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I was explaining that to my wife earlier, we never see winds of this strength from the direction it came from today. The tree damage is impressive for sure. My power will likely be out for a week or so which sux when you need it to run the well pump and have 4 people that need a working toilet. I rigged up a solution but it's questionable so I'll shut it down overnight and hope when I fire it back up in the morning and hope it doesn't blow out any more electronics, it took out the microwave and dehumidifier when I turned it on.

I got a whole big .65" so not much rain at all really but the wind did some damage. There are trees down everywhere, power lines on the ground that we had to drive over to go out and get dinner and gas lines a half mile long at the 4 stations that have power. There are no traffic lights working around town either which creates chaos. Apparently we aren't expected to get power back for 4-5 days which really sux so I rednecked a way to backfeed power into the house from the generator but it's questionable so I'll shut down overnight. I can at least run the well pump when the gennie is running so that's good. When I flipped the switch the microwave and dehumidifier blew out so I know there's something not quite right but the $10k, plus the cost of the Generac , that it would cost to have it done right is prohibitive. The only other option is run a few extension cords from the portable generator so we have lights but that means no running water and with 4 people you have to be able to flush the toilet.

Garden getting a solid soaking now and the wind is for real. This is turning out to be one of the better summer storms in a few years.

.12! FKNA yeah

I've had a few showers, the only heavy one was the first around 10pm last night that dropped .12". The wind has also been light and inconsequential so far. I'd be OK if it stayed that way.

It's a very warm 81/68, mowing the lawn is a lot of effort considering it's not that warm or humid. Summer days...

No no, I drive a slow car... fast @rclab there hasn't been the variety or quantity of butterflies as in years past but they have increased the last week or so and there are some real beauties, I even saw a Monarch a few days ago. Unfortunately it was only the third one this year whereas last year there were hundreds.

Yes. The land is very warm and in many of the areas it's going to run through also quite wet from the last few weeks of heavy rains. There should be plenty of heat energy to be gained from the warm land and it will be wrapping in lots of moisture off a very warm ocean just offshore. It's going to be an interesting one to watch.

Last night was firefly central here. Well, across the street in the neighbors yard but close enough In the last two weeks I've also had an explosion of different bee species and dragonflies. I can still do 200-300 mile days in the car and only have one or two bug splatters on the windshield so the insect die off is definitely real

If ya hadn't noticed this is kind of a bad place to have a tornado. Too many trees, too many overhead utility lines and an awful lot of dumb people that would go out to watch. I dunno, maybe your town is different...

75/74 and showery. Up to .15" on the day, the most in one day since Fay.

75/74 we had a couple of good showers and up to .15 now, that's the most I've had in one episode since Fay.

This time it's drizzling with big enough drops that if one lands in just the right place I might register .001 lol.

I've got plenty of cicadas but almost no fireflies.

I've been dry too, 47 seconds of very light, immeasurable, drizzle. 74/71 now. I'm kinda psyched, someone on my street got a nice weather station and it's on WU so I don't have to patch together reports from around the hill and town to get decent data.

The shore break at Robert Moses was pretty intense also but it was relatively easily managed. So far this morning I've had less than 1 minute of very light drizzle. Since about 7:30 I can see the rain to my north but I'm dry. I have no need for severe but an inch of rain would be nice.

10 miles east of there it's as dry as it gets but it looks like we're gonna get doused in a few minutes.

I got .04, that makes .05 for the week. I should sit down and add it up but I doubt I'm over 3". It's so dry, SO DRY, in the woods near me right now, it's hardpan and dusty and the leaf carpet is crackly. Fire danger is coming up quickly now.

Yes but will the water be closed? It's a waste of a day if we can't go in the water.

Does anyone know if the sharks have moved away from the coast on LI? The wife wants to go to the beach again and it looks like tomorrow morning ought to be ok but I don't want to drive an hour and a half if we can't go in the water.

Man, these crazy storms where I get a few hundredths of an inch are awesome Maybe we'll get a hurricane and actually soak the forest for a change rather than just dampen the surface. The fire danger is starting to get scary.

I got more last night than last time, .04"! Useless...

My experience is that it's always north and east of the center that gets the most dramatic effects of an east coast cyclone. As it runs up the coast it drives the wind and moisture into that upper right quadrant then over the top. In Floyd I got over 14" of rain in just a few hours as the storm ran into LI. My memories of Glorian are a little bit muddy but in Oceanside I don't remember it having much impact at all and we were just a few miles west of the center as it came onshore. For Irene I got absolutely drenched here in southern Putnam, we lost a tree that fell on the house and had no power for a week after, Vermont got thoroughly devastated with a foot of rain as did parts of the Catskills and I'm pretty much due north of where it made landfall. Of course these are anecdotal but I tend to remember the big ones pretty clearly.

It was rumbly south and north of me. I got some drizzle that wasn't even measurable because none of the stations within 5 miles of me reported anything. It did drop the temp 15 degrees which is nice, it's 74 now and was 89 earlier.

It's pretty cloudy so it's not that searing heat but it's more like an all encompassing energy zapper. Blech...