Did you have to mention coffee oreo ice cream??? i will be wanting to try that now. i am already trying to break myself from mint oreo blizzards!!!! 😆

Seriously, stay safe. i will be thinking of you all!

rorah, i should be fine. my cottage is not directly on the water. Im planning on heading back to Philly on Tuesday.

Wishing everyone in the path of Henri peace and calm and safe harbor! Jojoco, that's the kind of storm prep I do!

Oreo ice cream comes in coffee??

Just read the local weather guy’s prediction, and yeah, its headed your way. says it should make landfall anywhere between manhattan and Montauk, cross the Sound and head your way. I hope it makes an easterly turn, for your sake and all the GWers in CT and New England.

Philadelphia may see the outer edge and get some bad downpours, which we’ve had enough of, thank you. I got jolted out of my sleep three times for tornado warnings on my phone just the other night. Scary thunder and lightning.

I really do hope you all are okay. Keep us posted.

Yeah, I did my share of freezer clear out last week when we had a big windstorm. Folks are still cleaning up from it, we were without power for four days. Luckily I was able to transfer my fridge and freezer contents to my Dad's house across town. He rarely loses power. But I didn't want to transfer as much back, so I had to eat my fair share of frozen foods, ice cream still being on top of the list!! Now that I am preserving more, we really need to invest in a generator, my freezer contents are much greater and more valuable. In the winter we are fine, we have some potable water stored in jugs, we keep the fridge stuff on the porch, and our fireplace heats the house enough to keep the pipes from freezing.

You guys don't usually get direct hurricanes do you? I know you often get the rainstorm aftermath from hurricanes that hit Florida or come in off the Gulf. Hopefully it'll hang out over the ocean and that cooler water will make it less damaging.

Take care.

It looks like Grace is going across the Gulf and might hit Florida. Hopefully not.

As mentioned above - we could really do with some of that rain to help with our forest fire situation and drought issues.

SW Ct here and i too have grown weary of hurricanes/tropical storms. I know no matter where you live you have to put up with something but geeez

Blfenton, Ct coast has had its fair share of hurricane direct hits in my life time. Hurricane gloria when I was in high school was two weeks without power. Irene in 2011 had flooding waves going over streat lights and a power station flooded in my town meant 11 days of no power. Then Sandy in 2012 the area had so many houses crumble into the sea that bricks still sometimes float into our local beach. Trees fell on my parents house during at least two hurricanes of past. Last year,although maybe just severe tropical storm , JoJo and I were out of power over a week. Then a tornado hit the area and caused lots of destruction. A few of my students are still not back in their homes.

Imagine what its like for the poor souls in Haiti. First an earthquake, then a hurricane. We had really high winds here a couple years ago . I was out of power for five days and after that i got a generator.

blfenton, we have had our share of direct hits. I still remember my FIL telling me about the hurricane in '38. He noticed that there was water coming through the middle of the glass pane in the dining room of the old house and he couldn't figure out where it was coming from...then he looked out the window and saw the rain coming horizontally directly at the window. It broke the official anemometer once it passed 186 mph and it killed over 600 people.

Floyd wasn't even a hurricane but it dumped 15" of rain in our area in '99.

Often as a result we've been out of power for a week.

I remember after Sandy, I had to go out and turn off the generator ... we don't run it while we're sleeping ... which means you disconnect the power and let it idle for 1-2 min. While I was waiting for it to do that, I looked up at the stars and saw the Milky Way for the first time since I was a kid. Without the light pollution, it's amazing how many stars I could see.

We lived at the other house for over 30 years and were never out of power for more than 24 hrs because we were served by a main feeder power line. But now in the boonies, we are at the end of the line and are often last to be restored. DH teases that Sgt Preston comes through in the spring time to check on how many of us "settlers" survived the winter.

Stay safe, everyone.

We moved to Florida in May. We missed Fred this past week, but our pool guy had 8ft of water under his house and he lost his truck. He lives inland, and on a creek.

When we lived in central Alabama, Opal came to town. The five of us spent the night in our two cars. We lost 23 huge oak trees. Luckily, nothing hit the house.

Our generator was installed two weeks ago and the plumber came today to connect the gas. Waiting on the inspector to come Monday. Then at least we will have power during an outage. *knock on wood*

Good luck everyone. Hope Henri takes a different direction and doesnt cause lots of damage and power outages.

