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  1. Hurricane Agnes
    I'm wondering what our record low max is - have been trying to dig around for it. If this setup had occurred in February, we would have been buried. It would have been "Tug Hill Plateau South" territory. Ironically 3 years ago around this time, Philly hit 95 (Oct. 2) - https://www.inquirer.com/weather/philadelphia-weather-record-heat-autumn-rain-20191002.html It's currently misty and 45 with dp 44. I finished up with 0.69" of rain yesterday and with the 0.24" that I have received since midnight, I am now at 4.52" for the event (since last Friday). Doing a 10:1 ratio on that is scary.
  2. Hurricane Agnes
    I saw a video compilation of the 'cane that was tweeted out and you can see when the ERC happened (fairly quickly too) and the eye dilated like a ****.
  3. Hurricane Agnes
    Running rain tally for today after some on and off showers ,is 0.64" (4.23" for the event). My "high" was 49 today, the last time having that high (or at least close at a 50) was back on April 18 & 19. Currently misty and 46 with dp 44.
  4. Hurricane Agnes
    I've been looking at that firehose since yesterday. I know it has to be tearing up the beaches.
  5. Hurricane Agnes
    By the way, meant to mention to you and Birds that I normally monitor the Live Storm Chasing guys and have seen more and more freelancers on that including one who was going all weekend who I discovered was running on there out of Ryan Hall Ya'll's outfit (Brandon Copic)! OMG. That guy's a nut but I like the chatty ones anyway. Also meant to mention that I think you brought up the Fujiwara ballroom dance going on with what was left with Ian earlier. I was thinking it would do a completely transfer but all it seemed to do was step out onto the dance floor and took a partner. Am now up to 0.54" for the day, 4.13" for the event and it's currently 48 and misty with dp 46.
  6. Hurricane Agnes
    Running rain tally for the day so far has me just ticking over to 0.50" this morning for a 4-day event total of 4.09" at post time. My low this morning has so far been 44 and it's currently lightly raining and 46 with dp 44.
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    I watched chasers who were down there during landfall and the one thing that chasers with their dashcams do show, is what the neighborhoods look like, as they go down various streets. The one significant thing that I noticed with where Ian hit was that in certain locales like Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte you had more "Charley-standard" construction where in other locations like Ft. Meyers Beach and Cape Coral, you basically had mobile home parks and 1 or 2-story wood construction units. Those were just inundated, with some that literally exploded from the winds and/or were washed off their foundations. There were a number of pics of clusters of tumbled-over and bunched mobile homes and trailers that were surrounded by and jumbled up with boats that had washed onshore and slammed against them. And making it worse was that you have a huge river that cuts through Ft. Meyers that just added to the inundation. And distinctively, if comparing to what happened with Michael land-falling @ Mexico Beach/Port St. Joe, where most if not all of those homes obliterated on those beaches were either luxury condos/vacation homes and/or tourist rentals, the homes in the Ft. Meyers area were actual year-round residential, many including working class support staff for the resorts and tourism in the area. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/10/01/hurricane-ian-fort-myers-mobile-home-residents/8141577001/ These mobile parks and little residential streets may be where the heartbreak happens.
  8. Hurricane Agnes
    Finished up with 1.95" of rain Sunday and currently have 0.18" this morning for a total of 3.77" for the 4-day event. And sh*t - just looked at my temp and I'm at 44 with dp 42. I have a couple potted tropical plants still out that won't like that. I usually start bringing in the more temperature sensitive ones about mid-October as they don't like lows (consistently) below the mid-50s, which we hadn't yet reached yet. My subtropical ones should be fine and I usually start getting those ready by the end of October.
  9. Hurricane Agnes
    Have 1.80" in the bucket for the day so far at post time (3.44" for the 3-day event). In another pause in the rain but it is still misty and 51 with dp 50.
  10. Hurricane Agnes
    Now up to 1.39" for the day (3.03" for the 3-day event so far). There was a pause for a bit but the rain has picked up again. Currently 51 with dp 50 and light rain.
  11. Hurricane Agnes
    And that looks to sit there for awhile too. Now have 1.28" for the day (2.92" for the 3 days). I did see a Flood Advisory was issued for Philly metro. KYW traffic was reporting that both the Black and White Horse Pikes are closed for flooding outside of AC.
