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OT: Hurricane Henri

superjohn said:
I was a kid on Nantucket for Bob. It was exciting getting prepared for the storm, everyone on the island boarded their houses and businesses. There was a lot of damage but it honestly wasn't that crazy, I think the Vineyard and Cape got it a lot worse...

The CT. tornadoes of '89 were a different story. Out at a local burger shack in Bantam with my older brother and his friend and the sky turned a color that's hard to describe. We got in the car and trees were falling. Took us close to an hour to make a few minute drive. It absolutely demo'd Bantam.

Hopefully Henri peters out like most do by the time it gets up there. Last thing we need right now is major destruction in the Northeast.
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I was in a golf league at Stonybrook when the tornado hit Bantam, which was basically just over a hill from the course. Everyone was standing next to the 20’ windows looking at the storm, but I went to the basement for the start. When I went up to see what happening, I couldn’t believe it. Golfball sized hail embedded in the putting green, signs on the tee boxes horizontal to the ground from the wind… they were about 2’x3’ made with 4x4s and hung with heavy chains. Had to be at least 50#. Lots of cars damaged by hail, but mine was so old I couldn’t tell. Scary stuff!
 
Yikes when your tiny island gets called out for being the bullseye on the latest computer model run.

There’s a lot of complacency here & hopefully it’s not too late once people start to take it seriously.

 
uconnfan68 said:
I was in a golf league at Stonybrook when the tornado hit Bantam, which was basically just over a hill from the course. Everyone was standing next to the 20’ windows looking at the storm, but I went to the basement for the start. When I went up to see what happening, I couldn’t believe it. Golfball sized hail embedded in the putting green, signs on the tee boxes horizontal to the ground from the wind… they were about 2’x3’ made with 4x4s and hung with heavy chains. Had to be at least 50#. Lots of cars damaged by hail, but mine was so old I couldn’t tell. Scary stuff!
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We were at Gooseboro Always thought it was a miracle nobody in town died. There was a popular restaurant in town that happened to be closed that day, it was completely gone, town hall completely gone, another restaurant gone, gas station destroyed etc. Drove out to Mohawk ski mountain once the roads cleared a bit and the chairlifts were all torn up and it seems like every single cathedral pine was snapped and on the ground like matchsticks on the ski mountain and across the street.
 
Giscombe12 said:
Yikes when your tiny island gets called out for being the bullseye on the latest computer model run.

There’s a lot of complacency here & hopefully it’s not too late once people start to take it seriously.

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Welp, I live right on the water across from Fishers in Groton Long Point. Our house was built in the 1920s so it’s survived quite a few hurricanes, but the boat might be a different story especially with the storm surge. Gonna have a front row seat for this one lol
 
Giscombe12 said:
Yikes when your tiny island gets called out for being the bullseye on the latest computer model run.

There’s a lot of complacency here & hopefully it’s not too late once people start to take it seriously.

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Complacency is a killer.

Load up on water tomorrow. Anything that can store it safely. Fill the bathtub and anywhere and everything else.
 
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As a bit of an armchair weather nut I’m a bit confused by the tracks that seemingly have Henri hopping on 91 in New Haven and riding up to Hartford before taking Rt 9 west. Do storms act like that? Not really. Same path they had Sandy one and I knew from the jump it was going to continue west into NJ/NYC. Not saying I’m not concerned or that we’ll be fine but I just question that track. Going due north then west then north again? Also, everyone saying “New England landfall” as though Long Island doesn’t exist.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Complacency is a killer.

Load up on water tomorrow. Anything that can store it safely. Fill the bathtub and anywhere and everything else.
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I'm certainly not taking it lightly. Gloria, Bob, Irene & Sandy have me ready for not having power for at least a week.

We have a diesel-powered generator here that can power the whole island. I would think this might be a good time to put it to use (once the infrastructure is repaired locally).
 
aburks41 said:
Welp, I live right on the water across from Fishers in Groton Long Point. Our house was built in the 1920s so it’s survived quite a few hurricanes, but the boat might be a different story especially with the storm surge. Gonna have a front row seat for this one lol
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I think they’re trying to voluntarily evacuate a few streets in Groton, that I’m assuming are on Long Point. Was stationed at Subbase for 3 years, and I think the riverfront is safe enough.
 
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uconnfan68 said:
I think they’re trying to voluntarily evacuate a few streets in Groton, that I’m assuming are on Long Point. Was stationed at Subbase for 3 years, and I think the riverfront is safe enough.
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Yeah it’s really just gonna come down to the storm surge predictions as we get closer to Sunday. We’re moving the cars up to Fitch high school so the salt water doesnt ruin them. We evac’d for Sandy and Irene, but I’ve always wanted to see what a hurricane looks like in the thick of it. Probably just going to ride this one out
 
We are closing on our 1919 Craftsman cottage on Monday in Mystic, come hell or high water. At least we have the walk through before we sign the papers. We rode out Gloria and Bob in Mystic, then moved to Ledyard. Irene and Sandy were the absolute worst out here; no power for 2 weeks. But we both lived on wooden boats and have extensive off shore experience.... and it's pretty much like camping. Time to fill the oil lamps.
Aburks41, stay safe down there at GLP. Or just go to the Fisherman.
 
uconnfan68 said:
How did she have a choice?
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Years ago they asked permission to trim. She would never give it.
I use to ask them to trim some that didn't fall into their guidelines but knew in a year or so they would meet the guidelines and they wouldn't do ut.
 
