Hurricane Bob in New England 1991

Hurricane Bob was the last hurricane to directly strike the New England Coastline in August, 1991. Video from the Weather Channel.
Toward the end of the video you can still see the eye off of the New Hampshire coast on its approach to a final landfall in Brunswick, Maine.

[@deathymnribm]

Herb Stevens the skiing weather man representing my home town. What a crazy day I was 6 years old. This brings back memories

[@ohyeahthatsright3155]

Excellent reporting of facts unlike today. No fake wind effects.

[@mediadude08]

I was 9 then and I remember that TWC intro very vividly.

[@ILoveOldTWC]

Bob was just below major hurricane threshold. It was a high end Category 2. 110 mph winds. Even though its moving over colder water temperatures, if its moving rapidly it doesn't have time to weaken because its not spending enough time over the colder water, which would otherwise diminish its effects.

[@CairnTerrier69]

I went through "Bob" in central Connecticut. Despite being hit by the weaker side of the hurricane, the wind was wild, trees were down, and the power was out for days. The storm itself was in and out of the area quick. At 7AM as was quiet, by noon, the storm was full-tilt. By 4PM all was clear. Wild day that was in New England. I can only imagine what Sept 21, 1938 was like.

[@AnthonyEditz123]

Wow I haven't seen John Hope in a while. I miss that man.

[@ISLAVERDE29]

RIP John Hope & Charlie Welsh.

[@seismiccoywolf7109]

Jim And John coverage on Hurricane Bob 8 19 1991.

[@anastasiajohnson6119]

OH MY GOSH... JIM CANTORE WAS A BABY!!!!!!!

[@voidfreaks9972]

THERE WAS A HURRICANE BOB I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE FUNNY XD

[@talimbeingaverythriftyghor5967]

All I was thinking is Bob Parr lol

[@LaKellita]

I remember comedians making jokes about the name before it came

[@ILoveOldTWC]

New England hurricanes are rare. 1815, then there didn't have another until the infamous 1938 hurricane. 6 years earlier they also had Hurricane Gloria.

[@trevortayler6258]

I was 6 when this hurricane hit and it knocked a big tree in front of my house we were in the red zone

[@LunoRawke]

Bob the hurricane Can we destroy it? Bob the hurricane Yes, we can

[@quag1481]

my dad remembers it uprooting trees in nearby fall river

[@Juggaloballer818]

I was on Nantucket Island when this happened it was scary I was ten years old

[@stormendless552]

00:00: HURRICANE BOB intro(incomplete)

[@ilovecp08]

thnx for showing something about hurricane bob because i have a project dued tomorrow. Thnx SO Much!

[@Dakora098]

Bob is such an epic name for a hurricane! :D

[@juliusnepos6013]

Lol

[@junoxtc]

being a worcester, ma resident for all my life and being 11 years old when bob hit, it was amazing ... it really got me into meteorology and especially extreme weather ... my family has been around the new england area through a lot of hurricanes and most notably the 53 tornado in worcester ... in a weird way i am kind of hoping earl hits here, i find it exciting .. now, i don't wish harm upon anyone or damage (of course it will happen) but i love having nature at it's worst right in my backyard

[@cheche1441]

I live in New England and I remember this storm. I was only 9 years old. Alot of trees fell in my neighborhood.

[@machinegunangel]

We were litterally camping in Rhode Island the day before this happened back when I was 11. We had to leave because of this storm. i remember my mom built us a shelter in the basement because It was supposed to be so bad. It was a scary day!

[@CoolCoverBro]

I live on cape cod and I was -4 years old, What a storm that was.

[@dcg509]

CoolCoverBro I was 8 in Nantucket with my family all trapped in a same room with 2 dog and cat !

[@wwg.07]

A very long time ago when hurricane bob hit my home state Rhode Island and a long time ago since you upload this video and I was born in early 2007

[@Fotograffa]

Love seeing the old video of the guys who used to be on TWC. Those were the days!! And, that was some hurricane. I remember it well.

[@mountainheather]

This hurricane was on my birthday. Good times.

[@Linuxpunk81]

I was 10 and remember quite a bit from that storm. Grew up in Fall River MA

[@RandemNJ]

Was there a lot of damage around your way?

[@Linuxpunk81]

@@RandemNJ quite a few trees down, and I remember not having power for a few days as well

[@haleyrc1016]

Guys don’t say anything because there’s a hurricane name worse than this! “Hurricane gert” 1 like maybe for hurricane Jeffry kill me

[@TwinPat90]

The fact that there are millions of more people residing in New England since Bob shows that *when* another hurricane hits, many won't be prepared because they've never experienced one before. Not to mention how much the coast has been built up in the past 20 odd years...

