I know, the title is a little lame but I couldn't really come up with anything else.

Basically, after you and yours have weathered some serious storms, tornadoes, hurricanes etc. you can come here and just let us know all is well with you.

I was prompted to do this mostly because when I hear about tornado possibilities in the Chicago area, I worry about Rice, Jess and The Spawn. When I heard about flooding in Ohio, I worried about Brian. When there were threats of a hurricane hitting Houston, I worried about JoeDeerTae. When I heard about tornadoes yesterday through the mid west, Tennessee esp. I worry about WindBreaker05....

So ya - holla and let us know alright! ;)

Tam 8)

I'm okay :)  Just lots of snow/rain!

Hope nobody got tornadoed :(

Tornadoes.. bah, I eat 'em for breakfast!  ;D

Nah, but seriously, we got some nasty storms here last night, rattled the whole house but no damage anywhere, just a few counties south they had a couple people dead though.

I hope nicki_morrissey (Ashley) is ok. she's in Tennessee

I hope nicki_morrissey (Ashley) is ok. she's in Tennessee


Where does she live?  I live in Knoxville Tn and for the past 3 days we got rain, today a lot of wind , some other days too.  If she lives in Nasville, we usually get their weather.


Nice post...keep tabs on people.  :)

KC got a buttload of snow last night.

I'm OK.  ;D

Where does she live?  I live in Knoxville Tn and for the past 3 days we got rain, today a lot of wind , some other days too.   If she lives in Nasville, we usually get their weather.


Nice post...keep tabs on people.   :)
Tennessee Tech Univ

The snow tonight was thick.  I drove down Hwy 401 super slow, not by choice, but because I was following a slow moving convoy of Transports that were behind a snowplow

The snow tonight was thick.  I drove down Hwy 401 super slow, not by choice, but because I was following a slow moving convoy of Transports that were behind a snowplow
so you made it home ok, or are you posting as you drive?

I've watched it today on the news :o Hope you're all ok.

Tennessee Tech Univ


Where is that? It isn't the campus that was hard hit, was it? I didn't get the name.

Maybe this thread should be stickied for the time being.  Since we live in 'Tornado Ally' another set will come along.  Maybe sticky it for a long timr?

I have stickied the topic ^ good thinking ;)

I know I worry too much but I like to know that peeps here are ok.

Jas - my sister is in Toronto and has been getting the worst snow for the past 3 days! Hang in there

Maybe this thread should be stickied for the time being.  Since we live in 'Tornado Ally' another set will come along.  Maybe sticky it for a long timr?


Tornadoes in February?! :-\\ What's next?...Huckabee for president? :o



btw: we've had zero rain/snow, no wind to speak of and I'm OK. ;)

Tornadoes in February?! :-\\

btw: we've had zero rain/snow, no wind to speak of and I'm OK. ;)


Spring around here is tornado season.

Spring around here is tornado season.


I thought the season didn't start until April/May (usually). ???

Tornadoes can happen any time of the year, they are just more common in the spring/summer months.

so you made it home ok, or are you posting as you drive?


I made it home alright, after about an hour lol

The snow tonight was thick.  I drove down Hwy 401 super slow, not by choice, but because I was following a slow moving convoy of Transports that were behind a snowplow


Did you use the chevrons to maintain your proper following distance behind the plows?  ;D

Glad to see everyone here weathered the storms okay.

Ant

Where is that? It isn't the campus that was hard hit, was it? I didn't get the name.
Cookeville

Cookeville


oh...I hope she's ok too.

oh...I hope she's ok too.
that's kind.  hopefully she'll let us know as soon as she can.

yea, I hope she can (who knows when they'll get the phones working)?

She just recently posted something on Myspace....so, thankfully, she must be ok. :)

I'm alright...don't nobody worry 'bout me!

I'm alright...don't nobody worry 'bout me!


It took 26 posts for someone to bring up Kenny Loggins and the singing gopher from Caddyshack.  We're slipping.  I don't wanna give y'all a fight, but I couldn't just let that be.

It took 26 posts for someone to bring up Kenny Loggins and the singing gopher from Caddyshack.  We're slipping.  I don't wanna give y'all a fight, but I couldn't just let that be.
that's just shameful  :-
It took 26 posts for someone to bring up Kenny Loggins and the singing gopher from Caddyshack.  We're slipping.  I don't wanna give y'all a fight, but I couldn't just let that be.
so you're doin' ok there Rice?  that's good. stay safe, you and your family.

