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By PAUL McFARLANE
Rappahannock Newi SUIT Writer
Hurricane Gloria, considered one of the most dangerous, open-sea storms of this century, left less than an inch of rain in Rappahannock County Friday and caused only the problems of a cool, breezy, autumn day.
For Rappahannock residents few, if any, preparations were needed as the storm remained near the Atlantic coast, some 175 miles to the east, where it skidded from the North Carolina beaches into New England where it quickly dissipated.
The storm, which did relatively minor damage to beaches, boardwalks and bulkheads along the coast, was more of a conversation piece than a local threat.
Local weather observer Dennis Wingfield recorded .74 inches of rainfall in Sperryville as a result of the storm, yet it kept the total rainfall for September to less than one inch — .83 inches, to be precise.
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