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Re: [OM] Irene

Subject: Re: [OM] Irene
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 12:21:41 -0500
I've faced that in the Winter due to ice storms, but never in the Summer. 
Glad you are reconnected to the grid and the world.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Irene


> 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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