I don't wanna give y'all a fight, but I couldn't just let that be.


Do what you like,
Doing it naturally
But if its too easy
They're gonna disagree

It took 26 posts for someone to bring up Kenny Loggins and the singing gopher from Caddyshack.  We're slipping.  I don't wanna give y'all a fight, but I couldn't just let that be.


Oh come now, Tam wanted this to be serious so I figure 26 posts is enough of a buffer before we could be goofy again :D :D

Godspeed folks!

Oh come now, Tam wanted this to be serious so I figure 26 posts is enough of a buffer before we could be goofy again :D :D

Godspeed folks!


Hahaha!
Serious when need be - but have at it when not need be! ;D

that doesnt make any sense at all LOL

We did have some minor flooding in the basement, nothing serious though.

We did have some minor flooding in the basement, nothing serious though.


That's good to know Brian!
Flood insurance?

That's good to know Brian!
Flood insurance?


I don't think so...it was just a little water in some spots, we get it a lot when it rains, no damage.

I don't think so...it was just a little water in some spots, we get it a lot when it rains, no damage.


Well I am happy for you and your household then! ;)

I hope nicki_morrissey (Ashley) is ok. she's in Tennessee


She is! She's okay.

She is! She's okay.
thanks Dom. I'm happy to hear that she's ok and if you remember, tell her Uncle Mike wants to hear from her soon  8)

Did you use the chevrons to maintain your proper following distance behind the plows?  ;D


Does anyone really do that?  ;D

Does anyone really do that?  ;D


I find I drive along looking at the chevrons and not at the road ahead.  Thankfully they're not that common in the UK or around here

I need to start listening to the local weather more.  I was very surprised this afternoon when the lady across the road mentioned that the evening gym classes were cancelled because of the weather.  It wasn't snowing or anything at that time.  Turns out James's class was still on but the place was shutting at 5.30.  It started snowing around 6.00

I need to start listening to the local weather more.  I was very surprised this afternoon when the lady across the road mentioned that the evening gym classes were cancelled because of the weather.  It wasn't snowing or anything at that time.  Turns out James's class was still on but the place was shutting at 5.30.  It started snowing around 6.00


To add to listening or watching the weather Karen, I always go to www.weather.com, pu tin my zip code and it will tell me everything I want to know. From current to 10 days, it will try and tell me what to expect, how to dress, and of course, how to re-check it to make sure nothing or something has changed! ;D 8)

Well, it wasn't weather, but I was in the building next door to the shooting at NIU yesterday.  Promised Cat that I'd come and let everyone know that I'm alright :)

Well, it wasn't weather, but I was in the building next door to the shooting at NIU yesterday.  Promised Cat that I'd come and let everyone know that I'm alright :)

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thank goodness!!! :)

Well, it wasn't weather, but I was in the building next door to the shooting at NIU yesterday.  Promised Cat that I'd come and let everyone know that I'm alright :)


Thank GOD. I didn't know that was where you went until Rice told me last night. I'm glad you're okay, but how terrifying!

Well, it wasn't weather, but I was in the building next door to the shooting at NIU yesterday.  Promised Cat that I'd come and let everyone know that I'm alright :)



Glad you're alright Mama.  :)

We had a tornado come through my office building today... it passed right by my office, but everything is fine.  I lost a couple quotes I was working on... other than that, the fax machine survived!

We had a tornado come through my office building today... it passed right by my office, but everything is fine.  I lost a couple quotes I was working on... other than that, the fax machine survived!


Are you ok Bill? ???

Are you ok Bill? ???


Yeah, I feel a little bit like Dorothy...
Everything spinning
Puking
But I hit my head on my monitor.
Now I'm okay!!

Yeah, I feel a little bit like Dorothy...
Everything spinning
Puking
But I hit my head on my monitor.
Now I'm okay!!


Wow,that must've been some traumatic experience for you. :o

Wow,that must've been some traumatic experience for you. :o


IT WAS FUN!!
but somewhere during the tornado I lost my ID badge and now they're going to make me pay $25 for a replacement.
and my favorite pen is gone... i think it's lodged into a tree out front  :(
other than that, it's all good
the fax machine survived.

