Luckily hurricane Gonzalo did not affect the South Shore of Nova Scotia noticeably. Matter of fact, other than some ocean swells, we had a beautiful week during the duration of Gonzalo. The heavy down pour on Friday, October 17th, 2014 was not related to Gonzalo.

Environment Canada summary:

STORM SUMMARY FOR HURRICANE GONZALO
(October 14 to 19, 2014)

HURRICANE GONZALO WAS A MAJOR CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE THAT PASSED DIRECTLY OVER BERMUDA THEN CONTINUED TOWARDS ATLANTIC CANADA, GRADUALLY WEAKENING BUT ACCELERATING RAPIDLY AS IT HEADED ALMOST DIRECTLY TOWARDS NEWFOUNDLAND. IT CROSSED INTO THE LAURENTIAN FAN SATURDAY EVENING AS A STRONG CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE, AND MAINTAINED THIS INTENSITY AS IT PASSED ABOUT 50 KM SOUTH OF CAPE RACE, AT THE SOUTHEASTERN TIP OF NEWFOUNDLAND, NEAR DAWN ON SUNDAY. IT PASSED EAST OF CANADIAN FORECAST WATERS NEAR NOON ON SUNDAY AND IS HEADING TOWARDS EUROPE AS A STRONG POST-TROPICAL SYSTEM.

THE TRAJECTORY AND MOTION OF THE STORM AS IT ACCELERATED TOWARDS US PRODUCED UNUSUALLY LARGE WAVES AND SWELL, WHICH IMPACTED OUR WATERS FROM THE LAURENTIAN FAN EAST TO THE GRAND BANKS. THIS, COMBINED WITH STORM SURGE ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE AVALON PENINSULA AND LOCAL HIGH TIDES AT THE CLOSEST APPROACH OF GONZALO, GAVE A POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL FLOODING. FORTUNATELY THE LARGEST WAVES ARRIVED AS THE TIDE AND SURGE WERE DROPPING, REDUCING THIS RISK GREATLY. FURTHER OFFSHORE, VERY LARGE SWELL IN EXCESS OF 11 METRES WAS OBSERVED AND AFFECTED OFFSHORE AREAS FROM THE LAURENTIAN FAN EAST TO THE GRAND BANKS.

THE STORM ALSO PRODUCED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OVER PART OF THE LAURENTIAN FAN AND MOST OF THE GRAND BANKS. IT ALSO GAVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 30 TO 70 MM FOR MOST OF THE AVALON PENINSULA. 
FINALLY, THERE WAS STORM SURGE OF 80 CM OR HIGHER FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN AVALON PENINSULA.

See Environment Canada’s Hurricane Information Statements for more details.