23 Years ago today

[LongIslandHurricanes]

http://www.hurricane...RRICANEBOB.html

 

 

http://en.wikipedia....i/Hurricane_Bob

 

 

http://www.erh.noaa....ricaneBob.shtml

 

 

http://www.wundergro...r-Hurricane-Bob

[IntenseBlizzard2014]

Hard to believe that this happened 5 days before I was born. It's strange that my mother doesn't know anything about this storm. 

[weathermedic]

I was working in central Nassau at the time (East Meadow) There was some rain and gusty winds. The farther east you went, the worse it was. It was a very compact storm and moved very fast.

[jm1220]

Hard to believe that this happened 5 days before I was born. It's strange that my mother doesn't know anything about this storm. 

For anyone west of the Twin Forks it was very unremarkable.

[Jefflaw77]

I remember it being a rainy day - w/ winds in the vicinity of 30-50mph probably.  Gloria was fresh in my mind as it was only 6 years prior.  Block Island I think had a 125mph gust.

 

23 years gone in almost an instant (as you get older) wow!

[Maxwell03]

Bob deserves an award for how amazing its satellite presentation was at NJ's latitude. 

[Rjay]

For anyone west of the Twin Forks it was very unremarkable.

Heavy rain with little wind. I remember it well even though it was a borefest. I also remember thinking while watching TWC that I've never seen a rain shield that big before (since I was 8 I actually probably thought "wow that's the most rain I've ever seen" while looking at the radar).

[Rjay]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1eJhB3gno3w#

[jm1220]

Heavy rain with little wind. I remember it well even though it was a borefest. I also remember thinking while watching TWC that I've never seen a rain shield that big before (since I was 8 I actually probably thought "wow that's the most rain I've ever seen" while looking at the radar).

I was a few years younger at the time but no one I know really remembers it in terms of impact it had on Nassau County, and I don't remember any of it. The only places on Long Island it had real impacts on were the Twin Forks-the wind was especially worse on the east side of Bob, and consequently the surge. As it was a small, quick moving storm, the effects were not long lasting. It was like you said, a rainy and breezy day not unlike any other day we have even a minor coastal storm.

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

I was a few years younger at the time but no one I know really remembers it in terms of impact it had on Nassau County, and I don't remember any of it. The only places on Long Island it had real impacts on were the Twin Forks-the wind was especially worse on the east side of Bob, and consequently the surge. As it was a small, quick moving storm, the effects were not long lasting. It was like you said, a rainy and breezy day not unlike any other day we have even a minor coastal storm.

I remember a few trees down in my town. Other then that some heavy rain and the biggest shore break I have ever seen at jones beach to this day. I was young too but it's one of my strongest weather memories as a kid. I remember tracking it on the old tracking maps and being super excited.

[doncat]

Had 2.50" of ran from Bob but not much wind here.

[jm1220]

I remember a few trees down in my town. Other then that some heavy rain and the biggest shore break I have ever seen at jones beach to this day. I was young too but it's one of my strongest weather memories as a kid. I remember tracking it on the old tracking maps and being super excited.

I guess I wasn't old enough to care about waves then.

 

The waves here in Long Beach today were absolutely gorgeous from what I saw (I had to work )