IT WAS FUN!!
but somewhere during the tornado I lost my ID badge and now they're going to make me pay $25 for a replacement.
and my favorite pen is gone... i think it's lodged into a tree out front  :(
other than that, it's all good
the fax machine survived.


How did you lose your badge? ???

How did you lose your badge? ???


i think it fell out of my pocket when i was spinning 300ft up inside the tornado

i think it fell out of my pocket when i was spinning 300ft up inside the tornado


Wow,Did any change too fall out?

Wow,Did any change too fall out?


Oh no, I NEVER carry cash on me for that very reason.  It's just bound to get lost.

The worst part is, though, my car got blown clear across town and landed in front of my house... it's in perfect condition, but now that means I'm going to have to walk home :(

Oh no, I NEVER carry cash on me for that very reason.  It's just bound to get lost.

The worst part is, though, my car got blown clear across town and landed in front of my house... it's in perfect condition, but now that means I'm going to have to walk home :(


what about taking the bus?

what about taking the bus?


every bus within 15 miles was thrown into the pond at the park by the tornado

every bus within 15 miles was thrown into the pond at the park by the tornado


Ooh,That's terrible Bill.

Bill.....you're bad!!! :D

Well, it wasn't weather, but I was in the building next door to the shooting at NIU yesterday.  Promised Cat that I'd come and let everyone know that I'm alright :)


Thanks for letting us know you are safe!  How frightening.

We're supposed to get more crappy weather here in IL again today/tonight.  It's already started raining/freezing and the snow is supposed to hit later this afternoon/early this evening.....right when I have to go to class >:(

what about taking the bus?


I bet Bill would...if he was carrying some change...


every bus within 15 miles was thrown into the pond at the park by the tornado


...yeah, and that too.

We had a little rain last night. That's about as serious as it ever gets around here.

I'm alright.

We had a little rain last night. That's about as serious as it ever gets around here.

I'm alright.


Are you sure you're okay!?

You didn't slip and fall, did you?

Finally got my cable back tonight. Been out since yesterday.

Tuesday night we had a crazy storm, they are still studying the debris in my neighborhood to see if it was a tornado.
Last night we had three storms roll in one after another. First one had 2 tornadoes in it, about 16-17 miles west of us. The other two had golf ball size hail and tons of rain. We are good though and eagerly awaiting our departure from Texas!

We've got some serious heat around here. Supposed to hit 90 or so for much of the next week but I'm ok so far.

Finally got my cable back tonight. Been out since yesterday.

Tuesday night we had a crazy storm, they are still studying the debris in my neighborhood to see if it was a tornado.
Last night we had three storms roll in one after another. First one had 2 tornadoes in it, about 16-17 miles west of us. The other two had golf ball size hail and tons of rain. We are good though and eagerly awaiting our departure from Texas!


You had those big storms too huh.

We had 7 tornadoes in the surrounding area and a plane crashed after flying through a funnel cloud.

We've got some serious heat around here. Supposed to hit 90 or so for much of the next week but I'm ok so far.



It reached 96 with the heat index,over 100.  :o  :P

It reached 96 with the heat index,over 100.  :o  :P


Same here

The children finished school early yesterday and will do so today as well

Dealing with tropical storm Fay, had no electric for 12 hours. Thanks God it came back on at about 2:30 this afternoon.
My daughter lives about 40 miles south of here, and they got 25 inches of rain. My son got his car stuck and they had to push it out.
She lives in a town home which has two stories, the water came up her sidewalk but not in the house.
Everyone is fine though, we are getting the worse of it right now. Not as bad as down in Palm Bay, not nearly as much rain, but lots of wind.
This has been a weird storm, they usually weaken overland but since this one moved so slow and was over the everglades it got stronger, Now it is out to sea, and is expected to come back on shore.
My dog is afraid to go outside to do her business!!!! I guess she will be spending someime on the backporch. It is protected but has astroturf so it would be easy to clean up any accidents.

I'm allright.  The Worcester area got destroyed by an ice storm Thursday night/Friday morning.  Fortunately, it didn't hit my office 15 miles to the south in Southbridge, and I have all of the above plus Internet access at my workplace.  I sent Susan and Neal to her parents house 20 miles to the east where they also didn't get hit. 

