Damage reports

upthesaukee · 10-30-2012, 08:41 AM

that narrows it down some!

Some tree limbs down. Rusty's leaves in Wolfeboro blew onto my yard in Alton Bay.

Actually, the wind stripped the leaves on our very large oak tree in our front yard.

Power went out Mon afternoon around 315 or so, and back on about 4 or a little after. A few flickers and then the power went out at 6 and came back on around 730. A few more flickers during the evening, went to bed about midnight and power stayed on all night.

Had some very powerful gusts late afternoon into the evening that rattled windows and howled through the trees. Fortunately, most of the leaves were already off the trees so the wind didn't have much to grab onto and just blew through the empty branches. Haven't been down to the boat yet, but it should be ok. I tied boat off the dock, had lines to both sides of the slip and lines keeping the boat back off the front walkway dock.

My feathered friends are glad I left my feeders out...they have been on a feeding frenzy this morning. All in all, from my perspective, not a bad storm here locally. Thank goodness.

Ropetow · 10-30-2012, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by upthesaukee

Haven't been down to the boat yet, but it should be ok. I tied boat off the dock, had lines to both sides of the slip and lines keeping the boat back off the front walkway dock

Your boat looks fine. I was down checking mine early this afternoon.

jeffk · 10-30-2012, 06:46 PM

A tree came down across Castle Shore Road road and knocked lines off 3 poles and killed power. The tree is off the road and power is back on but the lines are still down. Driving around there were a lot of small branches down but nothing too serious. Went for a walk on Keywadin Road in Center Harbor and there was a tree down in the road and lines down as well.

jazzman · 10-30-2012, 07:29 PM

Anyone know if there is power on the Wolfeboro islands? I can see my boat still sitting on it's dock in Wolfeboro on webcam, so at least that's all good.

upthesaukee · 10-30-2012, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Ropetow

Your boat looks fine. I was down checking mine early this afternoon.

I went down just before noon, did the mail run, checked the boat and got lottery tickets. Boat was fine. Left it still cross tied in the slip in case we get some back lash winds, or high winds from the thunderstorm that is moving across the Alton area right now. Flash Kaboom......flash Kaboom...flash Kaboom....now where did those cats go?????

TiltonBB · 10-30-2012, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by upthesaukee

I went down just before noon, did the mail run, checked the boat and got lottery tickets. Boat was fine. Left it still cross tied in the slip in case we get some back lash winds, or high winds from the thunderstorm that is moving across the Alton area right now. Flash Kaboom......flash Kaboom...flash Kaboom....now where did those cats go?????

Sorry you wasted your money on lottery tickets! I already bought the winning lottery tickets! I'll let you know how I enjoy the money but thank you for heping to fund my winnings.

HellRaZoR004 · 10-30-2012, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by TiltonBB

Sorry you wasted your money on lottery tickets! I already bought the winning lottery tickets! I'll let you know how I enjoy the money but thank you for heping to fund my winnings.

Sry - winner is sitting right next to me

If only....

Mink Islander · 10-30-2012, 10:04 PM

Since NYC and the markets were shut down today, I took the suddenly open calendar as an opportunity to load in kerosene for the winter on Mink. Power is out - but I knew that. All I have to do is call the house and if it answers, I have power, if not, well....

Evidence of some downed trees on Meredith Neck Road that had been cleared.

Shep's pulled a lot boats this week. My little Whaler really stood out as one of the very few still in the water.

No damage to the camp. Checked out the neighbor's camp and walked the main power line on the island. No downed lines. No trees on wires. Wanted to give the co-op more specific info to help their work effort.

Took a spin around the North side of Bear to check the other family camps. No visible damage there either. By all appearances, damage was minimal.

We dodged a bullet here, for sure.

PaugusBayFireFighter · 10-30-2012, 10:19 PM

Just had a pretty good storm cell go over Christmas Island with more wind than at anytime yesterday...lots of sideways rain and plenty of lightning...10 minute start to finish. Calm now!

Newbiesaukee · 10-30-2012, 10:27 PM

Just had the nasty storm at Harilla's on Long Island. A lot of,wind yesterday as we face east. No power from around 4 pm yesterday until,this afternoon. Telephone and Internet back about the same time. We fortunately had no damage.

