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  1. 7 minutes ago, metagraphica said:

    And of course an hour later the shield is down as storms back build to the south...keep blowing up just north of the house.  Nice rumbles of thunder.

    Must be some sort of sea breeze boundary; just got home from East Lyme and Lisbon and dry the entire way home; must have just started?

     

  2. 11 minutes ago, tamarack said:

    Unless we're too far north - nice 2-3" RA event, little wind.  However, despite no bullseyes, I've experienced a lot of 'cane action.
    1954, the year of "relative" canes:
         Carol (cousin) - non-event in NNJ
         Edna (aunt) - little RA, brisk wind; brother, dad and I flew kites
         Hazel (great aunt) - gusts ~60, plastered the house with leaf salad.  (In my "2nd echelon" of strong winds, with Bob and April 1982.  1st echelon:  Nov 1950, NY Eve 1962)

    1955, the floods
         Connie - 6-8", moderate flooding here
         Diane - 2-3", missed the big rains by <20 miles, where 6"+ got dumped.

    1960, Donna, not quite in the 2nd group, half day at school, friend broke his sailboat's mast while being foolish.

    1971, Doria, winds like Donna, 5.1" RA most in a 2-hr period.  With 3.8" from PRE, 8.9" in <24 hr.  Minor flooding as it had been dry.

    1976, Belle - little wind, major flooding rains in N. Maine

    1985, Gloria - nice fall storm in Ft. Kent, major infrastructure damage midcoast to AUG.

    1991, Bob - Gusts 60+, 6.41" RA, trees felled in opposite direction after the wind shift

    1999, Floyd - 5.88", low-end trop-force wind

    2010, Earl - much needed 2.27" after dry August, no wind

    2011, Irene - 4.37" RA here and no flooding, 8"+ Sugarloaf region, Carrabassett's 3rd greatest peak flow, 1926 on.

    Had some modest rains from leftovers since 2011 but none worth individual noting.
     

    Nice recap, here’s my limited experience 

    Gloria 85 - Remember many trees down, no school for a few days

     Bob 91 - was working in Rhinebeck NY, not much there, mostly SE Mass Storm.

    Irene 11 - some tree damage in NE CT, power down for 4 days.

    Sandy- lost power for 4 days in NE CT, some limbs down

    Matthew - First S FL Hurricane, 5” of rain, some palm frawns down, power down for 36 hrs

    Irma - 7” of rain, power down for 4 hours (FL&P flocking rocks) 

    Dorian - That monster Sat 75 miles to my east in the Bahamas, ready to send the family north to safety.

    Michael - Pan Handle work recovery, got to experience true CAT 5 aftermaths, breathtakingly sad and amazing.

    Ian - fringed but still got 5” of rain and r plenty of yard debris. Peace out of FL after that

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