I spent Thursday night listening to trees snapping in half and dropping branches.  It's been 36 hours since I've had electricity/light/water.  Very weird how narrow an area it hit. Where it did hit though, every 50 feet or so there's a line from the phone polls on the ground, or a giant tree limb hanging on it.  They're talking Monday or even longer before the power comes back on.  I've been sleeping at the house (with a ton of blankets on me) just to make sure nothing bad happens to the house.  Drained all the pipes last night.

Really kicking myself at the moment because my generator is totally broken and has been for a long time.  I tried fixing it this spring and had to give up (the carb. jets are completely plugged and I can't break them free).  Susan authorized me to skip renting a beach house and invest in a quality backup generator ASAP. The generator I had wouldn't run the well anyways, so it's better to just give up on fixing it.  I doubt I'll fine one locally before the power comes back anyways.

I'm allright.  The Worcester area got destroyed by an ice storm Thursday night/Friday morning.  Fortunately, it didn't hit my office 15 miles to the south in Southbridge, and I have all of the above plus Internet access at my workplace.   I sent Susan and Neal to her parents house 20 miles to the east where they also didn't get hit. 

I spent Thursday night listening to trees snapping in half and dropping branches.  It's been 36 hours since I've had electricity/light/water.  Very weird how narrow an area it hit. Where it did hit though, every 50 feet or so there's a line from the phone polls on the ground, or a giant tree limb hanging on it.  They're talking Monday or even longer before the power comes back on.  I've been sleeping at the house (with a ton of blankets on me) just to make sure nothing bad happens to the house.  Drained all the pipes last night.

Really kicking myself at the moment because my generator is totally broken and has been for a long time.  I tried fixing it this spring and had to give up (the carb. jets are completely plugged and I can't break them free).  Susan authorized me to skip renting a beach house and invest in a quality backup generator ASAP. The generator I had wouldn't run the well anyways, so it's better to just give up on fixing it.  I doubt I'll fine one locally before the power comes back anyways.


Man, that sucks !  Sorry to read ... that you seem to be going through such a bad patch lately.


Weather's been a bit wild here lately too.  I reckon it's to do with the global warming .....

Expecting more freaky conditions, over the coming years.     :(

I'm allright.  The Worcester area got destroyed by an ice storm Thursday night/Friday morning.  Fortunately, it didn't hit my office 15 miles to the south in Southbridge, and I have all of the above plus Internet access at my workplace.   I sent Susan and Neal to her parents house 20 miles to the east where they also didn't get hit. 

I spent Thursday night listening to trees snapping in half and dropping branches.  It's been 36 hours since I've had electricity/light/water.  Very weird how narrow an area it hit. Where it did hit though, every 50 feet or so there's a line from the phone polls on the ground, or a giant tree limb hanging on it.  They're talking Monday or even longer before the power comes back on.  I've been sleeping at the house (with a ton of blankets on me) just to make sure nothing bad happens to the house.  Drained all the pipes last night.

Really kicking myself at the moment because my generator is totally broken and has been for a long time.  I tried fixing it this spring and had to give up (the carb. jets are completely plugged and I can't break them free).  Susan authorized me to skip renting a beach house and invest in a quality backup generator ASAP. The generator I had wouldn't run the well anyways, so it's better to just give up on fixing it.  I doubt I'll fine one locally before the power comes back anyways.


Glad to hear you got Susan and Neal somewhere safe and that your house is surviving so far.

We were lucky here - we got loads of rain but it was a few degrees above freezing so we just had some minor flooding.

Get that generator asap.  There was a Mass. based company advertising on Rock FM recently but I can't recall the name.

I'm allright.  The Worcester area got destroyed by an ice storm Thursday night/Friday morning.  Fortunately, it didn't hit my office 15 miles to the south in Southbridge, and I have all of the above plus Internet access at my workplace.   I sent Susan and Neal to her parents house 20 miles to the east where they also didn't get hit. 

I spent Thursday night listening to trees snapping in half and dropping branches.  It's been 36 hours since I've had electricity/light/water.  Very weird how narrow an area it hit. Where it did hit though, every 50 feet or so there's a line from the phone polls on the ground, or a giant tree limb hanging on it.  They're talking Monday or even longer before the power comes back on.  I've been sleeping at the house (with a ton of blankets on me) just to make sure nothing bad happens to the house.  Drained all the pipes last night.