PaugusBayFireFighter · 10-31-2012, 09:10 AM

Around 10:00 last night there was some rain and wind, in a flash the wind picked up very quickly and shook the house. I was sure something had touched down or was about to. The roar of wind and the sound of rain hitting the house, lightning with immediate thunder, indicated the cell was on top of us. I hurried down the hall to flip on the outside flood lights to see what the trees were doing and I couldn't see the back deck, it was like being in a car wash. I went back down the hall to tell my wife we may want to go to the basement (we have tall pines around the house and our bedroom is on the top floor) and she freaked out. She had never seen me concerned about a thunder storm. Before she could even get out of the bedroom the wind and rain stopped, like someone flipped a switch. That confirmed, for my amature weather knowledge, that we had either a micro-burst or one heck of a cell pass over us. When I told my wife never mind, it's over, she looked baffled. I tried to explain what I thought happened but to no avail. She was angry I scared her.

My guess was confirmed this morning when I saw a micro-burst caused heavy damage in Franklin. It may not have been the same burst, but it originated from the same cell. I wonder if anybody else felt similar conditions.

fatlazyless · 10-31-2012, 09:38 AM

...big light flash & a big roar clap...repeated again & again...looked to be a couple miles south maybe in Gilford last night ab out 10-pm.....those sure got my attention....felt like the weather gods were pulling the lanyard on their heavy artillery.....flash....kaboom....flash...kaboom... ...flash....kaboom....

.......

This storm did a good job of shak'n all the brown oak leaves off their branches...could be a good day to get to work with a rake!

Newbiesaukee · 10-31-2012, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by PaugusBayFireFighter

Around 10:00 last night there was some rain and wind, in a flash the wind picked up very quickly and shook the house. I was sure something had touched down or was about to. The roar of wind and the sound of rain hitting the house, lightning with immediate thunder, indicated the cell was on top of us. I hurried down the hall to flip on the outside flood lights to see what the trees were doing and I couldn't see the back deck, it was like being in a car wash. I went back down the hall to tell my wife we may want to go to the basement (we have tall pines around the house and our bedroom is on the top floor) and she freaked out. She had never seen me concerned about a thunder storm. Before she could even get out of the bedroom the wind and rain stopped, like someone flipped a switch. That confirmed, for my amature weather knowledge, that we had either a micro-burst or one heck of a cell pass over us. When I told my wife never mind, it's over, she looked baffled. I tried to explain what I thought happened but to no avail. She was angry I scared her.

My guess was confirmed this morning when I saw a micro-burst caused heavy damage in Franklin. It may not have been the same burst, but it originated from the same cell. I wonder if anybody else felt similar conditions.

That is exactly what happened on Long Island after my post. It was very short but worse than I can recall. It seemed a very unusual event. We lost our house in Hurricane Andrew so I know what really bad weather is like.

skprbob · 10-31-2012, 10:42 PM

Driving on 25 thru Center Harbor Tues nite, I had the Weather Service radio on and they posted a severe thunderstorm warning for a cell that, at 9:11 PM was near Barrington and moving north at 65 mph (yes! 65 mph), capable of producing 60 mph winds and "deadly" ground lightning. The list of areas in its path included Rochester, most all the Lake towns, and Lebanon (yes! Lebanon). By the time I got home to 19 Mile Bay, the storm was arriving. It flashed through in less than five minutes - fastest moving storm I've ever seen.

BTW - PBFF: Amen to your avatar and quote!

PaugusBayFireFighter · 11-01-2012, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by skprbob

It flashed through in less than five minutes - fastest moving storm I've ever seen

It was like a fast moving train going over the house. The wind went from a light breeze to a 5 minute sustained gale and then back to dead calm. Felt like I was in the Tornado attraction at Universal Studios, no flying cows that I could see!

10-30-2012, 08:41 AM	#1
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,609 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,480 Thanked 1,984 Times in 1,084 Posts	Alton Bay 1/2 mile above Sandy Point West side that narrows it down some! Some tree limbs down. Rusty's leaves in Wolfeboro blew onto my yard in Alton Bay. Actually, the wind stripped the leaves on our very large oak tree in our front yard. Power went out Mon afternoon around 315 or so, and back on about 4 or a little after. A few flickers and then the power went out at 6 and came back on around 730. A few more flickers during the evening, went to bed about midnight and power stayed on all night. Had some very powerful gusts late afternoon into the evening that rattled windows and howled through the trees. Fortunately, most of the leaves were already off the trees so the wind didn't have much to grab onto and just blew through the empty branches. Haven't been down to the boat yet, but it should be ok. I tied boat off the dock, had lines to both sides of the slip and lines keeping the boat back off the front walkway dock. My feathered friends are glad I left my feeders out...they have been on a feeding frenzy this morning. All in all, from my perspective, not a bad storm here locally. Thank goodness. __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

10-30-2012, 06:46 PM	#3
jeffk Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,188 Thanks: 210 Thanked 457 Times in 262 Posts	Suissevalle A tree came down across Castle Shore Road road and knocked lines off 3 poles and killed power. The tree is off the road and power is back on but the lines are still down. Driving around there were a lot of small branches down but nothing too serious. Went for a walk on Keywadin Road in Center Harbor and there was a tree down in the road and lines down as well.

