by Anura Guruge
on July 17, 2023
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I was LUCKY enough to get a call that said “Go outside & look at the Sun“. I am grateful.
No sunset, per se, to speak of (i.e., no red/orange skies). JUST this GLOWING BALL OF RED.
Yes, must be the smoke from the wildfires in Canada. I had also heard, earlier, that it had been hazy. I had not noticed that during my two-hours of ambling this morning.
Wow.
5″ of rain & flooding in Alton, New Hampshire, yesterday. Today, THIS. WOW.
by Anura Guruge
on July 16, 2023
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It sure rained a lot today, but until we saw the news at 6pm we had not realized that we, in ‘Alton‘, N.H., had got 5″ of rain. It really did bucket down. Wow. A part of one of our major roads, Route 140, was washed away. Check this TV report.
Though I had walked by the beach this morning (below), in the pouring rain, I hadn’t gone to the beach itself. I was trying to stay as much as I could under tree cover to get some shelter. I then heard the beach was flooded. I had to go see. I did. Pretty spectacular. Yes, the water will recede.
I for one do remember another Summer of HIGH LAKE WATER such as this. 1998. This is approaching that. In 1998 we had ‘NO WAKE’ on all the New Hampshire lakes even on July 4. Boaters were not happy. I don’t think we have got to that point yet — though we have to be close.
Well, I walked for 1 hour 45 minutes in that rain. I did. I did. Here is proof. I was soaked!
