2008.09.28
Does anyone think of Maine when they think of hurricanes?
Hurricane Kyle is staying well off the coast of the United States tonight, but is likely to make landfall in Nova Scotia late Sunday or early Monday. It may be close enough to scrape eastern Maine -- hurricane watches and tropical storm warnings are out for that area. It has been 17 years since the Maine coast has been under a hurricane watch -- that occurred for Hurricane Bob. Here's a page I found on the Internet with some other examples of hurricanes tha have affected Maine. While the waters are colder up that way, and tropical systems tend to lose some intensity, a fast-moving system can keep enough strength to be quite dangerous. So hurricanes can occur in the far northern areas of the East Coast, they just don't happen very often.
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Having lived on the coast of Maine for 27 years, hurricanes were not our worry. Good old fashioned unnamed nor'easters were the storms that brought big waves, wind, and lots of rain (or snow). When a hurricane came along, it was a novelty, respected for its potential, but people often were proud to say that they were their for Hurricane "X".
Comment by Jim D — September 28, 2008 @ 7:00 am
With Kyle having veered a little farther east, this brush will not enter Maine weather legend ... it certainly will not compare to many nor'easters that Jim notes.
3 years ago my wife and I were 10 days away from a honeymoon on the coast of Maine.
Comment by Kevin Myatt — September 28, 2008 @ 6:49 pm