Really kicking myself at the moment because my generator is totally broken and has been for a long time.  I tried fixing it this spring and had to give up (the carb. jets are completely plugged and I can't break them free).  Susan authorized me to skip renting a beach house and invest in a quality backup generator ASAP. The generator I had wouldn't run the well anyways, so it's better to just give up on fixing it.  I doubt I'll fine one locally before the power comes back anyways.


Glad to hear you all are all right.  Sounds pretty scary.

I'm allright.  The Worcester area got destroyed by an ice storm Thursday night/Friday morning.  Fortunately, it didn't hit my office 15 miles to the south in Southbridge, and I have all of the above plus Internet access at my workplace.   I sent Susan and Neal to her parents house 20 miles to the east where they also didn't get hit. 

I spent Thursday night listening to trees snapping in half and dropping branches.  It's been 36 hours since I've had electricity/light/water.  Very weird how narrow an area it hit. Where it did hit though, every 50 feet or so there's a line from the phone polls on the ground, or a giant tree limb hanging on it.  They're talking Monday or even longer before the power comes back on.  I've been sleeping at the house (with a ton of blankets on me) just to make sure nothing bad happens to the house.  Drained all the pipes last night.

Really kicking myself at the moment because my generator is totally broken and has been for a long time.  I tried fixing it this spring and had to give up (the carb. jets are completely plugged and I can't break them free).  Susan authorized me to skip renting a beach house and invest in a quality backup generator ASAP. The generator I had wouldn't run the well anyways, so it's better to just give up on fixing it.  I doubt I'll fine one locally before the power comes back anyways.


Glad to hear you're OK, Chucky. :)


I wonder how Vermont is doing... :-\\

Get that generator asap.  There was a Mass. based company advertising on Rock FM recently but I can't recall the name.


spent the day getting my old one running.  still wouldn't run the furnace.  Borrowed another tonight from someone else (thinking the old one was no good even though it runs now) with similar results.  Just going out of my mind at this point. 

I'm allright.  The Worcester area got destroyed by an ice storm Thursday night/Friday morning.  Fortunately, it didn't hit my office 15 miles to the south in Southbridge, and I have all of the above plus Internet access at my workplace.   I sent Susan and Neal to her parents house 20 miles to the east where they also didn't get hit. 

I spent Thursday night listening to trees snapping in half and dropping branches.  It's been 36 hours since I've had electricity/light/water.  Very weird how narrow an area it hit. Where it did hit though, every 50 feet or so there's a line from the phone polls on the ground, or a giant tree limb hanging on it.  They're talking Monday or even longer before the power comes back on.  I've been sleeping at the house (with a ton of blankets on me) just to make sure nothing bad happens to the house.  Drained all the pipes last night.

Really kicking myself at the moment because my generator is totally broken and has been for a long time.  I tried fixing it this spring and had to give up (the carb. jets are completely plugged and I can't break them free).  Susan authorized me to skip renting a beach house and invest in a quality backup generator ASAP. The generator I had wouldn't run the well anyways, so it's better to just give up on fixing it.  I doubt I'll fine one locally before the power comes back anyways.



Glad to hear you are ok. I was wondering if you, Danoota, and/or Max were hit by the storm. Haven't heard from Max yet. (Danoota still has power.)

Keep warm and SAFE!!!!


Cat

spent the day getting my old one running.  still wouldn't run the furnace.  Borrowed another tonight from someone else (thinking the old one was no good even though it runs now) with similar results.  Just going out of my mind at this point. 


Please be safe, Chucky.  I finally got to see some of what you were talking about earlier when I was able to catch some national news.  I saw Worcester on the news and thought of you, remembering your post.  I'm glad you sent Susan and Neal to safety, but still worried about you.  Keep the posts coming so we know you are ok.

spent the day getting my old one running.  still wouldn't run the furnace.  Borrowed another tonight from someone else (thinking the old one was no good even though it runs now) with similar results.  Just going out of my mind at this point. 
Take care, and good luck- 2 years ago when the area was hit by an ice storm and some did not have power for 2 weeks.... I am feeling for you, take care

Glad to hear you're OK, Chucky. :)


I wonder how Vermont is doing... :-\\



Vermont is doing ok. Some lost power but as you can see, we didn't.



Cat

I'm allright.  The Worcester area got destroyed by an ice storm Thursday night/Friday morning.  Fortunately, it didn't hit my office 15 miles to the south in Southbridge, and I have all of the above plus Internet access at my workplace.   I sent Susan and Neal to her parents house 20 miles to the east where they also didn't get hit. 

