Fierce Nor'easter, record rain, high winds, snow, flooding, 9 Dead

[uppityperson]

How are NE DUers doing?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_on_re_us/spring_storm_85
Hundreds of people were evacuated from flooded homes Monday and refrigerators and trucks floated downstream as a fierce nor'easter drenched the Northeast with record rainfall, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses.Nine deaths were blamed on the huge storm. Washouts, flooding, mudslides and fallen trees blocked roads. As waves pounded the coast, boats sank at their piers in Maine. Suburbs north of New York City were among the hardest hit. Mamaroneck resident Nicholas Staropoli said a truck near his home "actually floated up on the riverbank."

The rain totaled 8.21 inches in suburban White Plains from early Sunday to Monday morning, with 7.81 inches in New York City's Central Park, the
National Weather Service said. The previous Central Park record for April 15 was just 1.8 inches, set in 1906. Eliot, Maine, got nearly 7 inches. Snow fell in inland areas, including 17 inches in Vermont. Wind gusts to more than 80 mph toppled trees on highways in Maine.

New York had activated 3,200 Guard members to help with evacuations and New Hampshire sent 200 to hard-hit towns. The Connecticut National Guard supplied amphibious vehicles to the hard-hit southwestern part of the state. More than 780,000 homes and businesses had lost power from Maine to North Carolina, where some 235,000 customers were blacked out. Public Service Company of New Hampshire said some of its customers could be without power for several days because roads were washed out.

"We have incredible amounts of damage," said Steve Costello, a spokesman for Central Vermont Public Service, describing power lines brought down by high wind. "I've never seen anything like it."...(more@link)

[Reverend_Smitty]

1. They cancelled school here...

not really sure why, we don't live in a flood zone and all the snow (yes snow) was gone by 9-10am. My dad works for a newspaper and he said that the Delaware River was rising and some areas of Trenton were flooded pretty badly (but those areas always flood). Other than the wind and rain (and a little snow) we've been pretty lucky judging by those reports

[uppityperson]

2. Here is a picture to show the storm, satellite pict

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dang, picture won't show, go to link to see the pretty picture. Wild.
Here's another that does show.

[On the Road]

3. I Spent Yesterday Afternoon

clearing out a couple inches of water and mud from a rowhouse in Baltimore that was flooding. The winds kept me up half the night. Don't remember anything like it in recent memory.

[uppityperson]

4. Hear tell there were high spring tides with storm surge on top along with the rain.

All this ocean stuff makes me realize that I like living at a bit of elevation. Hope today/tonight is better for you.

[NJCher]

5. It was brutal

Today our university campus opened several hours late. On the way to my first class, I was astonished to see the manhole covers spouting out water like they were fountains.

Everywhere were little "lakes" from water that couldn't find a place to go.

Many streets were closed and we found yellow tape just about everywhere. It was really hard to get anywhere and if you didn't know the neighborhood, you were SOL because there was no one to help. Off in the distance, there were police or fire trucks with flashing lights and sirens.

There are some incredible pictures of the flood at www.nj.com. Slideshow. It was so amazing to look at some of those spots and realize that I was just there the other day. There but for the grace of...

I had several inches of water in myu basement last night but this a.m., it had all receded.



Cher

[uppityperson]

7. Thanks for the link and hoping things settle down soon.

[Ksec]

6. Eastern Ohio and wind rain are brutal

I dont know if its the Neaster but its been blowing shit all over the place here.

Really violent gusts.