Hurricane Irene

[Robert MoonShadow]

For any DAP members in the path of the hurricane; my thoughts are with you.
Be safe.

[mitchmaine]

hey robert. thanks for the kindness. all week long, we are following the guesses. weatherman aren’t ever right, but if they get it this time, the path for sunday morning is literally right down the driveway. we have been putting everything a hundred pounds or less in the barn, but there isn’t any saying the barn will still be there. up here its wind to the east and water to the west of the hurricanes, both when it jumps in your lap. cross your fingers and talk to ya later. mitch

[near horse]

I second Robert’s comment – we’re thinking of you all. Hoping it’s a miss but wanting you all to be safe!

[dominiquer60]

Thanks guys,
We are expecting to run the generator a bit and to have some repairs to do on Monday when it is bright and shiny. Our major concerns are that the greenhouses and coverall building are still in one piece and that the corn doesn’t go down. High corn prices are bad enough, but when you have acres of it waiting to be chopped and picked seeing it lodged and down with animals waiting to be fed, it may get a little ugly around here. My thoughts are with those south of us and on the coast, batten the hatches its going to be one heck of a time.

[karl t pfister]

What is worse drought not seen in 20 years or hurricanes that flatten hay and runs muddy water through crops with logs and debris .

It’s one thing to read the weather and the maps and listen to the fortune tellers of the weather and it’s something different to think you’re prepared for epic tragedy involving livestock,crops and peoples lives . I guess I’m glad again not to have a tv the radio is bad enough,and what of generations past that had no warning whatsoever ,WOW, no wonder Wrath was a word in common usage then.

Got some good hay in today , the calm before the storm,I am grateful . Monday’s sunshine will not shine the same as todays,peace

[Carl Russell]

Our Governor is saying there is a chance for 10″ of rain here in VT on Sunday into Monday. I don’t really want to see that, but this I gotta see.

http://maps.wunderground.com/data/640×480/ne_ir_anim.gif

Carl

[Gabe Ayers]

Carl,
Load up the horses and cart in the am and come on down! I have a feeling there’s going to be a lot of hardwood to go around here. Looks like we are on the windy side of this. Spent the last two days putting all the projectiles away, but we own the high ground so we should be ok. Thanks for the kind thoughts from everyone, keep ya posted. Kevin

[dominiquer60]

Trying to find the positive in such a storm.

This evening I was up on the hill over looking the farm where we have all of our tomatoes. I was busy adding a couple more strings to the tomato trellises when the first band of Irene approached. It was just a dark line across the southern sky, and the contrast with the sun trying to burn through an overcast sky on the hill was magical. The Grafton Hills to the south were dark masses with sun dappled forests in the foreground. The air was very still, birds gathered in flocks centered around the lone oak in the hay field below me and the storm literally rumbled closer. Sheets of rain eventually consumed the hills and blanketed them with a grayish white. Even when the breeze hit I did not rush, sure that I would finish in time. I was even able to harvest a few heirlooms that had ripened in the last 24 hours since our Friday harvest. With hardly a front end left in our field vehicle I slowly descended our hill to meet the wall of rain in our little Pine Valley.

I enjoy watching the the weather radar, but when something with such magnitude approaches me, I like to watch it in person on a high spot and take it all in.

She is a beauty, but will be more beautiful once she is done and gone.

[Robert MoonShadow]

Everybody still okay? {Those that still have power, please check in and let us know, ayuh?}

[Carl Russell]

Raining steadily since midnight here. Eerily calm… not a breath of wind. Still wondering what to do. I feel like I won’t really kick into action until I see what I have to clean up….

Off-grid here, so we should be able to continue to function. It is such a guessing game to see how much wind and/or rain we will actually get. The eye is supposed to pass about 60 miles east of here by 5pm. I’m hoping land-fall will take the guts out of her, but they predict she will still be a Cat 1 by the time she hits VT.

More later, Carl

[Jim Ostergard]

Over this way in Appleton we have had about 1/2″ of rain overnight with calm air. It is starting to air up a bit now and the radar shows lots of rain around. Think I will turn the guys out for a bit mostly so I can muck out and they can get some exercise. Got everything lear of the big trees just in case. The wet ground on the coast allow a lot of mature spruce to blow over this winter and something like that may happen here if the wind stays up. Kind of weather makes me happy to be ashore, saw enough of it during my fishing days. Thanks for everyones’ thoughts.
Jim O.

[Robert MoonShadow]

Are you sure you want to pile up fresh manure outside just before a humongous wind picks up? :p

[Pete Jesse]

A few inches of rain.
Power has been on and off, currently on.
So far not as windy as expected in Chenango County.
Family is camped out at State Fair for horse shows.

[reb]

Not to bad here yet, the horses are still out. The rain and wind come in short bursts, than it is calm for a bit. We might head out to Pemaquid point light house later and watch the surf. Everyone along the coast here have been pulling their boats out or trying to find a safe harbor. I’ll post some pics later if the surf is really big.
Be safe,
Richard

[Carl Russell]

Six to nine inches so far….. virtually no wind, and they say she’s blown herself out.

Lots of major flooding.

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