7 thoughts on “Tropical Storm Irene Tracking-Reporting Open Thread”

  1. Cheers to Washington Electric Co-op (a government initiated program!). Lots and lots of rain, some wind.

     

  3. Just got power back after almost 4 hours with candles in the bathroom (no flushing – no water, although I put a garbage can under the roof drip for emergency flushing, and filled a huge soup pot with drinking water)  and reading under a skylight.

    Saw and heard a sizable branch break and partially fall 30 feet from the house, but no other serious tree falls so far. Not like last December when 5 trees came down within 75 feet of the house.

    I was patting myself on the back for printing out this morning the documents needed for a meeting tomorrow, regretting not having showered while there was water.

    My spouse came back early from a T’ai Chi weekend in South Hero, reported a tree down across Route 7 in Milton. She said the lake was “exciting” as she crossed the causeway. And she saw (around 1:30 pm today) a guy launching his sailboat into the storm … guaranteed to endanger some rescue personnel.

    Kudos to CVPS. From a partial interview I’d heard, I got the impression that the crews wouldn’t be out until after the storm had passed, so the crews would be safe. Maybe that changed as the wind speed estimates decreased.

    NanuqFC

    Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a while. ~ Kin Hubbard

  4. My sons headed to Brooklyn Thursday AM to stay with a friend for a couple days just in time for Irene.

    I did some parental category 3 worrying but they called today.

    All is fine.The place they are staying was North of the evacuation zone,never lost power and they walked over the Brooklyn Bridge into Chinatown this afternoon in light drizzle and fog.

    Getting the train back tomorrow if any are running might be a challenge.  

  5. Plenty water for flushing, washing faces, brushing teeth, drinking, and watering plants.  Enough food to get us through a couple of weeks, if need be.  We cook with propane, our water is gravity feed, and hot water also runs on propane; so other than losing lights, fridge, and WWW access, we’d be ok if the power went out.

    One of our trees came down, and when we were able to have one screen door open today, I kept hearing trees and/or branches in the forest across the road coming down.  I’m sure the closest road into town is flooded, but it always floods in the spring, and every time we have a big rain.  I suspect this might be worse.

    I looked out today and saw one lone mourning dove at my ground bird table.  Poor thing actually got blown over a few times.  I was tempted to take some seed out to it, but reckoned it was better to stay inside and not risk getting hit by a falling tree or branch.

    I’m sick-to-my stomach to learn that the Brandon House of Pizza came off its moorings and landed on the barbershop next door.  I often stop to talk with the barber there.  It’s a living antique shop, although he doesn’t treat it that way.  His father owned it, and I suspect he’s at least in his 70s, possibly older.  He lives upstairs; I’m worried sick that he’s been injured.

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