LibertyBell

we don't have any kind of drought here.

40 inches of rain per year are just fine, we don't live in a rain forest. If some foliage can't *cut* it, it needs to go.

and again D1 is NOT a *drought* sorry I meant D0 not D1. I confused the two. We have D0 in NYC and Western Long Island which is just dry not any kind of drought. In Suffolk County it's D nothing (not even dry.)

It's much better to have slight reservoir issues than having rivers overflowing their banks every year. Overflowing rivers causes MUCH more damage.

D1 is *dry* not a drought. No reason to get all frantic about it. It's not considered a drought by NOAA or by anyone else for that matter. Sorry I meant D0 not D1. I confused the two. We have D0 in NYC and Western Long Island which is just dry not any kind of drought. In Suffolk County it's D nothing (not even dry.) You people are as spoiled by the excessive rainfalls of the last 20 years as the people are who were spoiled by the excessive snowfalls of the early 2000s. How did you live through the 80s and 90s? We don't live in a tropical or subtropical rainforest, it's not supposed to rain like that here. We're not supposed to regularly get 2 inch plus rainfalls any more than we're supposed to get 20 inch plus snowfalls. Our climate is -NOT- supposed to be like that! And we had 0.5-1.00 inches of rain with this storm and some over 1 inch, which was right on target with predictions. NYC had 0.80 and Islip had 0.50 and the lower Hudson Valley had up to 1.50.

Yay I learned how to move a post (had no idea how to do this before!) They're all bad regardless of the amount and influence extends well beyond money into other areas. Individual dark money rich guys have far more influence than the amount of money you mentioned. Schumer alone has received 7.7 million from AIPAC members, which explains some of his stupid, outdated stances and why he's persona non grata here in New York and why he won't even show his face here anymore and why he needs to be primaried. AIPAC has been known to have undue influence on politicians which causes some very stupid and destructive decisions to be made. In addition to direct influence, they have an outsized dark money influence which involves creating superpacs and shell groups beyond AIPAC. It's too much to get into here, but by doing a little detective work, you learn a lot of very alarming things about dark money influence in politics that just should not be allowed to be there (including the exact amounts going to each politician by groups like AIPAC, API, NRA, PHRMA, ACS, as well as dark money shell groups they created, etc.) that the SCOTUS allowed by the very shortsighted Citizens United decision. It's why all this pac/superpac crap needs to be illegal as well as limiting all donations to one flat sum (no more than 1000). Actually even better to only allow for public donations via rigorous campaign finance reform.

it's officially nowhere close to a drought, we're in dry conditions but no drought. A little east of here it's not even that. It's a drought when we see yellow/brown dried up grass (my unofficial definition)

we had a few heavy downpours, what I would expect this time of year.

I think we have too much sand under our soil. I always water every few days. But we've had some hard downpours today, it's what I would expect this time of year. All day rain is extremely rare and might result in flooding so this is better.

Which storm was this Don? October 1804? Would the skies really be that dark? WOW!

Everything seems to be right on schedule, we're normally completely leafed out by May 1st.

Exactly and on top of that we see the results today with the decisions being made, income disparity has increased 500X between the 80s and now, we now have a diabetes epidemic, rising rates of cancer among younger people, rising rates of gun violence, etc.

I do like the distinction between corrupt crony capitalism and with a system that works properly (that is, a mixed economy.)

There's less possibilities of corruption with proper regulations in place and also corporations should never be allowed to have the rights of people (that includes no first amendment rights for corporations aka the horrible citizens united decision.) So in that sense both extreme capitalism and extreme socialism are bad, the proper and most sustainable system is a mixed economy which contains the best parts of both.

overnight rain is absolutely awesome, a 12 hour rainfall and the sun comes out in the morning.

So is JFK's, putting them near the water makes conditions vastly different just a few miles away throughout the year.

this is miraculous By the evening, the storm had fully traversed the northeastern United States, where accounts indicated the passage of the storm's eye.[8] The results of the 2001 study also suggested atypical strengthening occurred around this time,[12] achieving its peak intensity with 1-minute maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) over Massachusetts, equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale.[13] The storm's maximum diameter was estimated to be 90 mi (150 km) at its largest point.[14] As the hurricane weakened throughout the night, it underwent an extratropical transition, evidenced by a passageway of weak winds off of the trough's center. Its eye was consequently distorted as it meandered northward towards Canada, where it subsequently encountered an area of high pressure;[8] though gusts diminished that evening, moderate precipitation persisted for another two days, before the snowstorm finally departed on October 11.[15]

How did you do on November 7, 2012, the post Sandy snowstorm?

