Rain, schmain, it's the wind that is the bigger problem for
backcountry skiers.  What are the chances of the Adirondacks getting
hit?  The Greens?  The Whites?

The 'dacks are only starting to recover from Floyd and much of the
High Peaks will not recover from the 1950 blowdown (from a hurricane)
for several hundred years at the very least.  After the 1950 storm,
the government closed down the entire Seward Range and the surrounding
area for several years; much of the blowdown was still off the ground
and the fire hazard was extremely high for several years afterward. 
Areas like Panther Gorge and Ouluska Pass remain literally impassable
to even the most hardened and stuborn bushwhackers.  For those of you
who own Forest and Crag, its worth rereading the section on it.

On a mildly related note, my 46-R patch arrived this week.

--Matt K.

On 10/19/05, Scott Braaten <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> This would have some decent rainfall, but not anything like Floyd or what
> we saw in the last week.  This storm would be moving far too fast to drop
> a lot of rain.  This is a very serious situation, however.  Some of the
> models have a very strong hurricane hitting southern New England or at
> least passing just off Cape Cod and slamming into New Brunswick with
> 100mph winds.

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