Tropical connection NYC forum area Sun-Wed, 8/2-5/20- Tropical Storm Isaias

[Snowlover11]

westchester county luckily survived from major damage, call me a weenie if you want but was a dud here, obviously not for others in our forum.  stay safe everyone.

[tdp146]

[terrapin8100]

Huge tree down in my yard in Ossining. Another large limb clipped the side of the house. Seems like the wind is beginning to ease up now after a couple of crazy hours. Power out since 2:00pm.

[SnowGoose69]

17 minutes ago, Rjay said:

Wow.   Trees down everywhere here. 

You can clearly see on the outage map Merrick got hit exceptionally hard for some reason

[jm1220]

Wind should pick back up again-maybe 40-50mph from the west when the storm passes. So far miraculously I have power. 

[Rmine1]

1 minute ago, jm1220 said:

Wind should pick back up again-maybe 40-50mph from the west when the storm passes. So far miraculously I have power. 

You just jinxed yourself 

[qg_omega]

5 minutes ago, Snowlover11 said:

westchester county luckily survived from major damage, call me a weenie if you want but was a dud here, obviously not for others in our forum.  stay safe everyone.

Yes wasn’t too bad winds gusts to mid 50s as expected, didn’t lose power but many did.  The Tornado threat never came to pass as the line weakened north of LBI

[NJwx85]

1 minute ago, qg_omega said:

Yes wasn’t too bad winds gusts to mid 50s as expected, didn’t lose power but many did.  The Tornado threat never came to pass as the line weakened north of LBI

It didn't really weaken, just went further East towards Suffolk.

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

A couple quick shots from my campus. It’s going to be a long week

[qg_omega]

1 minute ago, NJwx85 said:

It didn't really weaken, just went further East towards Suffolk.

No it clearly broke apart which was actually modeled very well

[Parsley]

Nasty reports from my parents in Islip Terrace, NY.

Large limbs on their roof. Uprooted tree took down power lines out front of their house. Out here in PA. 6-7 inches of rain in 6 hours with major flooding to basements/water rescues.

[Cfa]

2 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

A couple quick shots from my campus. It’s going to be a long week

The London Plane Trees outside my window are being ripped to shreds, several branches down and a ton of foliage gone. Pines holding up much better, southern trees doing better too.

[Stormlover74]

Here comes the back side ...gusting over 40 again

[jm1220]

96000 customers approximately out on LI per PSEG. 

[Santa Claus]

Sting jet is here I guess.  Just lost power for the first time.

[Tatamy]

Final rainfall total - 7.15"

[Cheticus]

Dix Hills

[SnowGoose69]

3 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

96000 customers approximately out on LI per PSEG. 

Definitely lower than I would have expected.  I still think restoration will take a few days due to downed trees though

[Nibor]

Pretty extensive tree damage here. Winds have been calm for better part of an hour now.

[ForestHillWx]

Over 1 million without power in NJ, including me. 

[jm1220]

Just now, SnowGoose69 said:

Definitely lower than I would have expected.  I still think restoration will take a few days due to downed trees though

After the big Huntington to Hauppauge T-storm last summer PSEG came and cleared branches from near power lines in my neighborhood (I lost power for 3 days from that), and maybe the effect of old/weak trees being cleared from prior storms helped. Not out of the woods yet though. From what I hear there’s plenty of trees down in my area. Haven’t been out to check yet. 

[eduggs]

The change of wind direction exposes new areas and stresses vulnerable trees and branches at different pressure points.  NW winds started abruptly here.  So far gusty conditions similar to a departing nor'easter, but the full foliage adds significant weight.

[David-LI]

If this storm that had only about an hour of constant strong wind gusts did this kind of damage, imagine what a hurricane 3 would do to our region.

[jm1220]

Other than the hurricane force gust at FRG and the LBI gust, what other hurricane force gusts have there been in this area? The winds definitely did verify if not the craziness the Euro/UKMET had. 

[Santa Claus]

24 minutes ago, tdp146 said:

It's a TreeMW lol

[Stormlover74]

Total blue sky now

[eduggs]

I've seen strong wind storms in western Europe - Netherlands, Germany, Poland - where 20%+ of the treecover was felled over dozens to hundreds of square miles.  On the east coast of the US, tree damage tends to be much more localized, particularly in severe thunderstorms.  But I can imagine a scenario where we lose a lot more trees over a widespread area.  Saturated ground and widespread 80-100mph winds would do it.  And it will happen one day.

[NJwx85]

2 minutes ago, eduggs said:

I've seen strong wind storms in western Europe - Netherlands, Germany, Poland - where 20%+ of the treecover was felled over dozens to hundreds of square miles.  On the east coast of the US, tree damage tends to be much more localized, particularly in severe thunderstorms.  But I can imagine a scenario where we lose a lot more trees over a widespread area.  Saturated ground and widespread 80-100mph winds would do it.  And it will happen one day.

We had tons of tree damage with the March 2010 Noreaster, Irene in 2011 and then Sandy in 2012 which all helped to thin the herd of weaker trees in the area. Granted it's been eight years but we're nowhere near as vulnerable. After Sandy a lot of wires were put underground as well.

[nycwinter]

trees will come down more easily  when fully leafed then in a winter storm..

[Stormlover74]

Lost power for the 3rd time