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Lots of wind and heavy rain in Queens. Looks like the eye is here. No trees down nearby, but I'm thinking the kick butt storms we had this winter and spring took down a lot of the weak limbs/trees. Got all services.
 
So far 4 trees down in our yard alone in Southern Plymouth, MA. Another in the neighbor's yard. A couple bumps on the electrical grid. Power went out momentarily.
 
meyers7 said:
Or volcanic eruption. ;)
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Exactly! Diamond Head looks quite dormant and feeble, but I would not be totally surprised by increased activity on the Big Island.
 
Westport. Main Street totally flooded, watched the Saugatuck overflow during high tide, but the waters are receding now. Streets closed - canal, riverside, post road all due to flooding. Some side streets have trees down.
 
temery said:
Where are you, and how's it going?

I am in western mass, and we're having a little wind, and a lot of rain. Still have electricity, Internet, and cable.
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Same t'ing in 16 Acres section of Springfield. We didn't have to worry about trees, the tornado harvested them on June 1. Not really all that much rain, either, imo.

Still have all utilities.
 
Post-Irene weather outside Philly is overcast, windy and early Autumn-like temps.

"Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dreams"
 
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In Torrington we've had a lot of rain. The wind hasn't been too bad (yet). I discovered that I have a small leak in my roof somewhere.
 
Not that bad here in Enfield. Lots of little twigs and leaves; nothing major. Have not lost power. It would be a shame to lose it this late in the storm; let's hope that does not happen!

Yes, CBS HD went out for me and I also forgot about regular def!! Changed to NBC coverage.
 
The "storm" has officially exited Massachusetts.....

Still some wind, up here in the NE corner....but the "emergency" has passed.
 
News now saying 796,000 customers in CT without power - that is half the state. Glad I am not one of them.

(Edited to update numbers...prior number was not even close!)
 
97% of Weston is out (and that is more than 3500 customers right there)...I am one of the 3% who still has it - but am expecting to lose it when CL&P starts repairs to their systems.
 
Local town flooding and damage... Good night Irene... Bye, bye...
 

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UConnCat said:
Post-Irene weather outside Philly is overcast, windy and early Autumn-like temps.

"Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dreams"
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The incomparable Huddy Ledbetter, aka "Leadbelly," has been alledged to be the author of "Goodnight Irene," and maybe he was. He always sang it,
"Goodnight, Irene, goodnight, Irene, I git chu in my dreams."
 
No real problems in my area of Vernon. A few small limbs down. No loss of power. A gust of wind every now and then. But a lot of rain in the past 36 hours.
 
temery said:
Where are you, and how's it going?

I am in western mass, and we're having a little wind, and a lot of rain. Still have electricity, Internet, and cable. After the bad winter (ice dams for all), the tornado, and with the hurricane on our horizon, we were joking yesterday with the neighbors," What's next, an avalanche?" They came back with: "a volcano."

I'm gratified that Irene was fairly gently with us.
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Anyone from Guilford? We have a house there, and we wonder how things are down by the shore, near Jacobs beach?

Sun is shining in South Bend. :)
 
Here in our section of Burlington, Connecticut, we are sunny, calm and pleasant. See little damage in our neighborhood and don't hear any chainsaws. Didn't lose power or cable. But I have never seen so much rain, beginning yesterday late morning. There are several lakes in the flat parts of my yard and rivers in the hilly sections.
 
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ThisJustIn said:
Lots of wind and heavy rain in Queens. Looks like the eye is here. No trees down nearby, but I'm thinking the kick butt storms we had this winter and spring took down a lot of the weak limbs/trees. Got all services.
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Thanks for the info. I've got a friend in Queens that I haven't gotten hold of yet, so I'm glad to know that Queens is still standing!
 
CTyankee said:
Lower Fairfield County... Rain, lots of it.. Wind with gusts... But nothing extraordinary yet... Not even tree limbs on the yard or the street... A little water in the basement but for us, that's normal. No power outages and the satellite service is still working...
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Nah, nah-nah NAH, nah! I've got a fallen tree branch in my front yard in Westport, so there!
 
that's a lot of people without power. it must have been even worse down south. did Irene lose strength as she moved north?
 
semper said:
Anyone from Guilford? We have a house there, and we wonder how things are down by the shore, near Jacobs beach?

Sun is shining in South Bend. :)
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Enjoy the sun! I understand it sets in South Bend in November and comes back in April.
 
I didn't lose power in Stratford, but my computer battery backup would beep and the about 2 seconds later I hear an explosion in the neighborhood. This happened 3 times today...I guess UI is short 3 transformers today... :)
 
Newington. Didn't lose power, but lots of neighborhoods around us did, so we were lucky. Did lose cable though, so I've been watching "Lost" on DVD.
The wind we're having now from the backside of the storm is worse than what we had this afternoon, when it originally went through.
 
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I am also in Stratford. Haven't lost power but trees down in the neighborhood and my back yard. My daughters first hurricaine and she said hopefully the last.
 
Storm didn't hit Farmington too too bad. Honestly, I felt like we saw several T-Storms that were as strong/stronger this summer. Having said that we lost power around 7:30 this morning and didn't get it back on until 7:15 tonight. Very long and boring 12 hours, don't know how all you old timers used to get by without electricity :p

Seriously though, I'm thankful we didn't have any damage and appreciative we got power back. Seriously didn't expect that to happen for at least another day. Also on a weird note, once they fixed the outage on our side of town, the entire Unionville section lost power tonight at 7:30 with absolutely nothing going on weather wise. Also, don't plan on crossing the flats by Tunxis Meade anytime soon. Totally under water and I heard 5 people got stuck/needed rescue when trying to walk that area for some reason. :confused:
 
I live in Thomaston and didn't have power until 7:30 PM, and no internet access until this morning.
 
I survived! Lost nothing- power, even my DirecTV dish stayed up. 80% of Ellington is without, but we were somehow spared.
 
Lost power yesterday just before 3:00 pm. Still out. Posting this from work. Might get a "warning" for non-business use, but whatever. Home phone is out too because we have Cox and the 8 hour backup died before midnight. CL&P has no estimated resolution time for my area yet. I'M DOOMED!
 
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