bobbutts

I don't give a damn and will call it whatever people want. Maybe go after the NHC for giving "it" a female gender name. They have the lead on this. Name it Laura and people will talk about it as if it's female.

I'm thinking per storm basis not the entire season. I recall this used to get discussed a decent amount.

Anyone got a link to ACE numbers for this storm and historical storms? My links are out of date and it's not an obvious google.

Does anyone have a link for a tool that shows storm tracks of historical storms that tracked through the same area as the current storm? I used to get that map on wunderground but it seems they got rid of it. edit: Found one that is pretty close to what I was looking for. https://coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes/

Called my buddy in Orange and he started experiencing white out rain while we were on the line. Those storms looked pretty intense and 2 in a row.

just note that with a portable generator it may not be easy to get it to where the input for the house if there is a bunch of snow or it's in an inconvenient place. Make sure you don't put it somewhere where it will cause a carbon monoxide problem in the house. Also those 220v wires you'll use to connect the generator to that are expensive, so it will cost you to have a longer one to work around that. When I moved in my house was wired already for that stuff, but the spot sucks for rolling out the portable generator especially if there is snowpack. Ideally you want a standby whole home generator running on natural gas. I have had my eye on a system like that for awhile but it is really hard pull the trigger on it when other home projects are more urgent.

Yep, these are great. I have a cheaper "sportsman" 1k watt inverter that has plenty to power my PC and monitor (via my sine wave ups) and also speakers and a fan. It starts easily, runs quietly and reliably so far, and sips gas. I have a larger generator that I use much less. It's harder to start, noisy, and uses gas fast. Also it doesn't have an inverter so my UPS won't charge off of it. For most short outages just getting those few things working with a small inverter generator is plenty.

Yup, widespread damage and likely complete destruction of the power distribution system. Losing those big lines means that even when things are repaired locally there's still no power. It takes a huge amount of labor and materials to get things back all the way. We were out for around a month after Charley but that storm hit a very localized area with better preparedness and much lower population and population density than coastal NE.

Andrew prompted building codes that seem to help too. When repairing the damage after Charley I had to get multiple inspections. They do actually care about enforcement.

Same for Bow.

Yup, Feb 2010 was around 70mph in my area and it made a big mess out of trees with no leaves on them. I lost 10 or more. Would be much worse with leaves.

Google search returns: https://betonweather.io/ I remember many years ago seeing a site that had hurricane landfall gambling, don't recall the URL or have any idea if it still exists.

There is a decent looking lowered cloud base on that library cam I posted earlier.

Seems like a decent storm skirting just to my south. Just a downpour here on the northern part of the warned area.

Few claps of thunder in the last 10 mins.

Same, 88 now, was 91.

Around the mid 90's I saw a huge fire in Hadley MA and drove down to see it. It's a blurry memory but I recall there being a pretty good crowd when I got there watching the massive barn fire.

75 was the low last night. I don't track carefully but that seems like the highest low I've seen in 13 years here.

Nice soaker in Bow. Fairly frequent lighting for awhile about 20 mins ago. Got a little breezy but nothing close to severe.

Congrats, love the views from that area and the drive to Wildcat, Sunday River, or Mt. Washington is not bad at all.

Just a hair under 3".. sticky stuff 32f

Finally a coating on non-paved surfaces. Had been 35 for a couple hours of insta-melt light snow but dropped to 33 not long ago.

70 even

Are you kidding?