Irene updates

newbie · 08-28-2011, 07:30 AM

Was hoping that the folks who are riding out the storm in the Lakes Region would be nice enough to give us Flatlanders updates as to how things are faring up North. Don't forget to tell everyone your location before the update.

Thanks and be safe

SteveA · 08-28-2011, 07:36 AM

medium rain, with some bands of heavy rain, winds calm.

upthesaukee · 08-28-2011, 07:45 AM

Rainfall has been anywhere from light to moderate/heavy and everything in between. We have just had our first peal of thunder and a look at the weather map shows a heavy band of weather just south of us, yellow and red on the map. Guessing we will have a bout with heavier rain shortly.

Sunrise Point · 08-28-2011, 08:02 AM

In Meredith Center, we have heavy rain, some thunder and a gusty breeze from the northeast.

We just got back from filling the water jugs at Meredith town docks and had a great breakfast at Georges Cafe. It was very quiet in downtown Meredith.

Stay safe everyone.

Frdxplorer · 08-28-2011, 08:50 AM

Report from the broads: just came in from a quick ride to the broads from Winter Harbor (13' whaler). Winter harbor was mostly calm. The broads to barbers pole were not unmanageable but it was clear that conditions were deteriorating and could quickly change. Worst part by far was the rain in the face.

CateP · 08-28-2011, 08:53 AM

Big ESE gusty winds creating 2 ft. waves on Rust Pond. Can't imagine the broads right now.

Newbiesaukee · 08-28-2011, 09:00 AM

Heavy rain and some wind on eastern Long Island, seems a typical storm, but it is early. 6-8 boats on the floating docks at Harilla's. One guy heading out right now. Last night there were about usual number of lights on Little Bear and Cow so I guess some folks stayed.

Slickcraft · 08-28-2011, 09:19 AM

On the hillside in West Alton: At 10:15 am light wind, moderate to heavy rain, 2.4" so far in the rain gauge.

Whimsey · 08-28-2011, 09:21 AM

Here in West Alton, it currently pretty calm. The wind seems to come in bouts with the peak gust at 23 mph so far mostly from the ESE. About 2.61 inches of rain so far.

Newbiesaukee · 08-28-2011, 09:34 AM

3 hours ago wind from NE, very recently switched to SE which is the progression predicted. Still interesting to watch. Lights flickering which is never a happy sign. On Long Island.

CateP · 08-28-2011, 10:08 AM

Rust Pond-Wolfeboro

Bear Islander · 08-28-2011, 10:15 AM

Power went out on Bear Island right at 9am.

I should have made the coffee earlier!

CateP · 08-28-2011, 10:20 AM

Metrocast cable out in Wolfeboro...at least where I am.

Senter Cove Guy · 08-28-2011, 10:23 AM

They just went by light buoy #12 heading east. Wind is gusty and blowing at some pretty good levels.

CateP · 08-28-2011, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by CateP

Metrocast cable out in Wolfeboro...at least where I am.

Back on. Power went off for a few seconds.

CL 240 LS · 08-28-2011, 11:20 AM

Moultonboro
Power is out for about and hour now. Generator running,cable and internet still up!

Slickcraft · 08-28-2011, 11:33 AM

At 12:30 in West Alton power has been off about an hour, running on generator. 4" in the rain gauge. Gusty wind and taken down most of the Silver Queen crop 5 days prior to harvest.

CateP · 08-28-2011, 12:03 PM

Really bad winds at Rust Pond. No way to gauge speed, but a large tree just uprooted next to the house and fell along the property line. Noiselessly.
Can't wait for this to be over.
Waves easily 3 ft on the "pond".

Doing towel brigade with leaky window.

Whimsey · 08-28-2011, 12:13 PM

It been surprisingly quiet to date. We lost power at 11:30 am, and are up to 3.83 inches of rain, but wind has been averaging less than 10 mph out of the ESE with a peak of 30 mph. I suspect that since we are on a hillside facing NE, that the mountain is blocking a lot of the wind. Waves are 1-2 ft...nothing that big.

MDoug · 08-28-2011, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Bear Islander

Power went out on Bear Island right at 9am.

I should have made the coffee earlier!

Metrocast cable went out around noon in our cove behind Shepard's Isl. This time it stayed up almost three hours after the power went out! Fairpoint and DSL still up, thanks to generator.

