[Rhodes22-list] Robert...snow

[Robert Skinner]

elle, 

Glad to hear that you have no major damage.  You
must have been very worried about WM.  Hope there is not
a scratch on her.

Sorry to be so late in responding.  Just got the cable back,
and with it, my Inet access.

Lost a major section of our roof shingles - no other damage 
worth talking about.  Snow was gone by Monday night - rain 
melted it.  Winds here topped 60 mph - a 25-year storm.
according to some who purport to know.  

We are still seeing gusts up to 40, and the rain continues.  
The stream down in the ravine near the house is barreling 
along.  Rivers are full or over their banks and still 
rising.  A woman and her grandchile were swept into a river
and drowned when they tried to wade across it.

Elsewhere, Saco (near Bush compound) lost ocean-front 
houses due to combination of high tide and storm surge.  
Winds up to 81 mph were recorded in Cape Elizabeth.  Wind 
hit 130 or so mph on top of Mt. Washington.

I have one foot nailed to the floor waiting for the roofer
to get here.  After that, I'll make a tour of the local
neighborhood to check on neighbors who may need help.

Thanks for asking,
/robert
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elle wrote:
> 
> Well, Robert,
> 
> What does your world look like this AM? Has this storm
> morphed into a true blizzard?
> 
> It's still blowing hard here...and I'm really
> protected ....had to go to retie lines at 7AM..(dead
> low tide)...the wind just blows the water out of the
> Bay & sucks it out of the creeks & we get these
> extreme lows ....WM is just rocking & rollin out
> there...
> 
> How's the weather around the rest of the Bay?
> 
> elle
> 
> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
> 
>  1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "Water Music"   (Lady in Red)
> 
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Robert Skinner  "Squirrel Haven" 
Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
s/v "Little Dipper" & "Edith P."