Comments for Hurricane Earl

Comment on Share your memories of past Connecticut storms here! by Ed Rosenberg

Ed Rosenberg — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:58:09 +0000

Though I have lived through a fair number of hurricanes that hit the East Coast, the most prominent one in my memory is the 1938 blast. Barely into my teenage years, I then lived in New Rochelle. It was not only the wind and the swaying, sometimes falling trees, but the family’s worry about my brother, on his way to Boston by train.

He told us, afterwards, of trying to figure out how to hold onto a swaying train from the inside. His train was the last one to get through. The following train was blown off the tracks somewhere in Rhode Island, where the right of way was close to Long Island Sound. The pictures were spectacular (see Google), and the storm was not only reported in newspapers around the country but in 2003 earned its own book: “Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938.”

Ed Rosenberg

Comment on Share your memories of past Connecticut storms here! by Harry Hype

Harry Hype — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:53:03 +0000

Give me a break!! A direct hit from this storm would have caused less damage than the storm that hit our area this past March! In that storm the surge pushed the waters of LI Sound almost to my back door, which had not happened since the Nor’easter of 1992! No hype then, I guessed there were more newsworthy stories to report that week.

I am so sick of the media frenzy that surrounds every little weather event. How did we ever survive 20 years ago?

Comment on The latest on Earl by Robert Miller

Robert Miller — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:20:02 +0000

By 5 p.m. Friday, Sept.3, there were heavy gray clouds overhead in Danbury. That was pretty much the only sign in the city there was a serious hurricane somewhere on the East Coast.
“We’ve had a few sprinkles since about 12:30 p.m.,” said Gary Lessor, director of the Weather Center at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. “We’ll probably get a few more. But no serious wind, no serious rain.”
Instead, Lessor said, it’s Nantucket and Cape Cod, that will feel the brunt of Hurricane Earl.
For western Connecticut?
“It’s a non-event, really,” Lessor said.

Comment on A few raindrops in Danbury by Jamie DeLoma

Jamie DeLoma — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:35:56 +0000

It started raining in Hamden two hours ago. It was light at first. Now it is pouring.

Comment on Share your memories of past Connecticut storms here! by Jon

Jon — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:53:43 +0000

I recall tropical storm Agnes in 1972. It seemed to rain for days and days and days. Big winds I don’t recall; just that rain and rain and rain. I ended up playing board games with my teenage friends on Old Logging Road in North Stamford. The sense of intense cabin fever that week, I have never experienced since. Of course part of that might be the fact that for over 30 years now I’ve lived in Southern California!!! I believe a minor tropical storm from Mexico came ashore in Orange County in 1947. Which, I believe, is the last time it snowed here at sea level.

Comment on Schools to close early ahead of storm by Jamie DeLoma

Jamie DeLoma — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:13:34 +0000

I don’t think those communities should face much of anything. According to the state Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, towns in western Connecticut are not forecast to see any “significant impact.”

Comment on Technology makes monitoring Hurricane Earl a breeze by Bob

Bob — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:39:51 +0000

Gee, I hope all the Brew Thru’s survive…

Comment on Schools to close early ahead of storm by Bob

Bob — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:34:49 +0000

I don’t know about overacting. What I am surprised is the schools that have not announced early closings like Milford, New Haven and other Shoreline areas that will receive the brunt of anything that hits coastal CT.

Comment on Technology makes monitoring Hurricane Earl a breeze by Keith Whamond

Keith Whamond — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:34:26 +0000

Hey Bob, I recognized that place, too! My wife and I have stopped there many times while visiting the Outer Banks.

Comment on Technology makes monitoring Hurricane Earl a breeze by Bob

Bob — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:30:38 +0000

I couldn’t help but notice the canopy of the gas station in the photo your Advocate website was displaying Friday AM. I thought it looked familiar. It is next to “The Tale of the Whale” in Nags Head on the OBX. Hope it’s okay. Love that place.

Comment on Stamford and Bridgeport expected to be spared by storm by Reality Check

Reality Check — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:50:03 +0000

Earl is still a 105MPH hurricane according to the NHC 8am update. I can’t believe you are publishing that such a dangerous storm has been downgraded. Check your facts next time.

BULLETIN
HURRICANE EARL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 36A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072010
800 AM EDT FRI SEP 03 2010

…HURRICANE EARL CONTINUES TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST…WEATHER
CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE IN THE OUTER BANKS LATER THIS MORNING…

SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT…1200 UTC…INFORMATION
———————————————-
LOCATION…36.2N 73.6W
ABOUT 130 MI…205 KM ENE OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 395 MI…640 KM SSW OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…105 MPH…165 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT…NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 18 MPH…30 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…955 MB…28.20 INCHES

Comment on Share your memories of past Connecticut storms here! by The Captain

The Captain — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:44:33 +0000

This reminds me of the time Geoff Fox was dragged in on a Sunday Night in 1986 to talk about Hurricane Charlie (or was it Charley.) The weekend guy, Bob, couldn’t handle it, so they had to rustle up young Geoff at home.

Comment on Share your memories of past Connecticut storms here! by Chris Preovolos

Chris Preovolos — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:55:22 +0000

This is the info we had on the Vineyard race, though it’s from yesterday:

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Hurricane-Earl-forces-delay-of-Vineyard-Race-642730.php

Comment on Share your memories of past Connecticut storms here! by t carder

t carder — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:49:51 +0000

A storm like Earl, in its projected passing location, may well, will likely, cause an very strong easterly wind blowing for an extended period which will raise water levels, especially at times of high tide, extremely, even dangerously- even with the storm passing offshore. Expect flooding in areas such as Rowayton, south Stamford, etc. Will the City close the hurricane barriers?

And let’s talk about the Vineyard Race…