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Thread #139868   Message #3214952
Posted By: ChanteyLass
30-Aug-11 - 12:08 AM
Thread Name: BS: NA coast hurricane season 2011
Subject: RE: BS: NA coast hurricane season 2011
Here in RI there was some flooding along the coast, bays, and rivers. The winds were the worst part for me. The highest I heard about were reported to be 62 mph. One out of 3 households lost power, and some people may not have it restored until this weekend. In West Warwick, mine was out from Sunday around noon until Monday around 1 PM. I figured I was prepared for 3 days without power but was relieved to have it restored. On Aquidneck Island, which consists of Newport, Middletown, and Portsmouth, reports said the whole island was down. Ny son and his family live in a rural part of Middletown and have a well, so that meant no water. (I raised him a rural part of Coventry, so he knew what it was like to be without water, but his wife and children had never experienced that before.) Their power went out before mine did and was restored after mine. In Providence at least 125 streets were blocked by debris.