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#121 |
NSABFD
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: MS. usa
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I don't mean this in a bad way. I know what a fuck-up this can be. But, yanks, get a dose of what we go though every 2 or 3 years. Guess we're a bit better prepared.
I have gas for cooking and heating water, but the fing lights are a bitch. Good luck all !! Need anything, call or post, write.
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#122 |
erika
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: "the high up north"
Posts: 6,127
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starting to get windy here!
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Doctor Wtf
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Badelaide, Baustralia
Posts: 12,861
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#124 |
Encroaching on your decrees
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland
Posts: 7,016
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Stay safe, everyone! Watch out for sharks!
Sent by thought transference.
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#125 |
Radical Centrist
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
Posts: 31,423
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Made it overnight with no power loss!
The winds were amazing. Now just soaking rain. |
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#126 |
Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 3,774
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Bravo! Amazing, considering where you are ... glad you came through all right. Any word from others in the area?
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#127 |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
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Glad you made it through, UT!
Our light flickered numerous times and we lost power for a couple minutes at one point, but it's morning now and the winds have died down considerably, but it's still raining. We have a drain outside by the basement door, and when it gets full of leaves, the water comes into the house. So I keep cleaning it out. Lots of leaves trying to clog it. But I'm on top of it, and we're dry. All in all, Sandy was a wimp at our house. Which is just fine by me. Friends half a mile away got a tree on their house and car. Big tree, got the house next to theirs too. |
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#128 |
Radical Centrist
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
Posts: 31,423
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It turns out that in my county, this morning, 175,000 Peco customers are without power... out of 300,000.
All told 600,000 Peco customers are still without power (out of about 1,700,000) and that's after Peco restored service to 240,000 customers. So about half of Philly area lost power, and about 2/3rds of my county, where the trees are. |
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#129 |
Radical Centrist
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
Posts: 31,423
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I did lose an old, dead tree but the tree didn't completely fall. It's held up at a 60-degree angle by another tree. Now I wonder whether I should just leave it to the new owners. Maybe they will like it like that.
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#130 |
still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
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A couple light flickers but not much else here. Usually ocean storms hit us harder but Sandy ran to the West so her winds were being blocked by the hill I built against to avoid the normal prevailing winds.
Time to check for chainsaw work.
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#131 |
Slattern of the Swail
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 15,654
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tons of wind - I thought my shutters were coming off but I checked this morn. and they are still there. Snowy-ish rain and very blowy.
No power outages here - YAY!
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#132 |
Person who doesn't update the user title
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 13,002
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East coast peeps...check in.
Who're we missing? jim? wolf? |
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#133 |
Slattern of the Swail
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 15,654
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Jim was ok last I heard.
Wolf has no power but she's okay. She's throwing everything out of her fridge 'cept the beers. *all facebook stuff
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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#134 |
Person who doesn't update the user title
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 13,002
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![]() Warm beers work in a pinch. Or they can just sit outside. Mine do sometimes. But not for long. ![]() |
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#135 |
a beautiful fool
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: 39.939705
Posts: 4,504
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oh yeah.... 'm fine.
only lost power for like 3 minutes. mainly just bored. watched a lot of bad tv, ate chinese food, etc. Actually saw someone I know on one of those man on the street interviews. And heard one reporter ask a citizen what they think people should do if they lose power. really? that's bush league.
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