10-30-2012, 10:04 PM	#8
Mink Islander Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 753 Thanks: 59 Thanked 271 Times in 129 Posts	Mink Island update Since NYC and the markets were shut down today, I took the suddenly open calendar as an opportunity to load in kerosene for the winter on Mink. Power is out - but I knew that. All I have to do is call the house and if it answers, I have power, if not, well.... Evidence of some downed trees on Meredith Neck Road that had been cleared. Shep's pulled a lot boats this week. My little Whaler really stood out as one of the very few still in the water. No damage to the camp. Checked out the neighbor's camp and walked the main power line on the island. No downed lines. No trees on wires. Wanted to give the co-op more specific info to help their work effort. Took a spin around the North side of Bear to check the other family camps. No visible damage there either. By all appearances, damage was minimal. We dodged a bullet here, for sure.

10-30-2012, 10:27 PM	#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	Just had the nasty storm at Harilla's on Long Island. A lot of,wind yesterday as we face east. No power from around 4 pm yesterday until,this afternoon. Telephone and Internet back about the same time. We fortunately had no damage. __________________ "You're only young once, but you can be immature forever."

10-31-2012, 09:38 AM	#12
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,908 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 304 Thanked 1,048 Times in 764 Posts	...big light flash & a big roar clap...repeated again & again...looked to be a couple miles south maybe in Gilford last night ab out 10-pm.....those sure got my attention....felt like the weather gods were pulling the lanyard on their heavy artillery.....flash....kaboom....flash...kaboom... ...flash....kaboom.... ....... This storm did a good job of shak'n all the brown oak leaves off their branches...could be a good day to get to work with a rake! __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!

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10-30-2012, 07:29 PM	#4
jazzman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Mont Vernon NH & Big Barndoor Island Posts: 323 Thanks: 4 Thanked 184 Times in 62 Posts	Anyone know if there is power on the Wolfeboro islands? I can see my boat still sitting on it's dock in Wolfeboro on webcam, so at least that's all good.

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10-30-2012, 10:19 PM	#9
PaugusBayFireFighter Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 837 Thanks: 361 Thanked 674 Times in 264 Posts	Just had a pretty good storm cell go over Christmas Island with more wind than at anytime yesterday...lots of sideways rain and plenty of lightning...10 minute start to finish. Calm now!

10-31-2012, 09:10 AM	#11
PaugusBayFireFighter Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 837 Thanks: 361 Thanked 674 Times in 264 Posts	Around 10:00 last night there was some rain and wind, in a flash the wind picked up very quickly and shook the house. I was sure something had touched down or was about to. The roar of wind and the sound of rain hitting the house, lightning with immediate thunder, indicated the cell was on top of us. I hurried down the hall to flip on the outside flood lights to see what the trees were doing and I couldn't see the back deck, it was like being in a car wash. I went back down the hall to tell my wife we may want to go to the basement (we have tall pines around the house and our bedroom is on the top floor) and she freaked out. She had never seen me concerned about a thunder storm. Before she could even get out of the bedroom the wind and rain stopped, like someone flipped a switch. That confirmed, for my amature weather knowledge, that we had either a micro-burst or one heck of a cell pass over us. When I told my wife never mind, it's over, she looked baffled. I tried to explain what I thought happened but to no avail. She was angry I scared her. My guess was confirmed this morning when I saw a micro-burst caused heavy damage in Franklin. It may not have been the same burst, but it originated from the same cell. I wonder if anybody else felt similar conditions.

10-31-2012, 10:42 PM	#14
skprbob Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 19 Mile Bay Posts: 147 Thanks: 0 Thanked 90 Times in 29 Posts	tuesday PM Driving on 25 thru Center Harbor Tues nite, I had the Weather Service radio on and they posted a severe thunderstorm warning for a cell that, at 9:11 PM was near Barrington and moving north at 65 mph (yes! 65 mph), capable of producing 60 mph winds and "deadly" ground lightning. The list of areas in its path included Rochester, most all the Lake towns, and Lebanon (yes! Lebanon). By the time I got home to 19 Mile Bay, the storm was arriving. It flashed through in less than five minutes - fastest moving storm I've ever seen. BTW - PBFF: Amen to your avatar and quote!