I'd do it again, too.

Yeah, i was gonna say.... if any luck got used then, it was good luck. Glad the tree limbs didn't cause you to crash, or hit the windshield or something.

:: knocks on wood ::

Roads that were open yesterday were closed today. Power is still out all over. Tons of lines still down, no one working on them.

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I was able to get thru here yesterday, and earlier today, but not on my way home tonight.
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I'm gonna get jim to video some of our commute tomorrow.

And the partial eclipse, about 4 a.m. Clapped the binocs on it, admired the sooty-dark limb of the obscured moon through them -- there was enough refracted Earth-light you could pick out the rest of the disc.

Temp near 100 and very humid, forecast for Sunday... 20,000 homes still without power in SE PA and 13,000 in south Jersey.

my mom just got power at 7:30 tonight. I almost had to clean my whole house so she could come over and take a shower.

phew!

Good for you UG. I didn't know it was coming and so I missed it.

There was one a couple of years ago that my grandson and I stayed up to see, and it was well worth while. We both enjoyed the time waiting for it.

Incredible pics.

And not in that good way.

the tornado pics remind me of my time living in Kansas. Saw some wild weather there for sure. Once I remember standing out on the back porch of my apartment talking on the radio(ham radio) and I said "Hey, i don't mean to.. alarm anybody, but.. I see this.. skyhook coming down right here, I mean it's RIGHT here!" I was scoffed at, because there were no warnings or watches. Turns out, the NWS "forgot" to issue the county the warning. What I saw was, in fact, a skyhook - right over the hospital three blocks away. Luckily, as it started twirling down to the ground, it suddenly caught a powerful gust of wind and just.. blew away.

Holy carp I'm sick of the roads being closed, seemingly at random.

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I saw a PECO crew with 5 trucks today, a quarter mile from my house. They were pulled over chatting where there was no damage, in fact there were no power lines along that road. Now it was very hot and humid, and they've probable been putting long hours, but it was mid-afternoon and it looks bad. Just sayin'. :eyebrow:

Heavy rain and thunderstorms today. By the time I left work, all the rain had gotten off the ground and back into the air.

Just got back from a lunchtime walk. It's pretty nice out there. Low to mid 70's. Partly sunny. Low humidity. It could use a gently breeze, but I'm not complaining.

welcome back - how was your trip?

OH and today is freakin gorgeous - mid 60's, sunny and sweet.