Anyone hazard a guess about how long it'll take the NHEC crew to venture out to Bear?

Aguamenti · 08-28-2011, 09:19 PM

We bore out the storm here in MA with only a few casualties. Nervous to head up to NH next weekend to see what Irene hath wrought. Storms like this scare me - we lost entire trees, but the mail in my wide open mailbox sat unscathed!

jetskier · 08-28-2011, 09:36 PM

I got a call from my neighbor that the mooring rope on the jetski had snapped and the jetski went up on the rocks...if that is the only damage to property it could indeed have been worse.

Jetskier

Jack · 08-28-2011, 10:10 PM

Got this from my brother in upstate NY. Bye Irene!!!

CanisLupusArctos · 08-28-2011, 11:18 PM

The wind became sustained at 40 mph this morning, from the SE, at Black Cat. Peak gust was 60 mph from that same direction, around 2 pm. Rain total was 2.49 inches for the storm.

Large debris has been observed in the lake.

I've been at the Moultonborough Fire Station since about 2 pm. Along with many other call FD's in the area, we staffed our stations for the storm. We're keeping a few for the overnight so I'm still here. Here in downtown Moultonborough we've been wondering where the storm is, for most of the day. Driving here at 2 pm, I got drenched on one side of myself just walking out to the car. Was dodging debris in the road, all the way down to Rt. 25. The farther I drove, the less storm I saw.

At some points this afternoon we were wondering "Where is the storm?" and I'd check in with the WeatherCam -- hard to believe it was reporting high winds, with webcam showing waves crashing over the dock. What a difference a few miles makes in topography like New Hampshire's.

Lots of trees and wires down all over the place. Around 10 pm our power went out/generator kicked in, at the station. We're still on generator power and Coop's web site says the whole town is out, with much of the rest of this area. The WeatherCam's last update -- probably made by the last juice in the battery backup -- was at 11:30 pm.

Gatto Nero, what's the wind like out on the island now?

trfour · 08-29-2011, 04:53 AM

Saved Lives. A pat on the back for forecasters! ; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44310738/ns/weather/

Don't put your waders away just yet though!

Slickcraft · 08-29-2011, 07:17 AM

Yes the wind was really howling at 1:00 am today, quiet now. Still on generator in West Alton.

We stopped at Fay's at 7:00 am on our way to breakfast, no apparent damage at Fay's.

CateP · 08-29-2011, 07:59 AM

Just want to send kudos to the power folks in Wolfeboro. Amazingly I had power during the whole storm except for one brief outage. I have never seen or heard wind so strong and there are branches and downed trees everywhere...but the power stayed on!!

Still going to look into getting a generator though when I move up here.

Other good news is that my shore house and boat survived in NJ so I am especially grateful for that. Going back...oh sometime soonish.

MDoug · 08-29-2011, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CateP

Just want to send kudos to the power folks in Wolfeboro. Amazingly I had power during the whole storm except for one brief outage. I have never seen or heard wind so strong and there are branches and downed trees everywhere...but the power stayed on!!

Still going to look into getting a generator though when I move up here.

Other good news is that my shore house and boat survived in NJ so I am especially grateful for that. Going back...oh sometime soonish.

Lost power Sunday at 9:00 a.m. on Bear Island. It's still out, as is Metrocast Cable. I recommend generators for everybody around the lake--we've really had to depend on ours this season! I also plan to learn how to rig my laptop to my TV for whatever programs are available when cable is out.

AC2717 · 08-29-2011, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MDoug

Lost power Sunday at 9:00 a.m. on Bear Island. It's still out, as is Metrocast Cable. I recommend generators for everybody around the lake--we've really had to depend on ours this season! I also plan to learn how to rig my laptop to my TV for whatever programs are available when cable is out.

easy piesy - obviously the tv needs to tap the generator, as well as the laptop
but if you have a HDMI port on your laptop and your TV has a HDMI input then all you need to do is get a HDMI cable and the rest is history!

MDoug · 08-29-2011, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by AC2717

easy piesy - obviously the tv needs to tap the generator, as well as the laptop
but if you have a HDMI port on your laptop and your TV has a HDMI input then all you need to do is get a HDMI cable and the rest is history!

Many thanks! I'll start looking for the ports.

