NH & Mass JCFers - dry yet?

[VulfgangPfuck]

Raining down here in NJ now too....I'm guessing this is a part of the entire weather system that's goin on up there eh?

According to AOL Weatherbug...rain all week into the weekend for down here in NJ anyway.

Yeah guys...be safe, and don't be fools and try and cross flooded roads!

[~K~]

According to AOL Weatherbug...rain all week into the weekend for down here in NJ anyway

Been like this up here for over a week already

[IrfaanSE801]

Wow, I just saw what I thought was a river on CNN till I saw a truck parked in it Hope everyone stays ok and your property damage isn't too bad when it's all over.

[thetroy]

Damnit I hate this rain. It's not so bad flooding-wise here but I have been feeling lazy all week.

It's also been COLD! Cold + Rain = worst possible weather. I'd rather it snowed

[Wayniac]

I had better weather in Sweden and Norway !
No flooding in my neighbiorhood yet, but my old roomie called from the apartment I used to rent - about 2 feet of water in the basement !

[~K~]

I'd rather it snowed

You may have heard the rule-of-thumb that 1 inch of rain equals 10 inches of snow. Or, reversed, if you melt 10 inches of freshly-fallen snow, you'd get 1 inch of water.
This 10 to 1 ratio works pretty well when temperatures are near 30 degrees, but the ratio depends on the temperature at the time the snow falls.
At higher temperatures, say a few degrees above freezing, snow is often heavy and laden with water. Then, the ratio might be more like 5 to 1, where 5 inches of snow will melt into 1 inch of liquid. At lower temperatures, snow tends to be light and fluffy, and the ratio is often greater than 10 to 1. During the Blizzard of '96, temperatures hovered in the low 20s. Wilmington's 22 inches of snow melted into one and a half inches of water, and that's about a 15 to 1 ratio.



In other words.. with all this rain we would be f'ed

[LesPaulCustom]

That's what fucked us over in Maine in 86'....there was a record snowfall that winter for central and northern Maine....in late March, when the thaw hit...and a freakish warm spell...the water had no place to go.....quicly over-filling the Penobscott River and it's tributaries.

To add to the pending disaster, there was a MAJOR log-jam up north which finally gave way...not good.

Our house sustained like $40K damages due to the flood...we had water up to 5' inside....basically all that was salvaged was the outer shell...everything else had to be replaced....and all of our household equip. was in the basement (heat, hot water, etc.)....

Floods are no fun...my thoughts are with you guys

[Soap]

You guys out there, be safe and hang in there.
Here in Indy, we've had rain showers and thunderstorms for nearly a solid week. Very very wet and extremely muddy around here with local smaller rivers flooding. Its a farmers nightmare, alot of crops and fields are flooded.

[DonP]

Dang,

When I left Cinci for LA last Tuesday, it was hot and dry. We had just gotten done doing a lot of landscaping.

I've been in LA all week and have gotten out of touch but I did notice it would be raining for a long time. I didn't think it had this much moisture to work with. I go back home tomorrow, probably to a lot of lawn mowing.

[thetroy]

You may have heard the rule-of-thumb that 1 inch of rain equals 10 inches of snow. Or, reversed, if you melt 10 inches of freshly-fallen snow, you'd get 1 inch of water.
This 10 to 1 ratio works pretty well when temperatures are near 30 degrees, but the ratio depends on the temperature at the time the snow falls.
At higher temperatures, say a few degrees above freezing, snow is often heavy and laden with water. Then, the ratio might be more like 5 to 1, where 5 inches of snow will melt into 1 inch of liquid. At lower temperatures, snow tends to be light and fluffy, and the ratio is often greater than 10 to 1. During the Blizzard of '96, temperatures hovered in the low 20s. Wilmington's 22 inches of snow melted into one and a half inches of water, and that's about a 15 to 1 ratio.



In other words.. with all this rain we would be f'ed

I'm thinking more along the lines of: Snow is fun to goof around in when you can't go anywhere. Rain is NO fun

[Shawn Lutz]

man I hope all goes well for your homes and places of business...sendin some prayers and good all around mojo your way..

[~K~]

Lawrence Mass

Rt 114 Lawrence

[lerxstcat]

Man, my prayers are with you folks! Go to high ground and stay there 'til it's over, there's not much more you can do. Life is far more precious than stuff!

...and here in Mississippi it's countdown to hurricane season... 14 days to go.
Nature can really suck sometimes....

[Shawn Lutz]

damn Kev. Is your house safe?

[~K~]

Yeah I'm lucky I live up in a hilly area so I'm good.. That picture was taken down in Lawrence Mass which is my hometown. The news just broadcast from the area where Diane and I first lived and it's all underwater...A lot of people are displaced ..

BTW note the sign where it says "Haverhill" that would be Rob Zombies hometown and Lawrence isn't only my home town but both Joe Perry and Sully Erna are from Lawrence...