Stormin'
A nor'easter blew by Maryland yesterday dumping almost 3" of rain at Beckett Haus. The gardener was thrilled to get the day off running over two small children and a poodle as he hightailed it to the couch.
As far as natural disasters are concerned Maryland is in a backwater. No earthquakes, the infrequent tropical storm, a tornado or two each year, a blizzard about as often as a Democrat occupies the Oval Office is pretty much it. But it's from nor'easters that Maryland receives its biggest punches.
The April 15 nor'easter was a corker. I'm sure the mid-Atlantic beaches from Cape Henlopen to Chincoteague Island are gone. And no doubt the eponymous high winds that always follow the deluge will take down dozens of trees rooted in now rain-soaked ground. Some folks will lose power.
The winds are especially fierce with this storm. The winds roared all through the night. They continue to rage even as I write this. The house squeaks and shudders as the 50 mph gusts blow by. The winds are supposed to subside by tomorrow night once we get through a high-wind warning that begins late this morning.
The NWS tells us it's only going to get windier.
K-
A high wind warning (60 mph gusts!) all the way through 2 a.m. Tuesday? We get wind warnings out here, too, when big storms blow in from the Pacific, but they usually last just a few hours, and usually they're focused on very specific areas; yours covers a fairly large region. Good luck!
60mph gusts are no fun. Extreme weather was a lot more fun when we were kids, wasn't it?
I hope all goes well for you with this storm. We here in SE Pennsylvania are just about through it, but there has been a lot of flooding.
I'm working from home today - as are many in my group. It's not a bad benefit of such awful weather.
Hang in there. We're thinking about you back here.