Everyone----@ 12 hours after we got power, we lost it again, but we have power at my office, so my daughter and I will be coming up here everyday for the internet, etc. I drove the @ 5 miles from my home to my office today, and my neighborhood looks like a walk in the park compared to some, so I am feeling very lucky. I suspect a lot of our "posters" will not have access to the internet for days if not weeks. And, the airports will be closed a few days, so I have to reschedule picking my DH up again, and I'm sure he'll be mad when I call him later today.....like you said, Debbie, it's something we never get used to! Thanks everyone for your thoughts, and I too was wondering if Sandy D was one of the thousands of red cross volunteers housed in the Reliant Center? If she is, a big thank you to her for helping.....
Just wanted to let everyone know I am back. As part of the National Disaster Medical System, I was deployed to Dallas and went to Marshall Texas to set up a Federal Medical Service. They take care of evacuees with special health care needs. We set up in the East Texas Baptist University Gym, worked it for two days then turned it over to a RDT team so we would be available after Gustov hit. We then were sent to Houma La which is where Gustov came on land. Ground zero. The hospital there was not operable due to the damage and we provided a portable emergency room for the community until hurricane Ike shut us down. We were in tents and the winds were too much for our tents. When we got there they had no power but by the time we left on the 11th, about 1/3 of the community had power back. I could not go to Ike because of my DH but he did well while I was gone. It feels good to be home. I worry about all the people in Galveston and Houston. The injuries and deaths are rarely due to the winds but are usually related to the flooding from the rains. Ike has dumped sooo much rain all at once. Between Ike and Hanna I think 1/2 of the US is under water. I just pray that everyone is fine...
Thank you for letting us know. We were worried about you. And I am taking the liberty of speaking for everyone when I say - Thank you for the good work you do. Your services are desperately needed and greatly appreciated.
Would you believe my sister in San Antonio had a little rain from Ike. Here in Michigan we had 4 Tornado touch downs, 5-10" of rain depending where you are and we're looking at flooding until wqaterways crest later this week---all from Ike!!! First time I've ever heard of us getting anything more than a little rain off the tailend of a hurricane, and I've been around for a while (60 yrs). A M A Z I N G!!!
I can't stop thinking about what would have happened - we would have been in Livingston, TX if Hank had lived. The information there is so sporatic, but trees fell on houses, no gas, so even if you have a generator apparently you can't get fuel to run it. We would have been in the middle of that in a motorhome, no less!
I am finally back online. It took 7 days to get the power, and 12 to get internet back. After 4 cracked windows, a downed fence, a garden shed that "disassembled" (for lack of a better word), a hole on the house's siding, I am grateful it wan't any worse. DH actually put up most of the fence by himself. Can you believe, he slept through most of the storm? He even snored.
Welcome back Vanessa! Sorry about the damage, but since I'm sure you know people with trees in their houses, it actually sounds like you did okay. Was sitting at church last night next to a friend whose chimney literally was blown out of her roof and into her next door neighbors roof, thus one dismantled chimney and two big holes-----What part of town do you live in? Most of my neighborhood power is back (near medical center) but lots of people at my office still don't have power, and my usually short commute has quadrupled due to lack or the traffic signals.
Marsh-hope you are safe with the coming storm. Many years ago we camped in Maine then off to Prince Edward Island. The wind started to pick up and no one warned us of a coming storm. Living in Massachusetts at the time hurricane was not a word we used. We were in a tent trailer and folks with RV's circled us and helped us tie down to their heavier vehicles. The nice people we met up there was the best part of the trip
Both Maine and Canada are under Hurricane Watches and Warnings. Kyle is still a full scale hurricane. Maine hasn't had a Hurricane Watch for 17 years.
I lived in Massachusetts, and it must have been a different time from when bluedaze lived there. We had hurricanes while I lived there and also when I lived in New York City. There was one named Carol in the early 60s that literally ran up a river and produced major flooding in Binghamton, which is pretty far inland for that kind of thing.
Maine is not supposed to get hurricanes, but occasionally one will sneak through (I well remember Carol). It looks like the most we will get from Kyle is heavy rain. We had 4 inches last night, before Kyle was even in the area. The other thing that helps us is that to get to Maine the storm has to pass over cold water. That usually tones it down a bit. Kyle will be either a tropical storm or category 1 when it passes by Maine, out in the gulf.
marsh, the 4 inches is from the almost a tropical storm that never got named. It has been dumping stuff here for the last 5 days.
This morning they were saying landfall right on the Canadian border. I just checked. Now they are saying Yarmouth and it is still a hurricane. As far as I can tell what is online is as of 2PM. Hurricane warnings in Nova Scotia, tropical storm warnings in Maine. Landfall tonight or early tomorrow. Next advisory not due until 5:00.
There was a hurricane in 1944 (not named) that hit north Maine as a Category 2, and had already hit Long Island as a Category 3. And Hurricane Donna in 1960 that hit North Carolina as a Category 3, Long Island as a Category 3 and hit Canada while it was still a hurricane.
I know it isn't the usual thing, but I've lived on the Northeastern Coast for a lot of my life, and hurricanes happen. And I realize now that I was there for that one in 1944, a pair in the late 1950s (Carol and Edna) and Donna in 1960. All of which hit Long Island (and NYC) as major hurricanes.
It's now 8 PM, "Hurricane" Kyle has passed. All we got was some rain, not as much as last night. There was NO wind. It was almost calm all day. We might consider going out to Thunderhole in Acadia National Park tomorrow as there should be some really good surf.
Oh, thanks for the update, marsh. I love the thunderhole there! My daughter went to COA (College of the Atlantic) so for a few years we were there at all times of the year. I'm glad to hear there wasn't much wind, and you can always use rain. I was a bit worried about my Monhegan friends but haven't heard anything.
Kyle hit Yarmouth, Nova Scotia some time last night. At the point it hit is was still officially a hurricane, but almost at the tropical storm level, which is what it is now. I'm glad to hear Maine got off lucky, but I've been to Yarmouth, and I hope they are OK.
Today's paper called Kyle "the storm that wasn't". We never got any wind. But I thought the surf at Schoodic Point would be good, so my wife and I drove there, picking up a couple of lobster rolls on the way. Others figured the same as there were lots of cars in the parking lot - BUT, I have seen better surf there. Apparently Kyle didn't kick up much.
No not in Maine. But we don't hear about hurricanes that hit Mexico most of the time. And obviously not the ones that hit Canada either. I know that the weather map at my local station included Maine, but stopped dead as if there was no land north of there.