Do any of you have generators? I can handle no power in the winter but not the summer. Please stay safe!

"Anna Devane?" LOL!!! Great memories and TV viewing. ;)

I've posted this before of Hurricane Erin turning into tropical storm Erin over OK, but it still had an eye and loop, and in the video below, the eye was a few miles away from our house. DH and I stayed up and we were giddy like kids. It was heavily storming and blowing then suddenly it got quiet & started up again. Power went out for all of 30 min. though.

The next morning DS called and said, "WTH did I sleep through?" lol

If you look on google maps it shows the track of the storm.

Hoping for the best for everyone. Stay safe.

Hoping this is not a major storm, but trying to prepare. Too many trees & no generator.

Nothing compared to Allison tho!

We need our internet now that it is a given, lol. Don’t even get me started on that :)

Oakley, I remember Anna Devane as well! Is she still around?

Fingers crossed for you all - stay safe!

Is it just me or does anyone else consider vacuuming, mopping and charging your cordless vacuums part of a hurricane prep? I hate a unconditioned home with dirty floors when we lose power for long periods of time. I also brew two pots of coffee to reheat on my gas stove as more important than bottling water.

^^^^^ Yes. And washing all clothing.

Greywing, laundry and bedding going too, lol

Hopefully, Henri will stray way towards east and miss us all together. Being in New Haven County, we'll be taking in our outdoor furniture and other items. My sister in Fairfield County will have much more work to do in preparing. Love how you're doing your part, Jojoco!

Here in south-central MA I have just tied down the deck umbrellas to the railing, moved pots of flowers (fingers crossed) and tied down the trash and recycling bins. After the big ice storm years ago, we put in a whole house generator (propane, as is my kitchen stove) so all is okay there if we lose power -- such peace of mind! We expect lots of rain and some wind here tonight/tomorrow.

I missed out on the Hurricane of '38 by eight years, but well remember the 3 back-to-back ones in 1954-55. We were on high ground, about a mile from the Sudbury River -- major flooding there, but we were fine, and my father made grocery runs to town for neighbors in his high-wheeled antique car. which could clear the height of the water...

I can deal with hurricanes from experience, but tornadoes scare the be-jesus out of me. Never want to experience those, thankyouverymuch!

We’re just about ready to finally put our home on the market. we were hoping for the Spring market but things kept getting in the way. we’ve been here almost 30 yrs and we’re old so it has taken a lot longer….🙄 i pray Monsieur Henri doesn’t do anything to hold us back. We have a generator and are north of Merritt but the trees…. gawd the trees!

i hope we are all spared and that Henri blows out into the ocean and becomes a dried baguette

Orchid, Fairfield county is a tropical storm, New haven, new london and middlesex are where the huricane warning is I believe.

Grind the coffee beans! last time i lost power, pre-generator, I had to go to a neighbor to grind the coffee beans. I could make coffee with a french press and I also could light the gas stove with a match.

My entire family has called in the last few hours to confirm where DS is. He goes to Connecticut College in New London, which looks to get a direct hit. However he doesnt go back for a week or so, luckily.

Has it hit yet? Where is it tracking right now? I suppose I could google that but I don't know where you all live so want to make sure you're safe.

No it won't hit CT at least until tomorrow. We are all heading to Maine till school starts in Sept.

Oakley, we have a whole house generator that automatically kicks in and does everything, and is fed by an underground tank that I am told could last at least 2 weeks, and that is if we are heating the pool and lighting the pond and fountains ...

DH and I planned to stay in Boston tonight and check out a bunch of outlying towns tomorrow; there are 4 open houses that interest us. Hope they are not cancelled Be a good way to know if the roof leaks!

DH and I counted the other day and we have lost 12 specimen trees,each prob about 20 feet high, in the 10years we have lived here. I've mourned each one but TBH in some cases it looks better and no one but us would notice... plus we have a gazillion trees.

Stay safe, everyone!

If you lose your internet connection, remember to try your phone’s hotspot

Dedtired, I did grind the beans-thank you! Not usually a coffee person, but thinkin tonite will be an all-nighter.

Hoping I didn’t jinx anyone with my green pic!

