Irene updates

[MDoug]

Originally Posted by Whimsey

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.

On west Bear we've seen much, much worse weather than this, but the power went off early today anyway, followed by cable, then Fairpoint. NHEC's latest recording says 2 or 3 days before power is restored.

The wife and I plan to reserve a room at Mills Falls and shut off the generator tomorrow. Pricey, but that's just the way it is with this weak infrastructure.