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guinness77

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  1. Alright, that’s good. The lighter stuff early and the later start on the rain should keep the grass field good for me and she’s playing on turf. Thanks!
  2. Any rain should be starting later in the morning now? I’m kicking the ball around a little after 8 in Sayville and my older daughter is playing in North Babylon around 10:30. We should be good for both, no?
  3. That August ‘19 thunderstorm took down a tree that hit my house, put a small hole in my roof and then bounced off, destroyed my porch and a branch broke the windshield on my car. I believe it registered a 92mph gust. Not a fun night.
  4. I’m guessing the arctic mass must have been entering my area when I made that post, but winds were whipping at the time (I’d say in the 45mph range) and pretty consistent. I was under the assumption the worst of the winds are for after 5pm (which they certainly may be). I’m in Queens now (and indoors) but I don’t see how this didn’t qualify as a wind advisory at the least. Or, like you said, a wind chill warning.
  5. Slight snow shower in Rockville Centre right now.
  6. Wind underperformed for this, no?
  7. Seems as though it’s finally backed off a bit. Getting 35-40mph gusts now instead of house rockers I was getting an hour or two ago. I know it’s gonna be annoyingly breezy until Sunday night but at least it seems the worst is over. The 40 degree range in high to low temps today are absolutely bananas. Still can’t believe the difference in temperature in the errands I ran at 2 and getting my daughter off the bus at 3:30.
  8. Lol, this wind is insane. I’m getting 45-50mph gusts easily right now.
  9. Just went out to get my youngest from the bus stop. Holy hell! It’s freezing and the wind is coming from the NNW completely now. Crazy!
  10. Holy crap, I’m guessing this is the back end of the front?? Just came in with a vengeance. Gusty southwest wind and a torrential burst out of, seemingly, nowhere.
  11. Looks like some serious rain coming off the water to hit eastern LI soon. Wind is already gusting.
  12. I have no way of knowing this officially but seems windier than forecasted or, even, what’s reported by NWS. Nothing crazy, but I’ve had a few strong gusts.
  13. Breeze has died down, low-to-mid 50s…Red sky sunset looking west towards the Van Wyck in Jamaica. Beautiful evening.
  14. Downright hot for 10am in October. Especially in the sun.
  15. We’re getting to a point with climate change and global warming where any bad weather event or an earthquake can affect anyone anywhere. We just had a tropical system with (I believe) sub-930mb of pressure hit freakin Nova Scotia. Do we start blaming people for living near the NS coast? Do we blame people living near an Iowa cornfield when there’s a tornado or a derecho that destroys their home? Should people not live in California because of the San Andreas fault? When it comes down to it, I would guess a vast majority of the time, these are people with serious roots dug into whatever location they/their family grew up in. It’s not easy to just pick everything up and start a new life in a place you THINK is safe from Mother Nature.
  16. We really shouldn’t see wind gusts past the 35-40mph range, right? Definitely could use the rain although I’m hopeful we can get mine and my daughter’s soccer games in Saturday morning.
  17. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/09/24/weather/hurricane-fiona-canada-saturday/index.html wow
  18. Pouring in Babylon. Hardest rain I’ve seen in months, easily, which is kinda sad. Moderate breeze, not gusty. Very welcome precip!
  19. Considering the dry and relatively warm Summer we’ve had, and our recent history with warm Septembers, I’m definitely expecting another brush with 90, definitely upper-80s. Especially inland.
  20. Man, someone who thinks snow is harmless has never been in a blizzard or a Nor’easter before. We’ve had winter storms here with impacts far outweighing the tropical systems we’ve had hit on Long Island. I’m only really counting Gloria, Irene and Sandy as the biggest tropical storms I’ve experienced but winds in a blizzard or a Nor’easter can easily knock power out and freeze your pipes or turn the house into an ice box or significantly damage your property. Exhaust pipes ice up or clog with snow and kill people. A 70-mph wind in a snow storm can kill someone’s in their car going to work, because they have to, just as easily as a 90 or 100-mph wind in a hurricane. Coasts can flood worse during a winter storm than a tropical storm. It’s not as much as apples and oranges as may appear. Nice post @NorthHillsWx I’m always relieved to see a storm go out to sea, honestly. We’ve taken significant damage to our house twice because of severe T-storms in the summer (2 different downburst storms) and my wife’s grandmother lost her house completely to Sandy. But, I do have a fair amount of “good” experiences in those post-aftermath situations where you see the good (mostly) in people. I was 8 and stood in the eye of Gloria. I still remember and it’s probably why I’ve always been fascinated by weather. I mean, we’re all on this site for a reason, right? There’s something pretty awesome about God or whatever have you showing you exactly what he or she is capable of. I don’t think any rational person wants death and destruction but the weather fan in you is definitely fascinated by what Mother Nature is capable of.
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