In the wake of an Atlantic hurricane, Central Ohio enjoys a blast of cool, dry air, which followed five days of 90-degree heat.
It had been a quiet hurricane season, then all of a sudden Earl, Fiona and Gaston developed.
The first major Atlantic hurricane of the season was a storm named Earl.
It strengthened into a huge category-four hurricane with sustained winds of 135 mph Thursday after passing just north of Puerto Rico and the Bahamas.
That set into effect a series of evacuation plans along the east coast from North Carolina to Massachusetts.
As Earl approached the Outer Banks of North Carolina Friday morning, wind and wave action increased.
22-foot waves crashed into the Barrier Islands as winds gusted to 83 mph north of Hatteras, right at the start of the Labor Day weekend.
The eye wall stayed about 100 miles offshore and top winds dropped to 105 mph as the storm ingested dry air from the west, sparing the coastline more serious damage.
After dealing the coast a glancing blow, Earl sped up, catching the jet stream, but then weakened to a tropical storm. From Long Island to Cape Cod, the effects were light. Heavy rain in Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts with winds gusting to 54 mph did not cause any problems.
Earl finally made its first landfall in Nova Scotia early Saturday with winds gusting to 70 mph, knocking trees resulting in pockets of mostly minor damage.
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