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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.

Before we got the reverse osmosis filter plus softener last year, we had to shock our dug well 2 different times when tests showed some nasty bacteria. Same principle, dump chlorine bleach into the well (reservoir in the 4-ft tubs was 400-500 gallons) and run faucets until each had the aroma, then let it sit overnight. In the morning we had to run the system until we couldn't smell chlorine, took 60-90 minutes. Fortunately the well sits on a permanent (so far) spring so all we drew out was constantly being replaced.

Maybe he played defensive back in HS football. Folks playing that position need to have short memories.

Saw Maris hit 41, 47, 48. For 41 we were walking to our seats and only saw the last few yards of the 1st-inning 3-run soft liner as it passed a couple feet above the low fence near the RF foul pole. (Twins pitcher Camilo Pascual said it hit the pole.) Undoubtedly the shortest of his 61, hitting the pole at 296'. Game ended on a 3-run walkoff by Johnny Blanchard, one of 2 he hit in a 3-game period. Mick had just been picked off 3rd with 2 outs but managed to get back to the bag safely in the rundown attempt. Then Blanchard hit a screamer to right, looked like a game-winning single at first, then a line-out right at the right fielder, before carrying well into the mezzanine deck, landing far under the font of deck #3. That was August 4 and 12 days later our beach-sponsored trip had us in the LF upper deck, and we watched 2 Maris dingers land in the 1st row of the RF upper deck. Box score pbp says 1st one was right-center, 2nd one RF, but from our vantage point the two looked like twins (against CHW this time) and maybe hitting the same [empty] seat.

Dry air is coming in on very light breezes, but each one seems to lower the dewpoint. Worked up sweat moving wood and doing stuff in the garden this morning, followed by a hugely better cooldown atmosphere.

Same here, but that's the norm for late August. Certainly not due to cool wx - yesterday made 9 in a row with minima 60+ and 16 such mornings this month, topping the 15 in July 2010 for most 60+ minima in any month (though only 24 summers here).

TD 40s CAR/FVE. It's coming.

My sister in law lived near Lake Arrowhead in Waterboro for about 5 years, very nice community in the woods with lake access, but probably an hour from Cape Neddick. There's also some nice places in North Berwick. One dog has always been sufficient for us, but the grandkids get to play with scads of puppies. The SNJ branch of the family is doing "transfer" duty for Crockettdoodle pups, acclimatizing the pups after leaving mom but before they're singled out to the new owners. I think this was the week they had 13 Bernadoodles - poodle/Bernese Mt Dog crosses and about 15 lb each, high end weight for the species they've had. #2 granddaughter (the hen whisperer) is in her glory.

Ouch - glad it wasn't worse. The March strike that blew up a fir tree here was nearly twice as distant yet it fried a DirecTV wire and ruined the underground connection between our generator and its dedicated panel. Installer had to dig up and replace the line. Given that such impacts decrease by the square of the distance, your son had 4 times the impact of the close shot here.

Must've been incredibly localized - as of 2 minutes ago, the highest cocorahs obs in VT is 0.25".

Hit 90 and 92 in June, 1st year with more than one day at 90+ since 2003. (Tops is 7 in 2002.) Also had 3 days at 88, maybe today joins that club. Dews were ~70 on that 92 day (6/28), perhaps a degree or 2 higher today and average temp is 2° lower today than in late June.