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Friday, August 26, 2011

Irene







NOAA Irene Updates

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13 comments:

pansypoo said...

how much rain do you need?

the farmer said...

not that much.

this storm is starting to look more like Agnes all the time, except Agnes stalled out as a tropical storm over the NYC area so it rained and rained for a couple days.

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pansypoo said...

well, hope only stupid surfers + conservatives are in danger.

mike in pr said...

I remember Agnes. We went to Wilkes-Barre to help out a cousin and his wife who were wiped out when a river dam caved in.

the farmer said...

I was in DC at the time and remember the water being up almost over the lincoln memorial bridge.

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the farmer said...

just started raining. not too hard and not too windy yet. like a nice summer night shower so far. and just picked my first sweet corn yesterday afternoon and i hope that doesn't get swamped and blown over. so don't be hatin' on my sweet corn Irene!

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pansypoo said...

good luck.

the farmer said...

good luck.

no damage here. no trees down or flooding or anything like that. didn't even knock over my sunflowers. got a lot of rain but it wasn't a torential downpour. nothing like what they got along the hudson and up into vermont.

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pansypoo said...

1 hurricane down. how many to go?

the farmer said...

I was watching CNNs coverage of Prattsville NY. when i was outside on sunday a military helicopter flew over - very low, almost treetop level - problably national guard headed to the prattsville area which isn't too far from me. then i'd heard on tv that the gilboa dam had broken - which would be very bad. people have worried about the gilboa dam for years - and fortunately it wasn't true. but prattsville - which sits above the gilboa dam and resovoir (which supplies nyc with water) was devastated by all the water running down from the catskills. just like agnes 72. i still can't believe that none of the news media weather wankers made a connection between this storm and agnes 72. it baffles me.

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pansypoo said...

has vermont rain reached you yet?

the farmer said...

has vermont rain reached you yet?

oh sure. been jumping out of the way of covered bridges and runaway sugar house stills for the last few days. Getting ready for that storm in the Gulf to fling some pelicans up this way later in the week.

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pansypoo said...

i expect something from lee.