JFK had 1.5 inches and I had about an inch. I remember thinking, this might be the only time in my life I get to see accumulating snowfall here in October, I'll enjoy it even if it's just an inch. Forky was going crazy that day lol.

Yes! It also happened in the post Sandy storm (November 7, 2012), I was laughing because we had a big snowfall 8 inches while LGA got white rain. Freehold NJ got 14 inches That was our earliest decent snowstorm.

coupled with the oceans too, one huge fluidic system.

I would pay to see this storm again over any other including 1635 and 1938 Besides the snowfall in CT it also snowed in the Catskills. rain totals reached 2.27 in (5.8 cm) in New York City.[10] Meanwhile, to the west in the Catskill Mountains, up to 18 in (46 cm) of snow accumulated

Connecticut had a lot of snow. Looks like that's the closest accumulating snow got to us.

Where snow fell it was mainly heavy, with reports of snowfall totaling 24 to 30 in (61 to 76 cm) in the Berkshires and up to 18 in (46 cm) near Stockbridge; however, no accumulation was measured in Boston and Worcester due to higher-than-optimal temperatures.[8][29] In Abington, the hurricane not only impacted the shipping industry but also inflicted severe damage to oak and pine forests.[21] Severe damage was inflicted to crops as a result of the storm, with potatoes freezing, apples tossed from branches,[30] and stacks of hay ruined.[5] Livestock also encountered noteworthy losses, with "large numbers" of cattle, sheep, and fowl having died near Walpole, Newbury, and Topsfield – over a hundred cattle died at Topsfield alone.[30] While reports of snowfall were generally sporadic in Massachusetts, snowfall was copious in Connecticut. More than 3 in (7.6 cm) of snow accumulated at Litchfield, while over 12 in (30 cm) was recorded at Goshen. Moderate snowfall also accrued at Woodbridge,[29] and other regions of the state received up to 24 in (61 cm).[22] However, the delineation between areas of rain and snow was clearly evident, with more than 3.66 in (9.3 cm) of rain measured in nearby New Haven.[29] Devastation was also widespread in Rhode Island, with numerous houses damaged at Newport and Providence. In Newport, many ships were damaged,[31] and several deaths were recorded.[27] Trees of immense size were also uprooted in both towns, and fence boards were scattered by strong gusts. In Providence, many ships were grounded, a brick house was impaired, and various other structures' chimneys collapsed. The hurricane was described as the "severest storm and gale of wind within the recollection of any of its inhabitants," although little else was known about its impacts in Rhode Island.[5] Despite the high wind speeds and proximity to other snow-receiving areas, none fell in Providence as a result of warmer temperatures.[29]

wow this is really weird WELP WE CANT BLAME CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE STRANGENESS OF THIS STORM LOL Though the disturbance developed within the confines of the Atlantic hurricane season,[7] its widespread early-season snowfall was unprecedented, with few comparable storms since, among them being the 2011 Halloween nor'easter, producing several feet of snowfall in many areas.[18] Similar circumstances occurred in 2012 with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, which had a comparable track to the 1804 snowstorm,[19] though it was extratropical by the time it made landfall.[20] The storm was also the first known instance of snow instigated by a tropical cyclone until a later storm in 1841.[16] Since that time, there has been only one other confirmed snowfall event as a result of a tropical cyclone while still considered to be tropical, which was caused by Hurricane Ginny in 1963, generating accumulations of 13 in (33 cm) in Maine.[17] The storm also displayed abnormal meteorological characteristics which went against conventional understanding. Winds prevailed toward the southwest, the only known example of a northeastern hurricane producing winds in that direction; most generally yielded southeasterly gusts.[9] In addition, it was one of only two systems recorded strengthening while inland, the other being the 1869 Saxby Gale.[12]