Hoth

I don't see any rebuild pics, but this one is interesting because it shows a bit of what Fishers looked like before the hurricane. Until the 1815 storm, Fishers was heavily forested. That cane blew down most of the trees on the island. From then until September '38, it was lots of meadows and small scrubby trees, as you can see from this picture. '38 seeded the island and it is once again in a mostly forest state today. Only a matter of time until the next big blow returns it to fields and meadows. Probably the closest house in spirit to "Windshield" on Fishers today is called "Hooverness", just around the point. Very modern open design intended to allow the owners to look upon their stunning gardens and also to make the house virtually disappear as one drives up to it. You see right through it across the water to CT.

Oh for sure. The house was cursed. Blew down in '38. Browns rebuilt it. Then it burned to the ground a few decades later. The lot where it stood is an empty field now.

Richard Neutra was his name.

That's awesome, Steve. I love weather stories like this, so let me return a short anecdote in kind. Back in the '30s, John Nicholas Brown II built a house on Fishers Island called "Windshield." It was an extremely modern structure, a passion project for Mr. Brown with lots of glass and gadgets, and was several years in planning and construction. It was finally finished in the summer of '38. The family was extremely wealthy and had a lot of help, including a trained English butler. The story goes that a few weeks after they moved in, the hurricane struck. That afternoon, the butler came into living room and announced very nonchalantly, almost casually, to Mrs. Brown, "Tea is served, madame, and, oh yes, the roof is blowing off." And blow off it did. The house was destroyed weeks after being finished.

Amen to that.

Active during peak season? He's really sticking his neck out lol.

I would say "congrats Hoth", but I also like power and Internet.

Giddy up.

That would probably be a decent storm in my area. I'm lashing down my plastic lawn chairs as we speak.

Well, I'll give Unc points for being consistent. Whether it's consistently bad remains to be seen.

Wet month for them.

Wasn't sponge worthy.

This storm is toast. The curse of all storms with a high ratio of vowels to consonants in the name.

Unc's really been hitting the bottle this week.

How are things in the Sunday severe thread?

I'm thinking the ever elusive rhombus structure is possible.

Bahamian dews just can't compete with ours. Once it's up here, it'll soak up like a sponge and explosively intensify, even while tracking inland. It's science.

Bursty convection, fugly appearance, battling dry air and shear. Has that funny secondary lobe of convection like Matthew did a few years back. Not classic by any means, but a good warm up exercise as we get into the meat of the season.

Yes, given where we are diurnally, I'm impressed by how cold the tops are. Tonight will be interesting.

It doesn't look terrible. Obviously sheared, but I frankly expected it to look worse today.

Especially for a tight little system.

Yes, the nearly exposed center is a classic hallmark of RI.

Which is funny, considering what a gigantic wave it came from.

Cowan noted Isaias' location near the entrance region of a healthy jet as it climbs the coast could argue for maintaining strength better than it might otherwise. We'll see. I'm not in any camp yet. These things are damn fickle. I didn't even manage a gust to 20 with a purported 60mph TS going to my west a few weeks ago.