I have no interest in acting like tropical storms or Hurricanes are not serious business. It is rare to get the amount of rain over such a large area as a few years ago. that said more often or not when winds that weak blow down that many trees it is a testiment to the lack of good pruning by homeowners and the local utilities. Please think about what you are saying. you get winds that hard with winter storms all the time. the storm is moving 12 miles an hour. It will be hard to get 10 plus inches of rain except in a small area. the real fear from hurricanes is storm surge first. The people on the coast need to watch our for the strength of the winds do not provide a direct correlation to that. The wind is next and this storm has no punch at all. The rain total is last. Assuming there is something that resembles intelligence then you guys did not build your homes or businesses in areas below the 100 year flood line. If you ar ein such an area that happens on the northeast quad and the storm stalls. I hope you have your flood insurance. Otherwise put on your floaties and enjoy the show. It is just silly to read such excitement about a minimal hurricane or tropical storm. These storms really do have a way of getting rid of weak trees which need triming or to be cut down. I have two next door to me that my neighbor is to cheap to trim or cu down. I go through the tree through the house trill if the winds are significantly over 100MPH at my house and from the right direction to come through my bath and part of the master BR. I am wise enough to move the TV and golf clubs to a safe zone. That was a valid pint of when a slow moving storm hits mountains. That is why Tennessee often gets more rain that the coastal areas of the gulf coast. Anyway lets just hope this is much about nothing and by Wednesday life is back to normal.
That rant is as intelligent
as I would sound judging the entire population of Louisiana based on the coverage of rioting, looting, and local political "leadership"
we saw after Katrina.
The rain total is not "last"-extended periods of rain weaken trees, making them very vulnerable to category 1 hurricane force winds, which are projected to blow for 36-48 hours.
I saw several entire towns in Vermont literally washed away in Irene-Do you think that's because they're too cheap to prune trees???
and by the way, I saw no looting.......
Connecticut wasn't crushed by storm surge, it was crushed by water coming the other way down the rivers.
This storm is packing both storm surge and inland flooding, then throw in rain/wind for 3 days.
One can only hope the experts are wrong.
and no, I don't have flood coverage-they pulled that after Katrina broke the insurance companies...
evidently used my premiums to pay those claims