IRENE

[gmoney]

blew 30-40 with gusts in the 50 range in gloucester thru mid-day. right up the harbor. still blowing pretty decently now, my windows just squeaked as I was typing this.

[twofinbluna]

Came on pretty good here this afternoon. Was out in Cape Elizabeth around 6 and it was honking, had to be gusting close to 50 mph, and sea was real nasty. Went from nothing to 20 footers in about half a day...real glad this thing is passing by pretty quick, these are the kind of storms that can be really bad if they stall. Still have a lot of wind on tap for the rest of the night, though.

Hopefully as bad as it is, it is not enough to screw things up to bad. Ocean is a mess right now but its all happening so quick there is a small chance we may be OK (knock on wood).

[twofinbluna]

Lots of trees down in Mansfield and lost power. We lost 2 trees. I don't think we will weather an actual hurricane too well.

When you get a storm like this and are reminded of what 50 or 60 is like, makes it hard to imagine what 150 would be like.... hopefully we will never find out.

[Albiemanmike]

Glad you guys up north made it through without much damage. We didn't fair nearly so well down here in CT. Here are a few pics of the storm at it's peak at noon today high tide.










Here is the whole album if you want to take a look.

Hurricane Irene Pics 2011