Latest update shows landfall at the CT/RI border so those to the east will be getting the worst winds, those to the west the worst rain. We will probably get around 6" or so of rain is my best guest but sustained winds in the 20-30 mph range so not too bad, but nasty and could easily take trees down when the ground is soaked and they're loaded with leaves. So I suspect we'll lose power somewhere along the line. But right now, it's dry and calm but cloudy.

Downgraded to tropical storm :) sustained wind of 40/50 possible gusts of maybe 70. And Eversourse actually staffed for a hurricane so this time hopefully power restoration will start before the fourth day.

Eversource peeps if they do not restore power with in four days they are mandated to pay you $250 for lost food and &25/ day rate reduction as part of their liability suit and state investigation on their terrible handling of last year’s storms.

I did see out of state utility co trucks driving around our area the past few days. Hopefully Eversource won’t have it’s usual miserable response. we eventually broke down and got a generator after Sandy. If a plane flew too low over our house we would lose power haha

Hahaha Anna, when we first moved to our first house, the power would go out all the time...DH used to say someone must've tripped over the extension cord! We often thought of going to their headquarters in miner's lamps helmets and letting them know we were their customers!

When our power was out during the last big storm, a couple neighbors and I went out to talk to the linemen who were working on our street. I believe they came from somewhere in the South. Im near Philadelphia. I was surprised to learn that they travel the country, heading to wherever the next big storm is expected. They said they were like subcontractors hired by the power company, not employees of our local power company. I had no idea.

Yes, ded, we had a storm and there was a crew clearing trees off the wires from Kansas...we asked, "Do they have trees in Kansas?!?" They assured us they did!

Well sure enough our power went out this morning at 9:30 during what was a drizzle. Thankfully generator kicked in but we were out almost four hours and Henri hadn’t been near us. Ah Eversource!

Annie

the visual of the miners lamp helmets is very funny

We had nothing but rain there was literally one leaf on my lawn :). My area had mandatory evacuations but storm shifted to the east. I think SueB’s area in Ri got the direct hit. i hope she is ok! Anna, hope you power is restored tonight!

It was simply a rainy day here, not much wind, and nowhere near as much rain as we feared. It pretty much fizzled, which is a good thing.

I love it Annie...too funny.

Jojoco, you did a good job! I need to talk to you about some other things we need to get rid of, can you put in a word?

The disappointment of the people on the Weather Channel was palpable.

As soon as it was d/g to a tropical storm at 74 mph, they were like "well it's only one mile under a hurricane." Funny, I said to DH, when it qualified as a hurricane, they never said "oh it's just barely a hurricane."

One weatherperson was " on the scene" somewhere along the coast, breathlessly reporting that "most people seem to have power." Umm, ok, Great reporting. You're ready for your Pultizer now.

I officially called it a non-event at 7 pm when I drained my bathtub and took a shower. On the plus side, I binged "The Chair" which was pretty good.

That meme is hilarious @Annie Deighnaugh!

So glad no one had major issues!!

Jojoco -funny coincidence, I started watching The Chair last night too -enjoyed it!

This thread reminds me of the time we evacuated Houston for Hurricane Rita. The roads were a mess and there were no hotels even into Oklahoma, so we decided to fly to my mom's house in NH. The next day (when it was supposed to hit), we were watching the reports on her tv, and my husband kind of threw up his hands and said, "Ahh, I knew it -we didn't even need to leave!" because it was minor compared to the forecast. I looked at him and said, "Our house doesn't need to flood for us to be happy.... This is actually a good thing." And he got it!

I'm glad it was no big deal! And after choking on smoke for the past month, I'm super jealous of that rainy weather.

So glad no one had any major issues.

Meanwhile in middle Tennessee, about 60 miles west of Nashville, 20 people died and more are missing after a flash flood Saturday night. An unbelievable 17” of rain in 24 hours left many unable to evacuate. I have heard many sad stories including a father who couldnt hold onto his 7 month old twins. Loretta Lynn’s ranch was devastated and the body of her ranch foreman was found.

I hadn't heard specifics about Nashville's flood. That is just heartbreaking!

Houses washed off their foundations, one house wrapped around a pile at a gas station, cars inside houses, bridges and roads washed away. It's awful.