Torrential Thunderstorm
watered-down version of a storm

September was not a month that featured a lot of rain. At least on one occasion, however, there was a breif period of torrential downfall. Many people, unsuspecting of the conditions, ran without umbrellas to dry places.

In a month that consisted elsewhere of some of the most disastrous conditions ever to occur, the East Coast remained relatively unscathed. Powerful storms that come from the Tropics must cross over Long Island first, which usually drops them down a category.

Many people remember Hurricane Gloria in 1985, which came in at low tide and did minor shoreline damage. Fewer recollect Hurricane Hugo in 1989 which caused vast devistation to the town of Hamden in particular, due to a tornado in that area.

Storms come in two directions into Southern Connecticut. One way is via the North, which come in the corm of blizzards. And the other is by way of the South, in the form of tropical storms and hurricanes. Overall, though, this area is one of the most geographically stable not only in terms of its moderate (although deciduous) climate. It's also free from geological fault lines which cause earthquakes and volcanoes.