weatherMA Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Peak gust only in the mid 40s so far here. I would hope I can gust to at least 50, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Peak gusts still close to 50kts at TAN. Looks like most of the rains have pushed through the area. Lack of rains hurt but was expected on this side. Made it tough to bring down the gusts here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Been persistant bands of showers here off and on with thunder, 1.34" rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomNH Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Wind ripping here again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 kcon had a 45kt gust still doesn't seem too windy here, no way I've seen 45kt yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Wind ripping here again. Think we get rocked when that jet kicks in later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Can you imagine the damage if this had hit central LI as an 80 knot hurricane? I mean a real one....? This much damage from a moderate tropical storm, goes to show how vulnerable we still are from the next "big one" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Ripping here now but amazingly still have power. I'm impressed. Apartment shook with last gust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Milton, MA?! Holy crap. You can see those bands firing on radar near there... Can't wait til that reaches here. That is Blue Hill. We'll see winds nothing like they'll get down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 yeah, it's been quiet here the past hour or so, but picking up again. Same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutmegfriar Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Still expecting 8 inches of rain in Burlington, VT. I am near Smuggs and have had light to moderate rain with two briefly heavy showers. Light breeze but clouds are moving north to south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb65 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Pretty close to my tally, sounds right. Bronson Brook is raging, you can hear boulders tocking off one another as the torrent moves them downstream. The upper Westfield is full of trees and other forest debris. The sound is deafening and it shakes the ground. WOW that is amazing, u should post before/after on that or take some video i bet that could make a newscast. Right on cue for what bouchard said would be dieing down ahs been the complete opposite, the wind has really picked up in the last 45 mins and I'm hearing the trees creak groan and branches starting to crack. Makes sense since BOS just had their highest gust of 62 mph. Probably not that strong here but very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 2.38" total RF, so far.....peak gust of about 60mph...though I can only confirm 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 This is sad Gov. Malloy: Barn animals in New Hartford were drowned in a flooded barn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamrivers Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Farmington River at 8/57 in Sandisfield significantly out of its banks live on WWLP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Pretty close to my tally, sounds right. Bronson Brook is raging, you can hear boulders tocking off one another as the torrent moves them downstream. The upper Westfield is full of trees and other forest debris. The sound is deafening and it shakes the ground. great pic and wild description.. stay safe out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 Can you imagine the damage if this had hit central LI as an 80 knot hurricane? I mean a real one....? This much damage from a moderate tropical storm, goes to show how vulnerable we still are from the next "big one" Landfall was a high end TS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamrivers Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 The Farmington River in CT downstream is in a lot of trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Can you imagine the damage if this had hit central LI as an 80 knot hurricane? I mean a real one....? This much damage from a moderate tropical storm, goes to show how vulnerable we still are from the next "big one" Yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 The Farmington River in CT downstream is in a lot of trouble Most of lower river is fairly well flood controlled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I'm not sure 20 more mph would have made much diff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Can you imagine the damage if this had hit central LI as an 80 knot hurricane? I mean a real one....? This much damage from a moderate tropical storm, goes to show how vulnerable we still are from the next "big one" Totally agree. In fact I've seen some facebook and twitter posts from people saying this was a "bust". Not at all. In fact, I hope this was a wake up call to people. We very well could have been hit by a higher category storm. While the past day or so many have been saying don't pay attention to the category b/c at that point it wasn't important...we were getting smacked regardless. If we had gotten hit though by a strong cat 1 or even a weak cat 2 which was a possibility at one point just imagine at what we would be dealing with damage wise...just look at what happened now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJHUB Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Lost power at 9am rain stopped around 1130. Big winds currently many trees knocked over in my section of seekonk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paweatherguy1 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Come on now...we know that the center went over NYC with like 30 MPH winds...and I haven't seen any sustained wind reports in New England over 50 MPH. If an 80 knot storm wet over central LI, with a real area of hurricane force winds and gusts over 100, the damage would have been massive, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Ryan or anyone, you think e ct's biggest winds come from the llj later if we can mix well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomNH Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Think I might not lose power...yard's a complete mess though. Sustained winds seemed to have died down, still get some pretty good gusts though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Totally agree. In fact I've seen some facebook and twitter posts from people saying this was a "bust". Not at all. In fact, I hope this was a wake up call to people. We very well could have been hit by a higher category storm. While the past day or so many have been saying don't pay attention to the category b/c at that point it wasn't important...we were getting smacked regardless. If we had gotten hit though by a strong cat 1 or even a weak cat 2 which was a possibility at one point just imagine at what we would be dealing with damage wise...just look at what happened now. the thing is what do inland people need to do differently to prepare? It's kind of common sense to stay away from trees when it's ripping 80mph so that will take care of itself for the most part.. As always it's the flood prone who need to take these things most seriously. I think for the most part people tend to heed evacuations for flooding potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Come on now...we know that the center went over NYC with like 30 MPH winds...and I haven't seen any sustained wind reports in New England over 50 MPH. If an 80 knot storm wet over central LI, with a real area of hurricane force winds and gusts over 100, the damage would have been massive, NYC was just left of the track...they were not supposed to get the biggest winds......surge was the main issue here and always was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Winds picking up again with a downpour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Bow Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 20 extra mph where I live would have made a pretty big difference, not complaining but been kind of meh since those couple gusts I had earlier around 45-50 mph. No trees down anywhere on my st. Power still on. But who knows maybe the gusts from the other side of the storm will be the main event here. Maybe not. Either way we dodged a big bullet of what could have happened if it were cat 1 or low end cat 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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