MDoug · 08-30-2011, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by AC2717

easy piesy - obviously the tv needs to tap the generator, as well as the laptop
but if you have a HDMI port on your laptop and your TV has a HDMI input then all you need to do is get a HDMI cable and the rest is history!

Is an HDMI port the same as the VGA port for a larger screen for the laptop?

brk-lnt · 08-30-2011, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MDoug

Is an HDMI port the same as the VGA port for a larger screen for the laptop?

No.

HDMI is kind of like a wide USB port with angled edges. Or, if you have a DVI port, that can become an HDMI port with a cheap adapter.

MDoug · 08-30-2011, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by brk-lnt

No.

HDMI is kind of like a wide USB port with angled edges. Or, if you have a DVI port, that can become an HDMI port with a cheap adapter.

It looks as if I have a mini display port on my laptop, so I'll probably need to get an adapter cable to run to my big screen HDMI input--right?

Then I can go to hulu.com for programs,

AC2717 · 08-30-2011, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MDoug

It looks as if I have a mini display port on my laptop, so I'll probably need to get an adapter cable to run to my big screen HDMI input--right?

Then I can go to hulu.com for programs,

should work

MDoug · 08-31-2011, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by AC2717

should work

Went to the little computer store at the roundabout in Meredith and got a cable for the laptop display port. Hooked it up to my HDTV, and it worked fine. With our generator to run the laptop, the TV and the wireless router DSL, we now can have programs through hulu.com when Metrocast goes down.

AC2717 · 09-01-2011, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by MDoug

Went to the little computer store at the roundabout in Meredith and got a cable for the laptop display port. Hooked it up to my HDTV, and it worked fine. With our generator to run the laptop, the TV and the wireless router DSL, we now can have programs through hulu.com when Metrocast goes down.

ALright!!!

dayvsea · 09-06-2011, 06:11 PM

Of course the new tablets will have the connectivity, and the screen, and the low battery drain...That's be the ticket (although I like the above with a month of block time prepaid on the adapter..) I hate the subscription model on everything we touch!

dayvsea · 08-29-2011, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MDoug

Lost power Sunday at 9:00 a.m. on Bear Island. It's still out, as is Metrocast Cable. I recommend generators for everybody around the lake--we've really had to depend on ours this season! I also plan to learn how to rig my laptop to my TV for whatever programs are available when cable is out.

Nice to have a Wireless cellular modem and a charged laptop battery on the table and you are off to the races.. Hulu.com will have entertainment and news.. Even with a transformer for the laptop doubtful it would be over 100wtts. And that setup wouldn't care if all the wires were down....

MDoug · 08-30-2011, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by dayvsea

Nice to have a Wireless cellular modem and a charged laptop battery on the table and you are off to the races.. Hulu.com will have entertainment and news.. Even with a transformer for the laptop doubtful it would be over 100wtts. And that setup wouldn't care if all the wires were down....

I definitely will try that during the next outage. Thanks!

Power came back on around noon on South Bear, followed by Metrocast. We're still glad we spent a "staycation" at Mill Falls last night. We had had enough of roughing it.

08-28-2011, 07:36 AM	#2
SteveA Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 2,311 Thanks: 1,070 Thanked 2,054 Times in 497 Posts	Gilford 8.34AM medium rain, with some bands of heavy rain, winds calm. __________________ "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry he'll be a mile away and barefoot!" unknown

08-28-2011, 07:45 AM	#3
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,614 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,483 Thanked 1,987 Times in 1,087 Posts	Alton Bay 842 am Rainfall has been anywhere from light to moderate/heavy and everything in between. We have just had our first peal of thunder and a look at the weather map shows a heavy band of weather just south of us, yellow and red on the map. Guessing we will have a bout with heavier rain shortly. __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

08-28-2011, 08:50 AM	#5
Frdxplorer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: York, PA Posts: 234 Thanks: 2 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Broads Report from the broads: just came in from a quick ride to the broads from Winter Harbor (13' whaler). Winter harbor was mostly calm. The broads to barbers pole were not unmanageable but it was clear that conditions were deteriorating and could quickly change. Worst part by far was the rain in the face.

