We still have some bands of rain and some major wind gusts, but the worst of it has blown through. Miraculously, we have not yet lost power, and as far as I can tell we have only branches…no trees…down on the property. However, we were just lucky, as areas just to our east are devastated by flooding. Darby Creek flooded the city of Darby under five feet of water. The Schuykill and Delaware have both topped their banks in Philadelphia and are still rising. Approximately 600,000 people in the region are without power. The obstacles in and flooding of roads is so extensive that travel is nearly impossible, and incredibly ill-advised.
I also see that the East River is pouring into Lower Manhattan. Perhaps, the Hudson, too. We’ll have to see how much the water level rises and how much damage will be done to infrastructure there.
Overall, we’re feeling very fortunate because this storm could have been far worse if it had carried higher wind speeds. But we’re still in a very bad condition, and it will continue to get worse as the rivers swell tonight and tomorrow.
How did you make out?
We live in woodland in rural southern Maryland, and from past experience we knew we were guaranteed to lose some trees and to lose power at some point.
As it turned out, we lost half a dozen trees, but none fell on people or property, and we lost power, but only for 5 hours. It was the best outcome we could have hoped for.
The one really crappy thing is that the power went out forty minutes into the season opener of Doctor Who, which is a cruel blow for a family of Whovians. If we had neighbors, they would have been spooked by the screams of “noooooooooooooooooo” rising up from our darkened house.
Booman- Wow. You really lucked out. What amazes me is that you didn’t even lose power.
Myself, I turned off the air conditioning last night and opened the windows. But I’ve just now closed them and turned the AC back on. Supposed to be hot today.
So do you think this was all overblown, over-hyped? From watching the reports I think it was just luck that the storm spread out so wide and slowed down. I am curious to see the aftermath in North Carolina, where it first hit.
Didn’t lost power, which surprised me (like you, we lose power at the drop of a hat during normal thunder storms). Just a few branches on our property. I walked to the corner to see the person’s house, and the tree didn’t quite “split the house in half” like the firefighters told me. It fell almost parallel to the house, not perpendicular, so it didn’t look that bad at first glance. Granted I couldn’t get close because it’s not my property and I didn’t want to intrude:
That doesn’t actually look so bad. Looks like it can be repaired relatively quickly and they shouldn’t get in to a fight with their insurance company about the cause.
FALSE ADVERTISING!! You said it “split the house in half”. What you MEANT was “it dislodged three shingles and bent the gutter.”
Hyperbole is the enemy of God.
Blame the firefighters! I just relayed their information!!!
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Obviously they were socialist firefighters. Private firefighter companies would have given me accurate information.
Hudson on the NJ side rose maybe 6ft? 8 ft? just guessing by where someone saw it went over embankment. the major surge was after high tide, which helped, but E River must be worse. otherwise, power outages, trees and lines down – not in my neighborhood. flooding, don’t know extent
glad you and yours are safe, BooMan.