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Ida sparked memories of Camille, a more intense but smaller hurricane, and the only other one that I can recall that caused significant fatalities both in a GOM landfall and in the Northeast (if one allows VA to be "Northeast"). Both at landfall and especially in the Northeast, Ida's heavy impact was many times greater in area than that of Camille.

I'm confident the above article is sound. The one I recently read focused on those taking shelter in the main camp building, a solidly built 3-story edifice. It said that only 8 of 45 survived when the wall of water demonstrated that no framed building could withstand that much force. The other fatalities in PA (and in SNE) were not mentioned in that article.

Unless it caused a "Brodhead Creek (1955)" event - 37 fatalities in NE PA.

I'd guess the insects might be feeding on the black stuff.

Looks like some kind of mold, probably on the surface only rather than being connected with internal rot. If it should spread and produce significant fungus, that could be a sign of internal decay, but I don't think the black stuff will do that.

The EF4 decision was based on the assumption (no pun intended) that the houses on Uncatena Avenue were of substandard construction. It looked like classic "5" destruction there - slab foundations swept clean and debris so scattered and reduced as to make it impossible to know from which houses it came, or if it even came from houses rather than a lumber yard. The massive masonry walls of a large building on that college campus were crushed in by the wind, and I've not seen such damage elsewhere from anything less than a 5.

In the Kennebec flood of 1987, when the river crested 22 feet above flood stage in Augusta, there was an overriding smell of gasoline. A number of stations were flooded and water must've found a way in and floated the lighter gas up into the flood. The Mullica Hill tornado was ironic for our SNJ family. They lived in Decatur, IL - "real" tornado country - for 5 years and I don't think they had a major twister within 100 miles during that time. Now there's one about 5 miles to their NW.

Ironic for the SNJ branch of our family. They lived in "real" tornado country (Decatur, IL) for 5 years before moving to Gloucester County in 2015, about 6 miles from the tornado. They had a baby spinner a few miles from the DEC house, but now an EF3 (my guess) far closer than any major tornados to their old place. Edit: It was 5 miles away or a bit less.

Though August finished on a cool note, it was the warmest August of 24 here. Avg max: 76.48 1.50 AN Hottest: 88 on the 13th Avg min: 57.48 4.57 AN Coolest: 44 on the 16th Had 17 daily minima 60+, most for any month, 2 more than July 2010 and 4 more than the previous top August, 2003. Mean: 66.98 3.04 AN and 0.24 warmer than #2, 2001 Precip: 3.07" 0.86" BN Wettest day: 0.80" on the 29th. Met summer was a see-saw: June: Temp 4.2 AN, RA: 4.0" BN, driest of 24 Junes July: Temp 2.6 BN, RA: 2.2" AN Aug: Temp 3.0 AN, RA: 0.9" BN JJA: Temp 66.74 1.50 AN, 4th warmest, less than 0.1 below 2001 and 2005 but a full degree lower than 1999. RA: 10.37", 2.70" BN

That record flow on 4/1-2/87 probably added about 4-5' to the high tide level, though I think it temporarily neutered the tidal cycle upriver from Rt 1. The Chops must've been wild, raised nearly twice as much as at your place.

Hey, Pit 2 is on a river. Probably the closest your place got to flooding was in 1987 when 400-500k cfs was pouring out of Merrymeeting Bay. The Kennebec estuary is too short, crooked and narrow, and lacks the funnel-like Penobscot Bay, so little chance of 100 mph southerly gusts doing what happened in BGR on 2/2/1976.

That's 30 miles north of BGR - surprised the wood didn't go to Berlin, Rumford or Jay. much closer to the damage.

Having seen (and helped to manage) many thousands of acres of Rangeley-area forest established by 1938, it's odd to see maps showing no damage east of Coos County - undoubtedly an artifact of no observations.

When I lived in NNJ the "3-P" system (Pequannock/Pompton/Passaic) would flood if 3 people flushed toilets at the same time. After the late May deluge in 1968, Rt 23 was closed for more than a week.

2nd shower yesterday dumped 0.66" in 30 minutes with about 1/2" in the 1st 15, heaviest rainfall of the year. Only distant lightning and still have not seen an actual bolt since last summer. Had that one close strike in March (of all months) but was looking the wrong way, and very modest lightning since then - like 2 strikes/minute or (usually much) less. The 2 showers totaled 0.80" and brought the month up to 3.07". August average is 3.93". Year is at 23.39" which is 7.40" BN. Expect <1/2" from Ida's carcass. My old NNJ area looks to get 4-6", which after Henri's deluge would cause at least moderate if not severe flooding.

Agree. I saw what alcoholism did to loved ones, and though I'd stopped using the stuff years before for personal reasons, that tragic experience totally soured me on recreational drinking. And though I voted against recreational weed in our state (even if less hazardous than booze/baccy, why add another psychoactive substance) I can see a benefit of legal sales. No longer must users buy the stuff from the same folks who sell heroin/fentanyl.

We got Abby the black Lab in July of 2003 at 3 months age. I think it was a year later when she got "introduced" to turkeys. My wife was walking her down our forest-bordered road at dusk when a flock departed from directly overhead with much clatter and thrashing. Spooked my wife big time and the dog attempted to disappear into the road surface.

For you and me, it's wagon south, just like it's been since last December (or October).

60 and cloudy at 7 this morning. That was yesterday's high - chilly, but last year 8/29 had 55/49 with 0.90" RA.

We had our 40-year-old windows replaced in Nov 2015. The following fall a partridge slammed into our picture window, fatally. I'm confident it would've shattered the old one. (Partridge were legal game at the time, so we enjoyed the meal.)

That was probably the case with our Lab mix from TX. She was super skinny - weighed 32 lb after 2 weeks as a well-fed foster on the way north, while her best weight is mid 50s - shied away from any hand near her head (obviously had been smacked there) and still hates riding in vehicles. Most affectionate of any dog we've had (a high bar to clear), tolerates/loves the 7 grandkids, etc.

That's because SNE stole most of ours. Probably the same story with Ida-rain.

Hope that traffic is able to keep moving, to avoid the (non) evacuation policy in the run-up to Katrina.

For sure. Move the goalposts until results fit one's opinions.

Well, except for 1999 and 2013, and maybe 2010. June didn't get humid here until the final 4 days. 1st 2 weeks of July alternated between cool/humid and cool/dry, then the remainder was mostly cool/humid. Ist 5 days of August were cool/dry but since then it's probably our most humid August since 1988. Overall, met summer is 2nd warmest of 24 here though well below 1999 and there's a slight chance we dip below 2001 and 2005, pending these final 4 days. Met summer precip is currently 9.35" and we may see little more. Average for the period is 13.03" so unlike most of SNE this has not been a wet summer.