Here in RI, many areas had around 5" of rain, and some of the offshore islands had winds up to 70 mph.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DJ Delorie > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: gEDA-user: DJ's back > > > > Is the site down? I can't seem to connect... > > Major storm hit NH, taking out power, phones, internet, > roads, a few houses, and at least one truck. We're OK > though, but at the peak there were close to 200,000 people > without power in the area, mostly due to trees falling on > power lines. We were without power for 51 hours, and without > phone/internet for a little less than that. > > Fortunately, this happens regularly to us (it's a spring > thing), so we had backup power, alternate heat sources, and > even battery powered internet (VERY slow). However, our road > was washed out just north of us and just south of us, so the > only way to get anywhere was to take back roads around one of > the washouts, then loop around town to get to the main road. > The phone company's CO got flooded this time too, so phone > service is still limited and spotty, and the cell system is > overloaded. > > These were some back roads just up the street from me: > http://cmonitor.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?userphoto= > 1&image=59033&thispage=1 > http://cmonitor.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?userphoto= > 1&image=59032&thispage=1 > > More news and photos at www.cmonitor.com and www.unionleader.com. > > For those who don't know what a "nor'easter" is, here's a > little weather lesson. The jet stream crosses the USA from > West to East, and ends up here (East coast). As it turns up > the coast, you get the typical cyclone system (think "weak > hurricane") with one side (the south east part) over the gulf > stream in the Atlantic, and the other side (the north west > part) over us. North of us is the cold air mass from > Northern Canada. So, this weather system picks up warm humid > air from the ocean, and dumps it on us as rain or snow. The > prevailing winds are from the North East, hence "nor'easter". > Nor'easters can dump a LOT of rain or snow (we got 3" of > rain) and create very high winds (up to 45 MPH here). > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
