Awesome footage! What's incredible to consider is that your video, despite how impressive the 12/18/23 event winds were at the summit, at no point depicts sustained 1-min average speeds above 70mph. Just to imagine what it must have been like on the summit during 1938 when a 5-min average of 121mph was recorded is simply incredible when juxtaposed with the visuals of this video and the knowledge of the comparative wind speeds.
Completely agree! Definitely had strong tropical storm/cat 1 vibes up there, but adding in fully leaved trees and a stronger hurricane, things definitely would’ve looked different. Really shows how some of the big ones there like 1938, Carol, Donna all are in a tier above these extratropical/weaker tropical events.
wow, I just found this. I literally was up there like 45 mins before you guys haha. Standing at that rock. Wish I had come later, wasn't quite as windy for me.
"I Can't Remember A Worse December" rings true this month so many LLJ's and heavy rainstorms. Sort of like the Atmospheric River storms that the West Coast got. But this Super El Nino is so strong we're getting them on the East Coast. Didn't know they had so much Pitch Pine trees at Blue Hill though it looked like they handled the storm well. Looked like a Hurricane out there at times!
Great point on the Pine trees! I was amazed how well they did despite instances of sustained 50-60 MPH. The vegetation definitely is a bit different atop the hill compared to the ground below. My hypothesis is that 20-30 MPH winds are a near daily occurrence up there, so they were a bit more battle tested than trees in slightly less wind-prone areas.
