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12-12-2008, 06:44 AM
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Holy Crap What a storm
I hope everyone is safe !!
VB
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12-12-2008, 07:14 AM
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#2
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Location: Warwick
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It must be howling out there. I've been there for a couple of these with my wife and kids. Hopefully, you are not directly on the water.
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12-12-2008, 09:59 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
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I was agreeing with you.
Spring tide and 2ft of storm surge looks impressive compared to 'normal' conditions
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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12-12-2008, 10:43 AM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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I came up to Marlboro this AM
60 F in Mansfield, 55 mph gust this am
30 F at the office.
ICE starts at Rte 9 everything south is just soaked
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12-12-2008, 03:36 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND
I was agreeing with you.
Spring tide and 2ft of storm surge looks impressive compared to 'normal' conditions
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The correct term for the tide we experienced is "perigean tide" Tonight, the moon will be the closest that it ever will be in a year..
I thought you would know that Beavis.  |
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12-12-2008, 04:48 PM
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#6
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: cape cod when my meds r workin right
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pretty bad
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12-12-2008, 05:51 PM
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#7
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebe
I thought you would know that Beavis. |
He's just book learned, but didn't finish the book 
-spence |
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12-12-2008, 07:22 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spence
He's just book learned, but didn't finish the book
-spence |
yep. Did you notice 'the idiots guide to navigation' next to the wheel when you went fluking/?? The boy's dangerous... plain dangerous.  |
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12-13-2008, 09:42 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spence
He's just book learned, but didn't finish the book
-spence |
Actually Eben I did know that, I believe it was 18,000 miles closer than normal, and the 16 year anniversary of the 'Blizzard of 1992' another very significant nor'easter for the south coast of RI to boot....
If you want, I can stop by and we can have a riveting discussion of tidal datums; I can use lots of fun acronyms; NAVD88, NGVD29, MSL, MLLW, MHHW, we can even put it in context with the tidal data we collected in the river a year or so ago if you like. I can bring graphs and data and you can go nuts analyzing it.
I didn't want to over whelm the corn fed farm boy, and I'm too lazy to type long answers...
For the record,
Nebe is quickly reducing the number of invites out in the boat with comments like that 
Spence is already banned for being a p-ssy when the lightning is 20miles south  and for tangling up goosefish while we are fluking |
Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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12-13-2008, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 427
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Rockhound, I heard the great tidal expert Nebe wasn't too good at catching from a boat anyways. Esp. when it was cold.
Sounds to me like someone Googled tidal info to get your dander up
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12-12-2008, 11:26 AM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
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I spent the better part of 45 minutes picking up big branches in my yard and driveway this morning. Then, I had to towel up a little bit of water in the corner of my basement. As long as we have power I'll be fine because the french drains and sump pump will keep things mostly dry.
When I got to work we had about 2 inches of water in the basement, which includes a conference room, 2 offices and cubicles. Fortunately, I'm upstairs where it's dry.
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12-12-2008, 12:16 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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let's see..........
12 hours without power or heat....
i'm having a "Dundee" honey brown beer
and for what its worth....it's almost as good
as Sam Adam's October fest  
we've had no running water here ... for awhile
thankfully the water leaking into the living room
can be re-used in the toilet tank to flush it...
although it's like dark tea.... but no biggy...
just got a load of wood delivered an hour ago
that will save our friggan pipes from freezing...
 and us too! even Star the wonder dog
is looking at me with those WTF expressions lol
the other day... the kitchen sink faucet handle was frozen stiff...
and a pot in the kitchen sink was all full of ice...
if you cannot see your breath while walking around
inside the house....things are just peachy. 
been hearing the big "kerack!" of tree's snappin and the wooosh of them falling "all day" as the misty rain
adds to the chandelier effect of the ice covered trees.
come monday, it'll be 13` degrees again....but
with wood available...NOW...we'll shall endure.  |
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12-12-2008, 12:25 PM
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#13
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: warwick RI
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Raven, you are living the life Dude! Where the heck are you?