08-28-2011, 09:00 AM	#7
Newbiesaukee Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Coral Gables, winter; Long Island, summer Posts: 1,363 Thanks: 961 Thanked 575 Times in 300 Posts	Heavy rain and some wind on eastern Long Island, seems a typical storm, but it is early. 6-8 boats on the floating docks at Harilla's. One guy heading out right now. Last night there were about usual number of lights on Little Bear and Cow so I guess some folks stayed. __________________ "You're only young once, but you can be immature forever."

08-28-2011, 09:21 AM	#9
Whimsey Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rum Point/West Alton Posts: 196 Thanks: 261 Thanked 37 Times in 24 Posts	Weast Alton Update Here in West Alton, it currently pretty calm. The wind seems to come in bouts with the peak gust at 23 mph so far mostly from the ESE. About 2.61 inches of rain so far. Last edited by Whimsey; 08-28-2011 at 01:10 PM.

08-28-2011, 07:30 AM	#1
newbie Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Just North of Boston Posts: 111 Thanks: 61 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Irene updates Was hoping that the folks who are riding out the storm in the Lakes Region would be nice enough to give us Flatlanders updates as to how things are faring up North. Don't forget to tell everyone your location before the update. Thanks and be safe

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08-28-2011, 08:02 AM	#4
Sunrise Point Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Meredith Center / Winnisquam Posts: 250 Thanks: 87 Thanked 34 Times in 21 Posts	In Meredith Center, we have heavy rain, some thunder and a gusty breeze from the northeast. We just got back from filling the water jugs at Meredith town docks and had a great breakfast at Georges Cafe. It was very quiet in downtown Meredith. Stay safe everyone.

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08-28-2011, 08:53 AM	#6
CateP Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 868 Thanks: 584 Thanked 540 Times in 210 Posts	Big ESE gusty winds creating 2 ft. waves on Rust Pond. Can't imagine the broads right now.

08-28-2011, 09:19 AM	#8
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,344 Thanks: 1,249 Thanked 2,121 Times in 970 Posts	On the hillside in West Alton: At 10:15 am light wind, moderate to heavy rain, 2.4" so far in the rain gauge.

08-28-2011, 09:34 AM	#10
Newbiesaukee Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Coral Gables, winter; Long Island, summer Posts: 1,363 Thanks: 961 Thanked 575 Times in 300 Posts	3 hours ago wind from NE, very recently switched to SE which is the progression predicted. Still interesting to watch. Lights flickering which is never a happy sign. On Long Island. __________________ "You're only young once, but you can be immature forever."

08-28-2011, 10:08 AM	#11
CateP Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 868 Thanks: 584 Thanked 540 Times in 210 Posts	Rust Pond-Wolfeboro Attached Images

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08-28-2011, 10:15 AM	#12
Bear Islander Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bear Island Posts: 1,765 Thanks: 32 Thanked 441 Times in 207 Posts	Power went out on Bear Island right at 9am. I should have made the coffee earlier!

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08-28-2011, 10:20 AM	#13
CateP Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 868 Thanks: 584 Thanked 540 Times in 210 Posts	Metrocast cable out in Wolfeboro...at least where I am.

08-28-2011, 10:23 AM	#14
Senter Cove Guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 605 Thanks: 301 Thanked 431 Times in 142 Posts	Marine Patrol Is Out There They just went by light buoy #12 heading east. Wind is gusty and blowing at some pretty good levels. __________________ Lake Winni - The only place I want to be during the summer.

08-28-2011, 11:20 AM	#16
CL 240 LS Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 98 Thanks: 25 Thanked 16 Times in 12 Posts	Moultonboro Power is out for about and hour now. Generator running,cable and internet still up!

08-28-2011, 11:33 AM	#17
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,344 Thanks: 1,249 Thanked 2,121 Times in 970 Posts	At 12:30 in West Alton power has been off about an hour, running on generator. 4" in the rain gauge. Gusty wind and taken down most of the Silver Queen crop 5 days prior to harvest.

08-28-2011, 12:03 PM	#18
CateP Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 868 Thanks: 584 Thanked 540 Times in 210 Posts	Really bad winds at Rust Pond. No way to gauge speed, but a large tree just uprooted next to the house and fell along the property line. Noiselessly. Can't wait for this to be over. Waves easily 3 ft on the "pond". Doing towel brigade with leaky window.

