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Monday, August 29. 2011

Minor storm

That Irene was grossly over-hyped but, as I predicted, our area has lost power, cable, and phone. It doesn't take much to do that.


When I saw the eyewall disappear, I knew it would be just a stormy day. Took the pup for a walk in it to play in the puddles and flooding waters. Good fun.


I'm posting this from the local library, where everything is working. Lots of folks here using the machines. Will get back to normal posting sched when we all get back up to speed.

Posted by Bird Dog at 19:02 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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Not. Hurricane forecasters are not wolf-crying boys. It's always better to be relieved that Nature's fickleness caused the storm to unpredictably fizzle, than to curse them for being lulled into a maelstrom. For every storm that fades, there's one that explodes into fury just before landfall. When they tell you to run: Run!

I prefer hard lessons. The municipalities should make it a policy, that no extraordinary rescue efforts will be provided to those in an evacuation area. And if they have to rescue you afterwards, they will bill you for it. We're not gonna cry for the fools who stay behind.
#1 John A. Fleming on 2011-08-29 19:26 (Reply)
I went through Hurricane Bob in 1991 - in a 32' Contender CC at Point Judith, RI. Bob was headed for Block Island where my boat was at the time, so I rode out on the last ferry to get the boat and run back to Fall River.

As I cleared Block Island light the marine forecast had Bob headed smack dab for Newport - I was never going to get through East Passage as the waves at that point where running 4 to 6 - fortunately, short cycle, but at East Passage that meant 8 to 10 and that was before the storm. West Passage was closed.

So that meant Port Judith. The ferry stayed on on the lee side of Block Island as they weren't going to make it back in time. And I was running hell bent for leather. By the time I got to the Harbor of Refuge, the waves started to really get rolling and, as luck would have it, I couldn't make the entrance to the HoR on the first approach. On the second approach huge roller picked the Contender up and took me and the boat right over the West Wall between the two day markers. :>)

Quite beyond the fact that it was probably the most insane thing I've ever done, I survived and lived to see a sight that to this day I was totally amazed at - a 60' trawler go through the entrance to the HoR - backwards. :>)

It was worth every harrowing second of my ride to see that. And you don't get to see things like that by staying home. :>)
#1.1 Tom Francis on 2011-08-29 22:47 (Reply)
Bird Dog, glad to hear you are safe and sound, Down here in Florida they do talk about every hurricane alot but the weather guys get to be very important for a little while and it is a relief when a big one goes by. I think today is the anniversary of Katrina so they do come by and you only need one to mess up your day.
#2 grant1863 on 2011-08-29 21:33 (Reply)
That's pretty much consistent with our view here in Tidewater Virginia. Category 1? No big deal. More than that, well, the water might be a problem as many of us are in low-lying areas. It is a relief to make it through another one where losses were mostly limited to uprooted trees.
#2.1 Rossie on 2011-08-29 21:43 (Reply)
Glad that you were correct in your predictions and that you are all safe and well. The videos on the 'Net of the rivers wildly in spate had me worried for a bit. Foxnews has finally given up on the "we'll all be killed" routine and begun to show some images where the sun is out even though the rivers are high.

Now i can relax, and wish that you could send some of that rain our way. We've had nothing but ridiculously high temps every day since May, and my garden is burning up, landscape water is rationed and water pressure is down to a dribble. I don't dare wish for a storm, because then the Weather Lady overdoes it in the other direction. The nasty electrical provider is threatening brown-outs. We, however, can smile at that, since we have a whole house generator.

Anyway, bless you all.

Marianne
#3 Marianne Matthews on 2011-08-29 22:02 (Reply)
Glad to hear you are safe. I figured it was a power outage when I didn't get my morning links. First. World. Problem!
#4 Mike (Link) on 2011-08-29 22:22 (Reply)
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=986869219069

Funniest storm report ever.
#5 Tom Francis on 2011-08-29 22:25 (Reply)
Well, this knucklehead prepared for the worst and hoped for the best and, as happens whenever I am prepared, luck favored me and gave me the best.

While I had power I used power to make ice and to cool the hacienda as low as possible. Stuffed freezers and refrigerators with bottles of water and bags of ice and turned them to max.

Been talking about getting a small generator for a long while and finally did it. Nice little machine. Laid in 15 gallons of gas and some oil for it. Also got a siphon that will work with these new-fangled automobile gas tank filler pipes. If the worst happened I had a couple pretty large gas tanks I could tap right out there in the driveway.

Got some fun food, put away or tied down anything that might blow around.

When all was done, popped a cork. It'll be a while before it all gets undone again. But I won't wait until then to pop more corks.

I'm OK with doing more prep than needed. Most everything I got will be useful soon enough.
#6 Knucklehead (Link) on 2011-08-30 16:53 (Reply)
It was a little tougher in my neighborhood.

http://fritz-aviewfromthebeach.blogspot.com/2011/08/landscaping-by-irene.html
#7 Fritz (Link) on 2011-08-30 20:31 (Reply)

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