[@LaKellita]

We did ok with Sandy

[@harryhenderson3744]

I remember it hitting Sourhern Maine as primarily a rain event.

[@sliv812]

Wow! I forgot that Jim Cantore had hair! One of the sexiest weathermen I've ever seen. He's definitely bulked up over the last 10 years.

[@JuneNyaPurr]

THANK GOD I WAS BORN A FEW YEARS LATER! it would have reached me but i wasnt born yet! :P

[@megamanfan3]

I didn't realize that John Contore was on TWC whenever John Hope was an OCM during that time. I wonder if Contore remembers what Hope did to contribute to TWC?

[@gigas81]

1991 is proof everyone on the eastern coast of the US is vulnerable. I bet martha's vineyard isn't laughing anymore!

[@lpycb42]

A hurricane in New England seems so unlikely now...

[@MsGina]

@Flashpoint922 I know right...I was 6

[@shrtbus44]

Irene wasn't a hurricane by the time it did anything. It was a tropical storm and fell to a tropical depression.

[@Dac719]

You know what's weird? I live in New Jersey and have lived there my whole life...yet, I don't remember Hurricane Bob. I was 12 years old at the time.

[@LaKellita]

I was 12 too, but I was in Michigan for the summer that year so I missed it

[@crazze6163]

I remember driving my sister in law to wildwood n.j. to meet up with the family on vacation at the time. heavy rains and high winds on the garden state parkway most of the way down since i was riding into it. 30 to 40 miles an hour top speed on the g.s.p. it took us 6 hours to get there from north jersey on a trip that takes 3 to 4. it was a stupid thing to do and should have waited it out.

[@overdrive71080]

Its bound to happen in the next couple of years, but a big one like the 38 hurricane could cause damage over 30 billion dollars in damage and it would be bad for the economy. Bob was a nasty storm winds gusted well over 100mph here in Plymouth Ma

[@Nicholad99]

@ryanjames731 I was there too and I was 11. I lived in Hudson.

[@ShadewHawk]

I remember hurricane bob and my grandpa walking down the street during it and talking to the guys cutting up a downed tree, lol

[@SmithProductions395]

my dad was on there...

[@GTAIVman]

@HERPTOLOGY44 That's because you were in New England. I was in central long island. Bob for us brought a top wind gust of 52 mph here. Irene gave us a wind gust of 91mph. Sorry, I should have mentioned where I'm from. It's just that we are in 2 different places which can make a big difference in wind speed.

[@masonlynch1793]

My father was 11

[@overdrive71080]

you never know, the northeast is due for a big one

[@noone7451]

*bob*

[@GTAIVman]

Where I was, Irene was a hurricane. Where you were it might have been weak by then.

[@badbadlover]

my uncle tom was killed in this h bob, tom keech. r.i.p

[@SmithProductions395]

yeah

[@JoeMoravsky]

@OGJarred looks like it possibly could stay cat 2!!! Hopefully so because I'll be traveling to see it since I live on Western CT... I'm a crazy Meteorologist. hahaha

[@GTAIVman]

@utterbullspit nah i think irene was a bit stronger than bob

[@Trueghostgirl]

I was 6 when Bob came through ..I'll never forget it .I'm actually hyped up over Irene. It is scary .... but still a little exciting ... I live in NH ... and It gets me pissed that we are somehow never reported on on the weather channel .. thus far I have heard about Irene hitting every fucking state around me .... even though the path of Irene covers my whole state!! I think they forgot NH is in New England!!! even in the old Bob footage they somehow forgot about NH even though we got hit hard!

[@Flashpoint922]

@DarkNintendo2000 Jesus christ, you make me feel old. You weren't even BORN yet in 1991?! I was 8 when this storm came.

[@Sanctimoniously]

Flip Spiceland, huh? That's quite a name.

[@machinegunangel]

@ryanjames731 I was the same age.. from Springfield

[@jenniferclark9842]

He was a young buck then.

[@kuroodo_]

BOB ._______.

[@SmithProductions395]

Dennis Smith is my dad

[@antoinettemalone2212]

SmithProductions395 Your father, Dennis, was ONE OF MY FAVORITE METEOROLOGISTS on The Weather Channel back in the late 1980s - early 1990s!! I truly enjoyed seeing him on television. 😃😃😃

[@wootawoota65]

BOB THE BUILDER

[@tornadojoe]

Jim you have hair! and John.RIP you have a light bulb head

[@TravelsChases]

HE HAS HAIR !

[@bherring49]

Hurricane Bob!ROFL

[@Movieplayer290]

🤣😂🤣

[@elhefe4]

fake

[@emmastanford8136]

elhefe4 it’s not my dad walked in it