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still by the firelight
and purple moonlight
I hear the rusted river's call
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12-12-2008, 12:38 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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BillM
47 miles Northwest of you at 600 feet above sea level.
of course that's as the Raven flies.... 
i have to go load another wood stove down stairs
it's way to small... though... the door to it is about as big as a 15 inch monitor screen or smaller.  |
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12-12-2008, 12:47 PM
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#15
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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I have a 'hang over' from all that rain and wind. My house has cathedral cielings and as a result, I couldnt sleep at all.. ugg.
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12-12-2008, 12:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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you should play rain and wind tapes then Eben
and desensitize yourself....
or have the wife knock you out before bed time lol  |
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12-12-2008, 01:35 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Between the thighs
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just alittle liquid sunshine on the cape,,just enough to dampin the ground.Passed wind harder then what it was doing outside.
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12-12-2008, 01:38 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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the sun's shinning now melting all that ice....phew
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12-12-2008, 01:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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As bad as this storm was, it's still nothing like the one back in '99.
When you loose power for weeks because the high tension lines snapped like cheap mono, and thousands of old growth trees get snapped from the wind and ice, you know you're in for trouble.
We got more water than ice, but one disaster is as bad as the next.
Hopefully this won't ruin anyones' Christmas.
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12-12-2008, 02:20 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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The 99 storm in Quebec and Northern New England was unreal
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12-12-2008, 03:29 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Falmouth, Ma
Posts: 1,520
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yeah we were without power for 10 days
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60 % of the time, it works every time.
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12-12-2008, 06:10 PM
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#22
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Location: Newtown, CT
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Our power came back on around 5PM
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12-12-2008, 06:13 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
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I had to cut 3 trees up this morning at 4 AM, just to get to work. No power at the plant in worcester, sent the 70 something people home at 830, 835 power comes back on. Gotta work saturday now. Everything was covered with ice on the pike between worcester and sturbridge. Looked beautiful. Just got power back at 530, lost it sometime before 330 this am. Lots of firewood to be had out there right now.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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12-13-2008, 01:17 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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Lost my chimney cap and had nasty black water run down into my basement and furnace.Great.
What a %$%$%$%$ing year.Quite possibly one of the worst ever.
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12-14-2008, 06:35 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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you ain't chittten
Quote:
Originally Posted by basswipe
Lost my chimney cap and had nasty black water run down into my basement and furnace.Great.
What a %$%$%$%$ing year.Quite possibly one of the worst ever.
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1 million without power sized ice storm
even "W" said so....
shouldn't he be here with a bull horn  |
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12-14-2008, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
1 million without power sized ice storm
even "W" said so....
shouldn't he be here with a bull horn |
As far as this storm went I guess I really don't have that much to complain about,considering what I've seen on the news.
I've got good temp fix for the chimney and the furnace got a full douching is now working again. |
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12-14-2008, 09:30 AM
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Stuck In Reality
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Holden MA
Posts: 4,519
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No power till possibly Fri. Looks like a tornado went thru here. Telephone poles are down not just wires.
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12-14-2008, 08:02 PM
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#28
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: warwick RI
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I saw the ice storm on the news - the last time I saw anything like that in RI was about a week before the blizzard of 78. Back then I was 13 and wayward - Yeeee Haaaa!
Looking back I'm glad I was a kid and not an adult for that storm.
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still by the firelight
and purple moonlight
I hear the rusted river's call
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12-15-2008, 06:24 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
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Lucked out with just rain at my house but 25 minutes away I have a sister and some friends that got nailed with the ice (hilltowns). They are saying possibly no power until the 20th 
Sis says the tress that didnt snap by friday are now snapping every time the wind blows..... |
Simplify.......
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12-15-2008, 06:32 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Co-worker in Sterling are still out, wires are on the ground,no sign of improvement, 38F in the house yesterday, pipes frozen, area looks like a microburst hit it.
Sutton same thing
co-worker in Paxton just got a genset this morning.
Samething in Worcester
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