tho.

 

[Podunkadunk]

Got 4.5" here Saturday evening, the majority of it came down in about 2 hours. Wind was relentless. I heard some trees snapping out in the woods near the creek, I need to go see what happened. Yard has some limbs down, other than that, we really needed the rain and I'm grateful for it.

 

[Ductape]

Not sure how well these pictures came out...... but here is my basement. Its a fieldstone foundation, about a hundred and thirty+ yrs old. Its frequently damp..... and downright wet with "normal" storms. We actually have a stream running through the basement now. Not good at estimating GPM..... but its gotta be the better part of a hundred GPM flowing through there..... probably more ! Thankfully, there is a drain pipe in the corner.... if not for the drain, we'd have one heck of a problem on our hands !!! I keep telling Whats-Her-Name we "need" a backhoe attachment to put in some drains around the outside of the house...... but no luck getting to spend the $$$ on a backhoe yet. But..... i keep trying !

 

[George2615]

Well, Noreaster is finally on its way out of my area now. Started here last night and by 4PM today we ended up with about 10"-12" snow and then the rain started coming. What a mess trying to delicately plow the driveway without tearing up the gravel underneath. Really muddy here now and by the end of the week we are supposed to see temps in the mid 50's so it will all be gone. Next Saturday I'm hoping to get 3 loads of road grindings or crushed concrete to redo my driveway.

 

[Diesel-ME]

Nice pictures Ductape... so I guess you have indoor running water over there in New Hampster....

BTW, I hope that Whats-Her-name doesn't read TBN

~paul

 

[Ductape]

Nice pictures Ductape... so I guess you have indoor running water over there in New Hampster....

BTW, I hope that Whats-Her-name doesn't read TBN

~paul

Paul,
I predict you will get this newfangled "indoor running water" up your way within the next twenty years or so !

I shoud say that i call her "Whats-Her-Name" in front of her..... it is my loving pet name, just as one may call their sweetie "Honey-Buns", "Sweet Potatos", or whatever else you may call your loved one.

This should cover me in the event she finds TBN, right?

 

[MrsTractor]

Our weather here in Northeast, PA still going on. So far it has been 10 to 12 inches of wet/heavy snow and still coming down. They say it will not stop until about midnight tonight after adding another 2 to 4 inches by the time it stops. What ever happened to Spring? I hope it gets here soon! Tomorrow we will go into work & clean the snow off 50 some machines on our lot & hope and pray this is the last of it. If anyone out there sees spring, send it my way. Thanks

 

[Diesel-ME]

Paul,
I predict you will get this newfangled "indoor running water" up your way within the next twenty years or so !

I shoud say that i call her "Whats-Her-Name" in front of her..... it is my loving pet name, just as one may call their sweetie "Honey-Buns", "Sweet Potatos", or whatever else you may call your loved one.

This should cover me in the event she finds TBN, right?

Fair enough. Hey, so just out of curiosity, does she call you Ductape?

(sorry could not resist).

~paul

 

[Ductape]

Strangely.... no. Somehow that nick-name was given to me by my friends.... oh .... about 25 yrs ago. Apparently they found it unusual that i had so many uses for Ductape (don't ask!).

 

[jbrumberg]

I got +7" of heavy snow, which changed to sleet, and quickly to rain and more rain. So far the storm has dropped 3.87" of rain and melted snow according to my fancy weather station. Winds gusted to 33 mph. I thought I had a dry cellar . This storm taught me otherwise . THe flooding may be due to the frozen ground underneath. Apparently there will be more rain and snow showers till Thursday . Jay

 

[Tig]

We got 16cm of heavy wet snow. The wife and I went for a walk in the snow yesterday morning and saw the oddest site, worms. Worms were crawling out of the wet ground and were crawling, slowly across the top of the wet snow. We saw dozens in our walk around the block.

 

[hudlow]

It was good to wake up to calm this morning. Looks like we may make it to the mid-70s today.

Still a lot of folks here in WNC without power.

It could have been worse.

hud

 

[Steve_Miller]

Could have been worse, check out the video they posted to youtube.

Mount Washington Observatory – White Mountains, New Hampshire (NH)

Steve