  12. Hurricane Agnes
    Looks like Ian has transferred to the offshore low and that low is sitting not far from the 40/70 benchmark. LOL
  13. Hurricane Agnes
    Wow. Mother Nature produces a forecast fail that had originally progged this area for 1 - 1.5" or so, and we are easily double that total over the past couple days. Just for today, am up to 1.12" at post time and with the 1.62" yesterday and 0.02" Friday night, I am at 2.76" for the 3 days so far and am way WEST of I-95, where S/E was supposed to have "more". Currently have light rain and 53 with dp 52.
  14. Hurricane Agnes
    Looks like Ian is gonna do a dress rehearsal of a "Miller B-style" transfer to the coast and then become a cut off nor'easter. Finally finished up with 1.62" of rain before the midnight bell and have picked up another 0.03" this morning, so am now at 1.67" total over 3 days. Also noted the low stratus and some fog before I headed off to bed last night. The low so far this morning has been 56 and it's currently overcast, misty, and 57 with dp 51.
  15. Hurricane Agnes
    Another small band passed through here between 9 - 10 am giving me another 0.04" for 1.59" for the day (so far) and 1.61" for the 2-day event. Currently overcast/misty and 55 with dp 55.
  16. Hurricane Agnes
    For the winter lovers, I did see this posted in the Ian thread (including the newer tweets - the report came from someone up in the mountains) - Also saw this -
  17. Hurricane Agnes
    Well just before going to bed last night, it started raining lightly and I picked up 0.02". But by this morning, all hell broke loose and being in a rain pause/dry slot, I currently have 1.55" in the bucket for today so far, with the heaviest coming between 4 - 6 am. So have a total of 1.57" for the 2-day event at post time. Currently overcast, misty and 52 with dp 51.
  18. Hurricane Agnes
    We'll know for sure if/when we have a Ralph sighting! It'll be like a "Ralph Wiggum Day" - if he sees his shadow, then 6 more weeks of summer, but if not, then winter begins (Fall? What fall??!!)!
  19. Hurricane Agnes
    Well made it to 62 for a high today after a low of 50. Was overcast from Ian streamers all day although there was a hazy sun trying to peep through. Currently overcast and 58 with dp still low at 48 (will have to see how long it takes to moisten that up to see any measurable).
  20. Hurricane Agnes
    That's almost like what happened at Panama City Beach/Mexico Beach/Port St. Joe with Michael. Michael was more intense (eventually confirmed as a Cat 5 at landfall) but in either case, anything not poured concrete as a structure, was just obliterated, whether from the surge and/or from the winds.
  21. Hurricane Agnes
    Watching some chasers in Charleston trying to help some stalled cars and there is surge going on. They are near the Savannah Highway/bridge and water is coming up out of the man holes.
  22. Hurricane Agnes
    I remember it taking at least 3 hours to drive the 12 miles home from work during Floyd! At the time I had one of those half barrel water gardens with various aquatic plants and 2 large comets in it (they were each about 9" long, head to tail). I think the insert for it holds about 20 gallons of water. I had the half barrel on a covered balcony that was otherwise open to the elements but still had to run out periodically to bucket excess water out of it or the fish would end up spilling out over the sides of the barrel, and then eventually washing over the edge of the balcony.
  23. Hurricane Agnes
    Since it as a history of crawling along, it may be a prolonged period intermittent rain. The expectation was not so much what might be directly from the remnants of it but anything that gets spun off from those remnants. As it is, the streamers from it are completely overhead here and it's currently overcast and 53 IMBY, with dp still low at 45.
  24. Hurricane Agnes
    There's some cold air in that high pressure too - there were some frost advisories up overnight and earlier this morning for those directly under it too.
  25. Hurricane Agnes
    Those images almost remind me of the tragic flooding pics of Harvey in TX around the developments, although so far Ian hasn't reached the obscenely excessive levels of rain that Harvey produced as a cutoff 'caine that just meandered around SE TX sucking in GOM moisture, and depositing it beneath where it traveled. Will have to see how close it does get to that amount of rain though. Ian has slowed a bit from the last update per the 5 am -
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