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New England Slammed with high winds, dangerous waves

Sunday, 17 September 2023, 14:00 MJA Uncategorized 8

FoxWeather: A second death related to Lee in the U.S. was reported Saturday as the sprawling storm pounded New England with damaging winds that have left nearly 300,000 customers across both the U.S. and Canada without power.

The first death happened in Florida earlier this week when then-Hurricane Lee churned up dangerous rip currents that officials said led to the drowning of a 15-year-old swimmer. On Saturday, police said winds from Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee knocked down a tree onto a car in Searsport, Maine, and killed a 50-year-old man inside.

According to the National Hurricane Center, the storm came ashore on Long Island off Nova Scotia, Canada, with winds of about 70 mph. While the name of Lee changed from “hurricane” to “post-tropical cyclone,” the difference for those in New England is in title only. more

8 Comments on New England Slammed with high winds, dangerous waves

  1. It barely hit from midcoast ME to southern ME.
    Maybe 30 mph winds, hardly any rain.
    The hurricane hit hardest Downeast ME.
    It was kicking out to sea toward the Maritimes. Or as the young lady on Weather Nation who’s never heard of the Northeast, the Marine-times.

    Get a load of what Guv General Mills has done because of the hurricane that wasn’t in our area:

    https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/weather/severe-weather/declared-emergency-kicks-portlands-minimum-wage-up-to-21-an-hour-chamber-says-money/97-e9e50512-bfa6-4c8f-9bb6-d3f8a55aeb35#:~:text=The%20announcement%20continued%2C%20%22Due%20to%20the%20voter-passed%20minimum,yesterday%20and%20continuing%20indefinitely%2C%20of%20%2421.00%20per%20hour.

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  4. I saw an interview with a homeowner there, and they didn’t even know the name of the hurricane. The guy seemed totally oblivious to a storm being in the area. Clueless. Storm chasers were disappointed that it didn’t garner views/likes/subscribe.

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  5. We get so many storms (and so many predicted storms that never materialize) that it’s just part of life.
    If it had been a real hurricane we would have all been at the water watching the waves.

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  6. I’d say this storm was a bit chummed up. we got some 40ish gusts but no rain at all. They’re so desperate to blame something on a changing climate but this wasn’t it.

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