gEDA-user: DJ's back

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Is the site down? I can't seem to connect...

Major storm hit NH, taking out power, phones, internet, roads, a few
houses, and at least one truck.  We're OK though, but at the peak
there were close to 200,000 people without power in the area, mostly
due to trees falling on power lines.  We were without power for 51
hours, and without phone/internet for a little less than that.

Fortunately, this happens regularly to us (it's a spring thing), so we
had backup power, alternate heat sources, and even battery powered
internet (VERY slow).  However, our road was washed out just north of
us and just south of us, so the only way to get anywhere was to take
back roads around one of the washouts, then loop around town to get to
the main road.  The phone company's CO got flooded this time too, so
phone service is still limited and spotty, and the cell system is
overloaded.

These were some back roads just up the street from me:
http://cmonitor.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?userphoto=1&image=59033&thispage=1
http://cmonitor.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?userphoto=1&image=59032&thispage=1

More news and photos at www.cmonitor.com and www.unionleader.com.

For those who don't know what a "nor'easter" is, here's a little
weather lesson.  The jet stream crosses the USA from West to East, and
ends up here (East coast).  As it turns up the coast, you get the
typical cyclone system (think "weak hurricane") with one side (the
south east part) over the gulf stream in the Atlantic, and the other
side (the north west part) over us.  North of us is the cold air mass
from Northern Canada.  So, this weather system picks up warm humid air
from the ocean, and dumps it on us as rain or snow.  The prevailing
winds are from the North East, hence "nor'easter".  Nor'easters can
dump a LOT of rain or snow (we got 3" of rain) and create very high
winds (up to 45 MPH here).


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