Re: Damage at K
Posted: Sep 8th, '11, 12:27
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I think that map grossly understates the amount of r*in that fell in the mountains.Stormchaser wrote:
Bubba wrote:I think that map grossly understates the amount of r*in that fell in the mountains.Stormchaser wrote:
Stormchaser wrote:Bubba wrote:I think that map grossly understates the amount of r*in that fell in the mountains.Stormchaser wrote:
I checked the NWS data centers for rainfall totals. Most were between 5 and 8 inches. Nothing in K proper, but Cavendish just outside Okemo was one of the higher ones (7.6 inches). Woodstock reported 7.34 inches.
http://mi.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=btv
My guess, judging by the rate of rainfall all day, was that we got around 12", maybe more. It started r*ining heavily during the night and kept on at a pretty heavy (and consistently heavy) rate all day until around 3:00 - 4:00 PM. If we received an inch an hour for much of that period, your estimate would come close to my guess so we can't be too far off one way or the other. Whatever we got, it did a hell of a lot of damage.Stormchaser wrote:Stormchaser wrote:Bubba wrote:I think that map grossly understates the amount of r*in that fell in the mountains.Stormchaser wrote:
I checked the NWS data centers for rainfall totals. Most were between 5 and 8 inches. Nothing in K proper, but Cavendish just outside Okemo was one of the higher ones (7.6 inches). Woodstock reported 7.34 inches.
http://mi.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=btv
Upon further review...
Rutland reported about 3" less r*in than towns this side of the divide. I bet the mountains drained that extra 3", and localized amounts could have been closer to 11 inches.
It's the same orographic lift that gives the spine of the greens 250" of snow every year. The warm-moist air in the flats was pushed uphill where it cooled and came down as a downpour. Looking at rainfall in Rutland is pretty much useless information.Bubba wrote:My guess, judging by the rate of rainfall all day, was that we got around 12", maybe more. It started r*ining heavily during the night and kept on at a pretty heavy (and consistently heavy) rate all day until around 3:00 - 4:00 PM. If we received an inch an hour for much of that period, your estimate would come close to my guess so we can't be too far off one way or the other. Whatever we got, it did a hell of a lot of damage.
Bump for Wild Turkey 101 bet.Geoff wrote:The traditional bet is a 750 ml of Wild Turkey 101.madhatter wrote:Geoff wrote:With the caveat that I always offer up what I know as fact and what I don't know and is conjecture or opinion. That's what Engineers do. I'm paid a lot of money to be able to recognise the difference.Bubba wrote:"Know it all dick" is Geoff's on-line personna. In person, he's just strongly opinionated.madhatter wrote: Having met you once in the past I know you really aren;t the know it all dick you come off as here.
so we can take it as FACT that 4 will be paved woodstock to rutland by oct 1? How much coin ya wanna lay on that?
madhatter wrote:Bump for Wild Turkey 101 bet.
OK. Revised bet:Geoff wrote:madhatter wrote:Bump for Wild Turkey 101 bet.
doubt it'll be PAVED, don;t drink wild turkey, will buy you a beer regardless next time I see you at SS's office. Though its gonna be a while before I can get there. Maybe snowmobile season? ha
VTtrans statement from 18 hours ago:
Barring unforeseen setbacks, the closed segments of Route 9 will reopen this weekend, while the closed segments of Route 4 will reopen next weekend. There still will be work zones and delays, and there will be patches of road that are dirt instead of asphalt. So both patience and caution need to be exercised. If you plan to use these roads when they open, leave plenty of extra time to reach your destination.
.. 5 years later, many people's lives will never be the sameBubba wrote:People...stop with the supposition. We'll have passable roads within a few days, even if the fixes are temporary. There will be inconvenient detours and rough driving in spots but the state and feds are not going to spend the next month helicoptering food and other goods into currently isolated towns. Ski season will occur as scheduled and skiers will be able to get here. We have power on the access road and at least my part of East Mountain Rd got juice back an hour and a half ago. The world isn't coming to an end and things will be back to relative normal within a week or two.