Monster Winds Blow In New England
Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 16th, 2007
Power is going off and on here in Portland, Maine. Heavy rains and winds. Snow from last night has disappeared.
Can you imagine running the Boston Marathon in this? Baseball season has been delayed for many schools due to wet fields, for weeks. At least the kids aren’t out in this today, trying to get to school.
It’s Patriot’s Day here, so there is no school on Monday the 16th, and for the rest of the week too. It’s April school vacation week in New England. Of the coast, old Cassie, our local Sea Serpents, must think this is a special day at the amusement park just for them. The extremely high Spring Tides are now being mix with this near “Perfect Storm.” What fun for the marine cryptids.
I’ve been without power for part of overnight and this morning. This makes the second time in two weeks. Last time it was for most of two days.
When I awoke this morning to find myself without power again, even though I live at the top of a little hill in this neighborhood, I also found my backyard was half-flooded. I wondered what today would be like.
I went to check on everything, only to find the basement flooding. No power for a pump, so I spent time blocking the cellar door with towels and old newspapers. Then I picked up everything except plastic bins off the floor of the basement, while walking around in wet socks. It’s an interesting “cool” feeling, if you’ve never tried it. Of course, I later avoided stepping in the water as I was dealing with the electrical plug for the pump. I don’t want to add a case history for anyone’s study of the Harry and the Hendersons curse. At least, there were no alligators swimming around in the water.
Wind is powerful here. The winds are suppose to get higher that the gusts of 55 mph we’ve experienced thus far. I’m hearing in other parts of the city, the power has been going on and off. And we are forecast to stay in the middle of the Nor’easter through Thursday, with rain coming down every day.
At least temporarily now, the power is back on and so now is my pump, working away at the basement water. And, of course, my internet too.
(Not to myself: Darn, I didn’t get a transistor radio like I meant to after the last power outage.)
That’s it from here for now…
I have some pre-scheduled items in line for posting today (just in case this happened), so seeing those here is no sign I have any email contact available for comment responses or to reply privately, as the big trees are falling throughout Portland, across power lines. Besides the branches, the ground is soaked and the massive root systems on some of the maples and oaks are giving way.
When the power was out, all I could hear was the wind and sirens.
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
Hang in there, Loren…
BTW, what H/H curse?
Yeah, a friend of mine was just talking about a roof cave in due to water. As fuzzy said, hang in there.
hey loren & everyone i agree where do sasquatch creatures & wildlife & cryptids go for safety in various forests for safety when heavy rains windy strike. does that increase sightings or decrease sightings i guess it depends on the statees with the most activity. thanks bill
Hi Loren, only an hour South of you we has all rain and wind, but plenty of it. Its amazing the marathon ran and the Red Sox played in Boston.
You know my great interest in Cassie, only around here we sometimes call her Glossie after the Gloucester reports. Are there anly reports at all lately. Have we fished away most of her food sources? Has she relocated for better weather? Whats your feeling?
Speaking of where do cryptids go in bad weather (probably the same place other animals go), How many certain North West Critters could have gotten buried when Mt. St. Helens blew? Could the proof be sitting there under a pile of ash?
Again hang in there.
Let me tell you driving from West Lebanon (near White River Junction, VT) to Peterborough this evening on a daily commute was an interesting sight to behold. Washed out roads and ways, detours through the woods and over the hills. A lovely mud slide (yes mudslide in New Hampshire) down at the Francestown / Bennington town line.
Last years May flooding was bad, but the widespread nature of this one is a bit different. Even a major western route on 101 (runs from Portsmouth to Keene) is closed down due to a land slide, may be days before it is running again (down around the Milford / Wilton line).
Of course time was present to stop and snap a few pictures…..
Craig Heinselman
Peterborough, NH
UPDATE
Thanks for the well wishes and sharing of what else is going on out there.
My power briefly came on for me to post the above blog, and then it went off for most of the rest of the day. Even when the power came back, it was several more hours of no phone and no internet/emails.
With power back, I discovered that my minor basement flooding and internet problems were nothing compared to what happened today in Virginia. I learned about the VA Tech news of 33 dead in a college shooting. I was immediately overwhelmed with requests to be interviewed by Canadian media. Due to the acceptance of my book, The Copycat Effect north of the border, especially since the Dawson college shootings on Sept. 13, 2006. Many people remembered I had predicted this week would be a dangerous one for more school shootings. Unfortunately, I was correct.
Take care everyone…
Yes this week has been a spectacular coinciding of tragedies. Here in Pike County, KY, where I live, we have had buckets af rain and major flooding. Parts of majors highways are still under water and parts of some highways have washed away entirely. A massive landslide completely closed a mountain road I travel to work, and several schools have flooded too. I live high on a hill so I have not experienced any flooding into my home, just a mess of flooding in my lower yard and driveway. Many people here are without power and are having to boil water. There are big trees down everywhere and several landslides and rockfalls. All this hard on the heels of record cold weather last week that froze the majority of the flowering trees and fruit trees. It’s been rough.
But it will pass. Our area’s biggest festival, Hillbilly Days, which benefits the Shriners’ Children’s hospitals, is this weekend. Talk about cryptids … people come from all over the world to dress and act like, well, hillbillies. We poke fun at our stereotypes, enjoy mountain music (no electric or electronic instruments allowed) and crafts. There’s always a “Bigfoot” or two joining the celebrations too.
Y’all come!