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Because I grew up in Maine, which is frequently on the northern edge of a "heat wave," we have a lot of stories and folklore about "line storms." Fishermen who see a row of "boot-top" clouds (that look like rolled-down fishermen's boots) know to get to a safe harbor or lee shore as fast as possible. My farmer grandpa called them a "squall line" and knew to get the hay wagon under cover, forgetting what hay was left in the field.
I've seen "blowdown" results in Maine forests, whole swathes of trees flattened. The last one that I saw covered an area of roughly 200 acres.
I was 33 living in nacogdoches Texas the first time I seen a straight line win it blew down counties of trees in forest damn this thing I ever seen in my life
Fantastic stories!
Did you know that this "blowdown" may have created a tsunami?
Fantastic stories!
Did you know that this "blowdown" may have created a tsunami?
Interesting! I've never seen one.
I remember the similar one that hit michigan big time in 1998. I was out back firing up my generator when I watched a small tornado twist the top out of the oak tree in my back yard. I ran like H*** for the basement. after all my neighbors thanked me for cutting up there trees that were down I had enough fire wood for 3 winters because of that storm. my one neighbors daughter saw a rat tail coming over the lake we live on just before I watched the same one tear the oak out in the back yard we were without power for 2 weeks glad I had the generator. the kids came over to watch the NBA finals at my house we were the only ones with power. I don't think I'll ever forget that storm I watched it come in and blow out. it was the same type of storm that just glanced us like this last one.
Good thing you had that generator!
It's great when your memory of a horrible storm has a happy ending -- like enough fire wood for three winters.
It did affect me. I live in Virginia and this is the 2nd year in a row. Last years however, was much much worse. We were in the dark for a week and can you imagine having no power in the realm of a historic heat wave? We had no air conditioning and indeed, it got so dangerously hot we had to stay at a cooling shelter. This year my power was only out for one night so it wasent too bad. However, trees were uprooted and homes were destroyed. We were fortunate because instead of it being over 100 degrees with suffocating humidity, it was only 80! (making it much easier for the power companies to work outside) we didnt need this anyway... we already had Andrea and flooding to deal with on the east coast
I'm glad this storm wasn't as bad as last year's derecho. It sounds as if it was miserable.
Fortunately, Virginia and the East Coast are due for spottier rain that may ease the recent flooding.
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