First, my sympathy to all those in the path of this horrific storm, especially those so devastated in the Bahamas.
Now we are battening down the hatches in my little corner of North America as Dorian heads right for us. So far it looks like making landfall just a few Km from here. If the eye hits on the Chebucto peninsula around Peggy's Cove then the leading edge winds will hit Halifax blowing straight up the harbour. We don't know yet whether it will hit as a tropical storm, cat1 hurricane, or cat2. We are all a bit jumpy because 16 years ago Juan hit as cat2 and did a lot of damage. Halifax lost tens of thousands of trees, and some folks were without power for over 2 weeks. We won't know how bad this one is until Sunday morning.
Anyway we've got a big thermos for coffee, lots of flashlights and candles, and 2 barbecues with spare propane and bags of charcoal. Plenty of food to last a couple of days, and a fresh bottle of rum! See you all on the other side! Cheers!
Now we are battening down the hatches in my little corner of North America as Dorian heads right for us. So far it looks like making landfall just a few Km from here. If the eye hits on the Chebucto peninsula around Peggy's Cove then the leading edge winds will hit Halifax blowing straight up the harbour. We don't know yet whether it will hit as a tropical storm, cat1 hurricane, or cat2. We are all a bit jumpy because 16 years ago Juan hit as cat2 and did a lot of damage. Halifax lost tens of thousands of trees, and some folks were without power for over 2 weeks. We won't know how bad this one is until Sunday morning.
Anyway we've got a big thermos for coffee, lots of flashlights and candles, and 2 barbecues with spare propane and bags of charcoal. Plenty of food to last a couple of days, and a fresh bottle of rum! See you all on the other side! Cheers!
Here on the north coast of Maine, we just had hard rain and moderately high winds. Not a good morning for a dog-walk. Not threatening the power (which here more often goes out in mild weather, thin/old infrastructure).
The US radar shows the main storm is past us, headed your way; but seems to be heading for the west side of Nova Scotia, and St John, not to Halifax. Yes, the Caribou radar does not reach Halifax, but the red-green transition is on the mainland, not over your side.
At least one guy south of here is driving/boating to the Bahamas, where he has a house and friends, with a ton of supplies. It's real bad there.
The US radar shows the main storm is past us, headed your way; but seems to be heading for the west side of Nova Scotia, and St John, not to Halifax. Yes, the Caribou radar does not reach Halifax, but the red-green transition is on the mainland, not over your side.
At least one guy south of here is driving/boating to the Bahamas, where he has a house and friends, with a ton of supplies. It's real bad there.
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Yes our radar shows it a bit differently, and the satellite still shows the cyclone heading for us. Eastern Canada - IR + Visible - Environment Canada
I built my 14x18 shed from the softwood trees that fell on our previous property. We lost power for a full week during Juan, and It looks like we are in it's path again.
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Yes, I see now two storm fragments and Halifax will be hit.
The good news is: 2 hours after peak rain, rain and wind has almost stopped. 5 hours, not the 56 hours Bermuda got. Chilly though, so you may want that rum.
The good news is: 2 hours after peak rain, rain and wind has almost stopped. 5 hours, not the 56 hours Bermuda got. Chilly though, so you may want that rum.
Here is the latest from Windy.
I have friends and relatives in Dartmouth and New Glasgow.
Edit: I mean Dartmouth and Amherst, both of which look to be in the line of fire.
I have friends and relatives in Dartmouth and New Glasgow.
Edit: I mean Dartmouth and Amherst, both of which look to be in the line of fire.
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We were lucky it missed us, mostly wind (some good gusts) and clouds and a bit of a splattering of rain is all we got, no rough seas, we hardly noticed it. Tomorrow is predicted to be a nice day here.
Hope everyone up Halifax way will be OK.
Hope everyone up Halifax way will be OK.
We lost power over an hour ago, before it was even blowing much. Starting to blow pretty hard now, but the big part is still a couple of hours out. For that matter we had a power outage Thursday evening. Thank you, Emera. From what I can see the power is out everywhere.
We are still on but our neighbors on a different grid are off. A neighbor's screen tent blew by what are they thinking.........clueless.
I live in northern Scotland we get storms but nothing like what you guys get!!!!!
Just hope no huge loss of life.
Take care and best wishes to you all.
Just hope no huge loss of life.
Take care and best wishes to you all.
Sorry to hear that. (Actually, BangorHydro/Emera has been better than the power company downstate. But they don't cut enough trees, and they can't put Jeep-guards around all the poles....)
I found Emira Nova Scotia's outage page. If it is to be believed (Emera Maine's page tends to be good) then it is very scattered outages. However ALL over. The 20KV lines, not the 200KV lines.
However: "We have 1,000 personnel staged ... as soon as it is safe to do so.
"...we have implemented a mandatory safety stand down from noon until 10 PM in Western and Central Nova Scotia, including Metro Halifax"
So what's out won't begin to light-up again until near midnight, and likely well into Sunday.
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I said the rain stopped. The wind paused, but then got gusty. It would be still, then a minute of "freight train" wind. So far it blew small dead branches off the sheddy Birch, and a carved Owl got tipsy where it was wired to a pole. I think the main storm was many miles east of us. If the main storm is now in your town, I can see why the linemen (the company Safety Officer) prefer not to be up-high in high gusty wind like that.
Local News: Acadia Park closed Thunder Hole. This is a big crack in the coastal rock which, on mild surf days, crashes with a boom and a spray. In storms it has washed visitors out to sea, bad headlines, so they now close the walkway in storms.
Local News: Acadia Park closed Thunder Hole. This is a big crack in the coastal rock which, on mild surf days, crashes with a boom and a spray. In storms it has washed visitors out to sea, bad headlines, so they now close the walkway in storms.
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They've already had a hammerhead crane come down in Halifax. Uncle in Amherst says the rain is coming down in buckets.
I went through this far too often having lived in south Florida for 62 years.
The number one cause (about 50%) of hurricane deaths is drowning. Too often that is caused by people driving into flooded roads. It's hard to tell the road from the drainage ditch or canal when everything is under water.
The next 3 most common cause of hurricane deaths change often and are all of about the same percentage:
Being struck by flying or falling debris. Roof tiles, shingles, and coconuts were the biggies in Florida along with tree branches.
Falling from a ladder, roof or other structure.
Electrocution.
The power company workers are likely targets for all of these, so they in safe quarters until it is deemed safe.
Few coconuts in Nova Scotia.
They prolly have pine-cones as big as mine, and I would not want to be hit by a green cone going as fast as a car on the highway. (Not to mention trashcans and lawn chairs...)
Good luck out there!
Looks like the eye has past over the peninsula but the backside is still kicking bottom and now molesting PEI.
> now molesting PEI.
The eye is leaving PEI. Halifax is about to dry up. Winds may be high-gust past 3am, so only the low/easy power repairs will be done before dawn. Depending what blew down, you may have power for lunch, most likely for dinner, though some tumble-downs may not get fixed for days.
Hope everybody is fine dry and warm.
I found more wind damage. We still had our fly-swatter on a hook on the deck. It blew down.
The eye is leaving PEI. Halifax is about to dry up. Winds may be high-gust past 3am, so only the low/easy power repairs will be done before dawn. Depending what blew down, you may have power for lunch, most likely for dinner, though some tumble-downs may not get fixed for days.
Hope everybody is fine dry and warm.
I found more wind damage. We still had our fly-swatter on a hook on the deck. It blew down.
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