Hurricane Sandy - Page 9

busterb · 10-29-2012, 08:51 PM

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.

Ibby · 10-29-2012, 10:07 PM

starting to get windy here!

ZenGum · 10-30-2012, 03:03 AM

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entert...-1226506521088

limey · 10-30-2012, 04:11 AM

Stay safe, everyone! Watch out for sharks!

Sent by thought transference.

Undertoad · 10-30-2012, 05:23 AM

Made it overnight with no power loss!

The winds were amazing. Now just soaking rain.

orthodoc · 10-30-2012, 06:12 AM

Bravo! Amazing, considering where you are ... glad you came through all right. Any word from others in the area?

glatt · 10-30-2012, 06:15 AM

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.

Undertoad · 10-30-2012, 07:06 AM

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.

Undertoad · 10-30-2012, 07:09 AM

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.

Griff · 10-30-2012, 07:19 AM

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.

Trilby · 10-30-2012, 07:24 AM

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!

infinite monkey · 10-30-2012, 08:23 AM

East coast peeps...check in.

Who're we missing? jim? wolf?

Trilby · 10-30-2012, 08:26 AM

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

infinite monkey · 10-30-2012, 08:31 AM

Warm beers work in a pinch.

Or they can just sit outside. Mine do sometimes. But not for long.

jimhelm · 10-30-2012, 09:47 AM

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.

10-29-2012, 08:51 PM	#121
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	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. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

10-29-2012, 10:07 PM	#122
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	starting to get windy here! __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-30-2012, 03:03 AM	#123
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entert...-1226506521088 __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-30-2012, 04:11 AM	#124
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Stay safe, everyone! Watch out for sharks! Sent by thought transference. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-30-2012, 06:12 AM	#126
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Bravo! Amazing, considering where you are ... glad you came through all right. Any word from others in the area? __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

10-30-2012, 05:23 AM	#125
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Made it overnight with no power loss! The winds were amazing. Now just soaking rain.

10-30-2012, 06:15 AM	#127
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	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.

10-30-2012, 07:06 AM	#128
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	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.

10-30-2012, 07:09 AM	#129
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	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.

10-30-2012, 07:19 AM	#130
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	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. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-30-2012, 07:24 AM	#131
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	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! __________________ 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

10-30-2012, 08:23 AM	#132
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	East coast peeps...check in. Who're we missing? jim? wolf?

10-30-2012, 08:26 AM	#133
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	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 __________________ 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

10-30-2012, 08:31 AM	#134
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Warm beers work in a pinch. Or they can just sit outside. Mine do sometimes. But not for long.

10-30-2012, 09:47 AM	#135
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	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. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

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