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Oct. 30th, 2011 09:44 pmSo, as you may have heard, a NorEaster hit New York & New England on Saturday.
On Friday, I checked the weather maps. The remnants of a hurricane in the east-central Caribbean had pumped lots of moisture into the southeastern US, on the west-side of the Appalachian Mtns. This moisture fed the NorEaster, which formed off of North Carolina & Virginia.
At the same time, a bubble of cold air sank southward from Canada, over New England and the Mid-Atlantic states. The NorEaster pumped even more cold air southward.
The result? In the county where I live, in the Mid-Hudson Valley, snowfall measured from 8" to 21". My own home had about 10"-12" of snow, all said and done.
To make matters worse, none of the trees had lost their leaves yet. Most maples were still green, due to the unseasonably warm weather during October.
Heap heavy, wet snow onto leaf-laden trees and voila! Downed trees. Downed power lines.
Half of my county is without power. Half of the 113,000 people here.
We lost power at 5pm yesterday, and are still out. I'll be starting up a fire in the wood-stove-insert when we get home. I did manage to fill the tub with water, so we can flush the toilets. However, I haven't showered, so I'm very oily. (If I don't shower in the morning, then by late afternoon I feel like someone's Turtle-Waxed® my forehead.)
On Friday, I checked the weather maps. The remnants of a hurricane in the east-central Caribbean had pumped lots of moisture into the southeastern US, on the west-side of the Appalachian Mtns. This moisture fed the NorEaster, which formed off of North Carolina & Virginia.
At the same time, a bubble of cold air sank southward from Canada, over New England and the Mid-Atlantic states. The NorEaster pumped even more cold air southward.
The result? In the county where I live, in the Mid-Hudson Valley, snowfall measured from 8" to 21". My own home had about 10"-12" of snow, all said and done.
To make matters worse, none of the trees had lost their leaves yet. Most maples were still green, due to the unseasonably warm weather during October.
Heap heavy, wet snow onto leaf-laden trees and voila! Downed trees. Downed power lines.
Half of my county is without power. Half of the 113,000 people here.
We lost power at 5pm yesterday, and are still out. I'll be starting up a fire in the wood-stove-insert when we get home. I did manage to fill the tub with water, so we can flush the toilets. However, I haven't showered, so I'm very oily. (If I don't shower in the morning, then by late afternoon I feel like someone's Turtle-Waxed® my forehead.)
