Northeast

[cal828]

You guys in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut all OK?

Saw all the flooding, tornado damage, etc. on CNN. My friend from NJ sent me a text just before Ida hit the gulf coast. He said he expected a bit of rain from Ida, but from the looks of it on TV, way more than a "bit." Hope you guys are ok.

[JolyB]

Thanks for worrying about us Cal. Here in CT between Wednesday noon and Thursday at around 4:00 AM we got about a month's worth of rain. There was a lot of local flooding and some roads are still closed, but our power stayed on and we are OK. There wasn't much wind with the storm, so the only trees that came down were due to oversaturated ground. Thus the power outages were widely dispersed.

I think that parts of PA and Southern NJ had a much rougher time of it.

The NY metro area got even more rain, but upstate NY [say around Saratoga Springs] only received around 1/2 inch; while off the turf today, they should be fast and firm by the weekend.

[RUFFIAN]

I’ve Been Watching MSNBC all Morning
Had NO Clue that Anything was goin on

OMG

One More Reason I Am Happy To Be In The
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH { 6000 Ft Elevation }

We may have
Mountain Lions
Bears
Raccoons

BUT NO FLOODS OR EARTHQUAKE

[RUFFIAN]

Watching The Devastation 😢 In
Louisiana ~ New York ~ New Jersey ~ Pennsylvania

Has Increased My Appreciation Of The Rocky Mountain 🏔 High!

I’ve always been aware of how special Boulder is 💗
But seeing these devastating pictures
Homes and Lives Shattered 💔
Time After Time ~ State After State

Has Increased Even More Now
My Appreciation Of The Rocky Mountain 🏔 High! ☺️

[Real Quiet]

I myself can't complain about the weather. Much of the country gets it a lot worse than me. And yes, parts of the northeast got hammered.

[cal828]

Here in this part of Arkansas we have occasional weather events, but they are usually more of an aggravation than an actual disaster like has occurred down on the Gulf coast. I spent some time down there when my brother and his family lived in the town of Houma which was, I think, the dead center of where Ida came ashore. I could have ended up staying down there, but chose to return to Arkansas. Kinda glad I did. Don't think I could have coped with those recurrent weather disasters where people are without the basics for who knows how long? Maybe weeks. And even after the electricity and water, etc. is restored, then you have to cope with the clean up and restoration of your home and hopefully your vehicles haven't been ruined by high water.

[JolyB]

It must take a great deal of courage to continue to live in an area that you know is prone to extreme weather dangers, whether it be hurricane, flooding, tornado or forest fire. I don't know if I would have the strength to rebuild after losing a home or a business to such an event. Cars can be replaced, buildings can be rebuilt, but so often in the pictures of such horrid events we see the loss of what I think of as the memories of life, the little things that we want to hold on to because they have such personal meaning - a photo album, a painting or a treasured momento.

Having said, I want to stand on my soap box for a moment and rant about the way such events are covered by The Weather Channel and its ilk. To me it is close to obscene how they will have a Jim Cantore standing in the middle of a dangerous storm, being buffeted by wind and rain, at the same time that the authorities are warning everyone to either seek shelter or evacuate for their safety. What is the point of such coverage - I've referred to it as weather porn. Clear and accurate coverage of weather events is necessary but to tell all viewers the numerous ways in which they will be hurt by a storm usually gets excessive.