At one point 400,000 without power on Long Island. We were one of the
last areas to get it back, 5 days later.
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On 8/28/2011 7:32 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>
>> I just finished watching the evening news. Fortunately for coastal NY
> the
>> storm had lost some of its intensity by the time it made its third
> landfall
>> on Long Island. The storm surge was far less than predicted but plenty of
>> wind and rain to go around. The big story was the rain on the western side
>> of the storm. The inland areas received 8-10 inches of rain in an area
> that
>> was already saturated from a wet summer season. LOTS of flooding. Most of
>> the fatalities have been due to the falling trees but there were also a
> few
>> who have to test Darwin's Theory by going down to the beach to check
> things
>> out.
>> Stay safe guys.
>>
>
> Fortunately, this storm lost most of it's strength while it was still
> just off the coast. I lived through the Agnes storm in 1972, which
> basically went right up the Susquehanna River and then into south-central
> New York. Everything from Williamsport to Chesapeake Bay was flooded, as
> was the Juniata and other major tributaries.
>
> Chris
>
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