First day of school for me is Monday (Central MA) pretty unlikely I’d think :)
 
M.S.G. said:
First day of school for me is Monday (Central MA) pretty unlikely I’d think :)
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Yeah same here. The fact they haven’t already announced so is concerning though
 
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We arrived in VT yesterday. Didn't know this forecast until just after we got here. Maybe we would have stayed home. Will leave by 9am Sunday morning to get home.

While here we'll get that second 5 gallon gas container I've been wanting get, fill it so that I can fill the gennie.

This is going to suck.
 
storrsroars said:
Well, now you can buy an l"I got blown by Henri" tee, this being a progressive era and all.
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I was on the Cape for Bob, and shirts with "I survived Bob's blow" were selling like hotcakes.
 
CCSUblue said:
Folks, if you're in Connecticut, please be patient with us after the storm.

I work for that natural Monopoly that everyone hates. This is looking like it'll be a bad one.

It's going to take time to put everything back together. Stay off the streets and away from down power lines. Please please be safe and let the crews work.

Once the cleanup is done you can complain all you want.
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I don't know how confident they are. My area news is saying 40 to 50% chance of rain Sun and Monday.
 
methodology said:
Sand/clay isn’t bedrock. I laugh at people who say bury the lines having never dug 3 ft+ down in New England
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That's why I mentioned it's expensive to do after the fact. Time and labor to disrupt that type of ground and make progress with power lines.

Sandy soil is also a reason why last September Sally dumped 25" in my area in about 24 hours. I had 18" of standing water in my backyard. Took about a day for it to drain through the soil. I have about 2" of dirt before it becomes a sandy mix.

And that hard bedrock, paved streets and rivers whose banks are firmed up, are also why the flooding will be so severe with only 5 inches of rain. The expression is true. Water will find its level. NYC will be a mess. Expect the videos of waterfalls of water flowing down the steps in to the subways. Also, all those people who pay the premium price to build on the coastline, will see the perils of that choice. Me thinks the mansions at Newport should survive quite nicely up on their cliffs. Those homes closer to the water line, are gonna get soaked.
 
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temery said:
I don't know how confident they are. My area news is saying 40 to 50% chance of rain Sun and Monday.
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Last I saw this morning, the whole state of Connecticut was under at least a TS Warning with New Haven Middlesex and New London under Hurricane Warning. Will be super interesting so see how things track.
 
Chin Diesel said:
That's why I mentioned it's expensive to do after the fact. Time and labor to disrupt that type of ground and make progress with power lines.

Sandy soil is also a reason why last September Sally dumped 25" in my area in about 24 hours. I had 18" of standing water in my backyard. Took about a day for it to drain through the soil. I have about 2" of dirt before it becomes a sandy mix.

And that hard bedrock, paved streets and rivers whose banks are firmed up, are also why the flooding will be so severe with only 5 inches of rain. The expression is true. Water will find its level. NYC will be a mess. Expect the videos of waterfalls of water flowing down the steps in to the subways. Also, all those people who pay the premium price to build on the coastline, will see the perils of that choice. Me thinks the mansions at Newport should survive quite nicely up on their cliffs. Those homes closer to the water line, are gonna get soaked.
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It’s would cost hundreds of millions of dollars and decades. Not feasible
 
The westward track of the storm makes it look like we'll have some rough winds here in Norwalk. Along with the storm surges, let's hope we don't have another Irene situation when a few blocks of SoNo were submerged underwater with boats floating down Water Street.

Any odd/unique storm preparations?

After last year's tropical storm, I've learned the importance of grinding our coffee beans the night before the storm. We brew our coffee on a Chemex, so all we need is hot water (boil water on the grill) and our filters.

#thegrind
 
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I used to work for a utility contractor in Florida that was redesigning circuits for storm hardening. The whole idea was to beef up the poles. Broken poles take the longer to remove and replace than it does to replace equipment and put the lines back up. We were pulling wooden poles and replacing with concrete.
 
8893 said:
I was a student at UConn when Gloria hit.

One enterprising student made and sold “I got blown by Gloria” t-shirts. I bought one.
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Gloria got the football game at the Yale Bowl cancelled. One of the biggest party days of the year during that dark period for hoops....
 
CCSUblue said:
I used to work for a utility contractor in Florida that was redesigning circuits for storm hardening. The whole idea was to beef up the poles. Broken poles take the longer to remove and replace than it does to replace equipment and put the lines back up. We were pulling wooden poles and replacing with concrete.
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Is your current info showing the storm tracking more inwardly into Central CT or is it mostly shoreline? Speaking specifically about St of CT.. Thx
 
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