Sparky Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Lost my power around 1:15am but got it back at 7am. Eyeing up my rain guage I have over 3 inches!!!!! Quite a comeback for Carroll after a slow start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlo Snow Maker Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Anything stand out? some major house damage, powerlines, seeing bent stop signs and street signs was odd for here , alot of roads are blocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 No power at my place is Cockeysville, no major damage from what I can tell. Lots of small branches and leaves down. Still windy with the sun trying to come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Recorded just over 1 inch IMBY in Stephens City, most of which occurred after 11:30 PM. That was a pleasant surprise. I did have a sizable BBQ grill blown over, but saw no other damage around here. I would estimate some gusts around 40 mph. The local WXbug station reported only .42" for the event. That station is about 1 mile from me, so there is some doubt about the actual amount of rain received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 some major house damage, powerlines, seeing bent stop signs and street signs was odd for here , alot of roads are blocked Any trees down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 A sizeable tree across the street snapped at its trunk by the wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Does anyone in this area have an accurate rain total? My coffee cup hath overflowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeRedheads Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 3.2" east of Dulles. It's still breezy. Sure was difficult to sleep with that wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master of Disaster Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 FRS reporting 25 homes damaged from falling trees so far in MC and of those 10 of the trees are in the home and the home has been deemed unsafe for occupancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 3.2" east of Dulles. It's still breezy. Sure was difficult to sleep with that wind. At 4AM here it was crazy outside. I can't believe there aren't more trees down. And what was I thinking putting out a 4" coffee cup? I guess I had my man glasses on because it looked bigger than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeRedheads Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 At 4AM here it was crazy outside. I can't believe there aren't more trees down. And what was I thinking putting out a 4" coffee cup? I guess I had my man glasses on because it looked bigger than that. My house is surrounded by trees and I thought for sure something would come down. It would be interesting to see what the highest gust was at IAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Good things...living six blocks from relatives with power. Freezer and fridge items transferred. Good luck bge. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Friends in western Annadale had a huge oak come down on the lines that go to their house. Their section of the grid (a couple blocks) is out indefinitely. That same tree also seriously damaged/totalled two of their neighbors' cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeWinds Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Measured 1.27" in my rain gauge. Very minor event in the NW counties as expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derecho Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Around 2" here, overperformer, but still nothing special other than the fact that it was called a hurricane. Some people said this was as exciting as a snowstorm, but I would easily trade it for 2" of snow with even no wind at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTHECLUTCH24 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 In Connecticut they've had their largest power outage ever in state history. Hurricane Gloria in 1985 was about 520,000 power outages. But Hurricane Irene has caused 650,000 outages and that number is still climbing with tropical storm force winds still occuring through the afternoon. Just an amazing amount of disuption by a Cat 1 hurricane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Saw on Channel 9 that DCA recorded 3.4", but Prince Frederick in Calvert had 9.9"! I'm sure they're spots with over 12" in St Marys. All my folks in Calvert and St Marys have their power out. Radar est has us in Germantown at around 2" which was a good beneficial rain. No bad winds, damage or outages in my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 It looks like the inland areas from NC up through northern MD are the only places after initial landfall where Irene met/exceeded the forecasted winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRanger Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 peak gust 46 mph... had clocked 70 in Isabel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 No power at my place is Cockeysville, no major damage from what I can tell. Lots of small branches and leaves down. Still windy with the sun trying to come out. Did you record how much rain you got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 so much leaf death in my neighborhood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeRedheads Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Saw on Channel 9 that DCA recorded 3.4", but Prince Frederick in Calvert had 9.9"! I'm sure they're spots with over 12" in St Marys. All my folks in Calvert and St Marys have their power out. Radar est has us in Germantown at around 2" which was a good beneficial rain. No bad winds, damage or outages in my area. My mom is in Prince Frederick and they got clocked. Power out since 8pm and lots and lots of trees down. Neighbors are going house to house helping each other cut up the trees so people can get out of their driveways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Lost power around 9 pm last night. Went to bed around 1ish with winds gusting and heavy rains. Woke up at 4 to check and didn't see anything major. Went out at 7 and saw that my neighbors pear tree fell onto my shed and house. Tree damaged the gutter on the house but left the shed intact. Power cam back on here at 11:30am. Dumped 4.25" out of the gauge. Neighborhood had only a couple trees down and none on any houses. Lots of leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 i don't know why some people around DC are complaining the storm didn't live up to expectations, the storm turned up far worse around immediate Metro area that any was initially projecting, with the possible exception of the Weather Channel. Now, if I was in NY, I would be a little bummed. Almost seems like it turned out worse in DC than it was up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 i don't know why some people around DC are complaining the storm didn't live up to expectations, the storm turned up far worse around immediate Metro area that any was initially projecting, with the possible exception of the Weather Channel. Now, if I was in NY, I would be a little bummed. Almost seems like it turned out worse in DC than it was up there. CWGs forecast was basically dead on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Overperformer here for sure. 4.1" in the coffee can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symblized Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I don't see it as overperforming, really. Multiple models were projecting in the general vicinity of that amount of rain, and the wind was fairly spot on, though I was somewhat surprised to see higher gusts for DC than Baltimore. I'm guessing many people didn't expect to see this many trees down this morning, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 i don't know why some people around DC are complaining the storm didn't live up to expectations, the storm turned up far worse around immediate Metro area that any was initially projecting, with the possible exception of the Weather Channel. Now, if I was in NY, I would be a little bummed. Almost seems like it turned out worse in DC than it was up there. Did not under perform up here. Got more rain that was projected and the grass is thankful for it. Feel bad that it is worse for others though. Hope whoever is out of power is back on soon and the damage is minimal to property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I don't see it as overperforming, really. Multiple models were projecting in the general vicinity of that amount of rain, and the wind was fairly spot on, though I was somewhat surprised to see higher gusts for DC than Baltimore. I'm guessing many people didn't expect to see this many trees down this morning, though. We're such a skeptical area when it comes to weather. The models or model idea with known model biases, and projected storm interaction with land etc, began to lock in about 72-84 hours out. As far as hurricanes go it's probably about as well behaved of one we could get around here. MOS actually had DCA with higher winds than BWI. Some of it could also be that the river reduces friction so if you get the right wind direction you are going to max out in a spot like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I'm surprised that after all is said and done it looks like the impact of the storm here in the DC area is comparable to the NYC area. I guess it weakened quite a bit on its way up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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