Wind KOs Power to Thousands in the East (from Maryland to Maine)

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Wind KOs Power to Thousands in the East
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Oct 29, 8:51 PM (ET)

NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity Sunday from Maryland to Maine as a storm system blasted the region with winds gusting to more than 50 mph, knocking over trees and a construction crane. The storm was blamed for at least two deaths.

Gusts of 70 mph were possible Sunday in northern New York state, the National Weather Service said.

A falling tree killed a motorcyclist in Massachusetts, police said. In New Hampshire, one man was missing after falling off a cruise ship on Lake Winnipesaukee during the storm late Saturday, and one man drowned when his kayak overturned on a rain-swollen river, state officials said.


Workers examine damage after a 165-foot tall crane toppled in high winds onto three house next to Maine Medical Center, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006, in Portland, Maine. Two people in a passing car narrowly avoided the falling crane. No one was injured in the houses. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

In hard-hit Maine, a 165-foot crane with a wrecking ball attached toppled in one of the most populous neighborhoods of Portland, falling on three houses. No injuries were reported.

FULL stroy at link above.

That'll dry the laundry on the clothesline.

:rofl:

finding your sheets somewhere in Newfoundland NB before bedtime, and where oh were did my underwear go? Oh where oh where might it be, my undies flied over to canada, and I ain't got no clean ones for me!
:silly:

:crazy:

Man! That's SOME wind...

:wow:


:P

:wow:I live in a little house in the Northeast, with a big tree nearby. :yoiks:
I worry about windstorms like this one. The place has been making some truly interesting noises in the last two days. I'll be happy when this wind has blown through.

south/southwest. The power flickered a few times, but no loss. Been a real weather weekend up here.

It was back on as soon as we had lighted (lit??) the woodstove and found all the oil lamps at about 7. :)

I guess parts of the coast have been without power for a while now.

that flooded part of Rt 4 (in limnological terms, a seiche).

That's some wind...

:scared:

either the blades are feathered or the turbine nacelle is turned out of the wind.

Bergey wind turbines have survived tornadoes and operate at winds up to 125 mph...

http://www.bergey.com/ (click on the Tornado Tuff icon)

http://www.oufoundation.org/sm/fall2003/story.asp?ID=81

Can we say they got hit with a mini Hurricane

Oh thats right Hurricanes don't go that for East

well with the Atlantic waters warmer that increases the Winds

is ALWAYS windy, more or less. It's a mountaintop.

231 miles per hour (372 kilometers per hour)

According to this, The National Weather Service reported a wind gust of 236 miles per hour on Guam on 17 December 1997. That is the highest non-tornado wind speed yet recorded.

I should note that these are non-tornadic winds. Per the same source noted above, On May 3, 1999, a portable doppler radar measured a wind speed of 318 ± 10 miles per hour at a height of 175 feet in a tornado on the outskirts of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

:wow:

On December 16, 1997, Andersen Air Force Base, on the Pacific island of Guam, reported a gust of 236 miles per hour. If verified, the event would have established a new world record for a surface gust a matter of scientific interest and of special interest to the Mount Washington Observatory, since the reported gust would have eclipsed the existing Mount Washington record by a small margin. As investigation of the Guam report proceeded, it became evident that the claim of a 236 mile per hour gust could not be substantiated.

We include here some reports from that time, illustrating the early reports of the Guam gust and the follow-up to the event, including the final statement of the National Climate Extremes Committee which concluded that the report of a 236 mile per hour gust was not reliable.

http://www.mountwashington.org/about/visitor/recordwind-1997challenge.php

and met some hikers who hadn't realized how cold and windy it would be. They were wearing very light weight clothing and didn't have jackets. Since the train wasn't filled, they gave them a lift down the mountain.

apparently all the porch shutters blew off the family cottage on Lake Ontario, and the porch itself was pushed a bit off its foundation. We just finished closing it up last weekend. Guess what we're doing this weekend?

Quite an impressive storm! We only lost power for a few hours in the middle of the night on Saturday (western NY), but in this drafty old house, with the wind whistling through myriad holes in the foundation/old windows/gappy door jambs, the temp dropped pretty fast. Gods bless the giant woodstove.

What I don't understand: All that wind, and the leaves on the lawn that I haven't raked yet didn't blow away. What's up with that?! :shrug:

just got a report from my hubby. There is two feet of snow in the Adirondacks and 550 square miles still out, mainly lodges and cabins.
His crew and 75 others are going up to tackle that tomorrow.