08-28-2011, 12:13 PM	#19
Whimsey Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rum Point/West Alton Posts: 196 Thanks: 261 Thanked 37 Times in 24 Posts	West Alton Update It been surprisingly quiet to date. We lost power at 11:30 am, and are up to 3.83 inches of rain, but wind has been averaging less than 10 mph out of the ESE with a peak of 30 mph. I suspect that since we are on a hillside facing NE, that the mountain is blocking a lot of the wind. Waves are 1-2 ft...nothing that big.

08-28-2011, 09:19 PM	#21
Aguamenti Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: MA/Tuftonboro Posts: 143 Thanks: 95 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	We bore out the storm here in MA with only a few casualties. Nervous to head up to NH next weekend to see what Irene hath wrought. Storms like this scare me - we lost entire trees, but the mail in my wide open mailbox sat unscathed!

08-28-2011, 09:36 PM	#22
jetskier Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Reading, MA and South Down Shores Posts: 855 Thanks: 58 Thanked 183 Times in 114 Posts	Jetski I got a call from my neighbor that the mooring rope on the jetski had snapped and the jetski went up on the rocks...if that is the only damage to property it could indeed have been worse. Jetskier

08-28-2011, 10:10 PM	#23
Jack Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 3 Posts	irene leaving new england/ny state Got this from my brother in upstate NY. Bye Irene!!! Attached Images

08-28-2011, 11:18 PM	#24
CanisLupusArctos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,049 Thanks: 15 Thanked 472 Times in 107 Posts	60 mph at Black Cat Island The wind became sustained at 40 mph this morning, from the SE, at Black Cat. Peak gust was 60 mph from that same direction, around 2 pm. Rain total was 2.49 inches for the storm. Large debris has been observed in the lake. I've been at the Moultonborough Fire Station since about 2 pm. Along with many other call FD's in the area, we staffed our stations for the storm. We're keeping a few for the overnight so I'm still here. Here in downtown Moultonborough we've been wondering where the storm is, for most of the day. Driving here at 2 pm, I got drenched on one side of myself just walking out to the car. Was dodging debris in the road, all the way down to Rt. 25. The farther I drove, the less storm I saw. At some points this afternoon we were wondering "Where is the storm?" and I'd check in with the WeatherCam -- hard to believe it was reporting high winds, with webcam showing waves crashing over the dock. What a difference a few miles makes in topography like New Hampshire's. Lots of trees and wires down all over the place. Around 10 pm our power went out/generator kicked in, at the station. We're still on generator power and Coop's web site says the whole town is out, with much of the rest of this area. The WeatherCam's last update -- probably made by the last juice in the battery backup -- was at 11:30 pm. Gatto Nero, what's the wind like out on the island now? Attached Images

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08-29-2011, 04:53 AM	#25
trfour Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lakes, Central NH. and Dallas/Fort Worth TX. Posts: 3,694 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 3,069 Thanked 472 Times in 236 Posts	'Gold Medal Forecast' Of Irene's Path Saved Lives. A pat on the back for forecasters! ; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44310738/ns/weather/ Don't put your waders away just yet though! __________________ *trfour* Always Remember, The Best Safety Device In The Boat, or on a PWC Snowmobile etc., Is YOU! Safe sledding tips and much more; http://www.snowmobile.org/snowmobiling-safety.html

08-29-2011, 07:17 AM	#26
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,344 Thanks: 1,249 Thanked 2,121 Times in 970 Posts	Yes the wind was really howling at 1:00 am today, quiet now. Still on generator in West Alton. We stopped at Fay's at 7:00 am on our way to breakfast, no apparent damage at Fay's.

08-29-2011, 07:59 AM	#27
CateP Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 868 Thanks: 584 Thanked 540 Times in 210 Posts	I had power the whole time. Just want to send kudos to the power folks in Wolfeboro. Amazingly I had power during the whole storm except for one brief outage. I have never seen or heard wind so strong and there are branches and downed trees everywhere...but the power stayed on!! Still going to look into getting a generator though when I move up here. Other good news is that my shore house and boat survived in NJ so I am especially grateful for that. Going back...oh sometime soonish.

09-06-2011, 06:11 PM	#37
dayvsea Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 115 Thanks: 45 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Of course the new tablets will have the connectivity, and the screen, and the low battery drain...That's be the ticket (although I like the above with a month of block time prepaid on the adapter..) I hate the subscription model on everything we touch!

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