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9. Intense winds and heavy rain in northern Fairfield County CT

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 12:08 PM

Dec 2020

We kept power but lost cable. Lots of decent sized branches littering our property. The winds were howling so much that they kept me awake until about 3:00 a.m.

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What happened to the big storm? [View all] CTyankee Dec 2020 OP

Same here in NH...pretty much a non-event. Raven Dec 2020 #1

Here in Pa we got pounded. apcalc Dec 2020 #2

That's even worse than my worse fear! Are you OK now? CTyankee Dec 2020 #4

Thanks for asking....looks like some yard cleanup! Otherwise ok! apcalc Dec 2020 #6

Yeah, but how was the storm? bbernardini Dec 2020 #13

I see what you did there BumRushDaShow Dec 2020 #25

No need to bring sex into this. Kaleva Dec 2020 #41

Here in Cleveland, we have a foot of snow on the ground and still coming... Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #3

Hope not. Tomorrow's big shopping day and I have my twice monthly home aide who helps CTyankee Dec 2020 #10

Ouch...my husband has a bad back...I can't even imagine. Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #36

Mine is just arthritis and physical therapy (plus home exercses as prescribed) do wonders. CTyankee Dec 2020 #42

In Cleveland akso....not going out to shovel Tribetime Dec 2020 #11

We get lake effect worst than anyplace I have seen...one little culdesac. Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #35

It missed you. edhopper Dec 2020 #5

On Christmas day yet...that is terrible. Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #8

Oh, those poor people! CTyankee Dec 2020 #12

We park on the street edhopper Dec 2020 #19

Yikes apcalc Dec 2020 #18

Oh, hate to hear it. Power out's the worst. Hortensis Dec 2020 #21

I'm in Massachusetts, about 12 miles from the Vermont border... DonViejo Dec 2020 #7

Intense winds and heavy rain in northern Fairfield County CT MANative Dec 2020 #9

We're in New Haven. Haven't checked the weather...don't want to... CTyankee Dec 2020 #14

I went to High School in Ridgefield... Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #37

About 3 miles from me MANative Dec 2020 #38

Woke up to a beautiful white Christmas in Western N.Y... CatMor Dec 2020 #15

We got it and kept it all for ourselves. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2020 #16

Got a lot of wind here. GoCubsGo Dec 2020 #17

fortunately still have power, snow is gone, reports of water in basements. dem4decades Dec 2020 #20

Speak for yourself! Minnesota was hammered. Roads are still slick question everything Dec 2020 #22

White Christmas keithsw Dec 2020 #23

My people in upstate NY lost power, had crazy rain. apnu Dec 2020 #24

Here in Philly I got almost 2.5" of rain BumRushDaShow Dec 2020 #26

Lotta rain for late December! LeftInTX Dec 2020 #45

If the cold air had been aligned with the precipitation BumRushDaShow Dec 2020 #46

I'll stick with 10:1, but I get 25 inches. LeftInTX Dec 2020 #48

Well the last snow we got here 12/16 - 12/17 BumRushDaShow Dec 2020 #49

Down here in Tennessee we had freezing rain that turned to snow peggysue2 Dec 2020 #27

It was huge in NYC Polybius Dec 2020 #28

That was me, in Orange. Had my flashlight ready... First Speaker Dec 2020 #29

Here in Eastern Connecticut it was brutally windy all night. NutmegYankee Dec 2020 #30

We are wintering away from Norther New York (NY-21) right now. Karma13612 Dec 2020 #31

From mid November 2017 until March 2018 mnhtnbb Dec 2020 #43

Brrr! Karma13612 Dec 2020 #50

Here in North Alabama, we had wind Wednesday, rain overnight, House of Roberts Dec 2020 #32

At least here in eastern MA, it got rid of all the snow. Tracer Dec 2020 #33

I haven't been outside yet, but from what I can tell here in Boston it doesn't seem like a big smirkymonkey Dec 2020 #34

In SE PA, we got it pretty badly mvd Dec 2020 #39

Power out at my brother's in Dover MA. brooklynite Dec 2020 #40

Outside Boston I could easily imagine win gusts of over 70 mph. All night. nt LAS14 Dec 2020 #44

In Cheektowaga, NY, (suburb of Buffalo) we were pounded in snow liberal_mama Dec 2020 #47