HI Mark,   
      
   On Tue 2011-Aug-30 16:10, Mark Hofmann (1:261/1304) wrote to Richard Webb:   
      
   RW> YEp, lowest reading I"ve seen on barometer for her was when   
   RW> she came ashore, 28.05 inches or 950 millibar.  I've been   
   RW> watching the pressure steadily drop on her when she was   
   RW> still out at sea and figured somebody was really gonna get   
   RW> slapped around pretty good.   
      
   MH> I measured 28.99 when Irene passed next to use here in MD.  That was   
   MH> the lowest barometer reading I have ever had on my weather station.   
      
   That's pretty low, but that 28.05 was about the lowest I've   
   seen of any tropical system, but I"ve only been paying that   
   close attention to about the last ten years, and that's one   
   of the lowest barometer readings I've ever seen that 28.05.   
   I think Katrina only got into the 970 millibar range iirc.   
   AW hell I could look probably, I"ve still got station logs   
   from first couple days at the hospital when we had power.   
   I'll do that eventually here!   
      
      
      
   MH> Monday around 9am our cable was restored and we are back online.   
   MH> Many people around here are still without power and or cable.  I   
   MH> have heard it will take all week to get to the 300k+ people that are   
   MH> still without power in the central MD area.     
      
   How'd Hagerstown fare?  Got a good friend of mine i haven't   
   heard from out that way, been threatening to email him.   
      
   MH> It also seems to have effected my Micronet uplink (Andre Leary).    
   MH> His system has been offline also.   
      
   NOt surprised, she went inland more than was expected.   
   That's good in one respect as that it diminished her power a bit.  We've got   
   Katia out there now, will be curious what   
   she does over next couple of days.  I note a lot of the   
   cruisers aren't really putting out yet that went inland up   
   rivers etc. with their boats.  I made a phone call Saturday   
   morning for a guy in N.C. who took his boat up Vandevere   
   creek wherever that is to ride it out.   
   A couple live aboards I talk to on the eastern seaboard up   
   toward NEw YOrk were moving to safer anchorages inland as   
   well Saturday.   
      
   MH> Lots of large trees down all over the place.  My mom had 8 large   
   MH> trees fall - one crushed her deck.     
      
   YEp, seen that sort of thing.  That's what nailed my place,   
   the tree damage in Katrina, then they turned on the power,   
   and where the electrical service entered the house is where   
   it caught fire.  Had I found a shutoff outside the house I   
   would've used it.   
      
      
   MH> We picked up 4.32 inches of rain at my house.  I have all the stats   
   MH> on my website, since the weather station has batteries and continued   
   MH> to log the data while my power and internet were out.     
      
   .  What was your highest wind gust?   
      
   MH> It is good to be back..   
      
   YEp, I didn't listen to the hurricane watch net, which is   
   all the guys with wx measurement stuff reporting into the   
   national hurricane center as I wouldn't have herad you guys   
   in coast Md and Va. much, until it got further north you   
   guys would have been inside my skip zone.   
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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