I spent Thursday night listening to trees snapping in half and dropping branches.  It's been 36 hours since I've had electricity/light/water.  Very weird how narrow an area it hit. Where it did hit though, every 50 feet or so there's a line from the phone polls on the ground, or a giant tree limb hanging on it.  They're talking Monday or even longer before the power comes back on.  I've been sleeping at the house (with a ton of blankets on me) just to make sure nothing bad happens to the house.  Drained all the pipes last night.

Really kicking myself at the moment because my generator is totally broken and has been for a long time.  I tried fixing it this spring and had to give up (the carb. jets are completely plugged and I can't break them free).  Susan authorized me to skip renting a beach house and invest in a quality backup generator ASAP. The generator I had wouldn't run the well anyways, so it's better to just give up on fixing it.  I doubt I'll fine one locally before the power comes back anyways.



spent the day getting my old one running.  still wouldn't run the furnace.  Borrowed another tonight from someone else (thinking the old one was no good even though it runs now) with similar results.  Just going out of my mind at this point. 


Thanks for letting us know chucky.
We obviously missed it, although they had said we were going to get hit as well. It got too cold here so we had tons of snow to deal with.
Sorry about the generators - perhaps your furnace is simply too much for a gen. to run?
Like everyone else, I am glad you got Susan and Neal to safety - but you need to take care of you too. Please stay warm and don't get sick.
Let us know if there is anything we can do.

Thanks for letting us know chucky.
We obviously missed it, although they had said we were going to get hit as well. It got too cold here so we had tons of snow to deal with.
Sorry about the generators - perhaps your furnace is simply too much for a gen. to run?
Like everyone else, I am glad you got Susan and Neal to safety - but you need to take care of you too. Please stay warm and don't get sick.
Let us know if there is anything we can do.


turns out there was an issue with the wiring of the generator cross-over switch.  As a last ditch effort, I tried wiring it directly to the generator and surprise, it worked.  So I'm home with heat and a little power to run the PC now.  No water still (didn't even try to wire that too).  I still haven't gotten the house all the way up to room temperature, probably going to take a few more hours since the house was so cold to start with.  The heat just gets sucked into the furniture as the air gets warmer.

Last night was in the teens.  tonight it's almost 40 degrees, quite better.  Supposed to get cold again soon though.  I haven't even seen a power company crew on my street yet.  Probably going to be a few more days at least.

turns out there was an issue with the wiring of the generator cross-over switch.  As a last ditch effort, I tried wiring it directly to the generator and surprise, it worked.  So I'm home with heat and a little power to run the PC now.  No water still (didn't even try to wire that too).  I still haven't gotten the house all the way up to room temperature, probably going to take a few more hours since the house was so cold to start with.  The heat just gets sucked into the furniture as the air gets warmer.

Last night was in the teens.  tonight it's almost 40 degrees, quite better.  Supposed to get cold again soon though.   I haven't even seen a power company crew on my street yet.  Probably going to be a few more days at least.


Excellent that you are finally getting some heat, even if it is only a little bit.
It warmed up here today and supposed to stay warmer through the night. I hope these temps come your way. Tuesday is when it is supposed to get bad for us again. Stay safe Chucky. Keeping you in my prayers!

Tam

Excellent that you are finally getting some heat, even if it is only a little bit.
It warmed up here today and supposed to stay warmer through the night. I hope these temps come your way. Tuesday is when it is supposed to get bad for us again. Stay safe Chucky. Keeping you in my prayers!

Tam


just got my power back. I had it up to 77 this morning, I just let the heat blast all night to get the house warmed up.  Of course had I waited it would have happened anyways, it was 60 degrees this afternoon.  I'm still busy cleaning up the messes I created while trying to get the heat going.  Susan and Neal return tomorrow.  Tonight I focus on returning the borrowed generator and getting laundry done.  Tomorrow we go food shopping to replace everything that got ruined due to the lack of power.  An entire fridge worth.

just got my power back. I had it up to 77 this morning, I just let the heat blast all night to get the house warmed up.  Of course had I waited it would have happened anyways, it was 60 degrees this afternoon.  I'm still busy cleaning up the messes I created while trying to get the heat going.  Susan and Neal return tomorrow.  Tonight I focus on returning the borrowed generator and getting laundry done.  Tomorrow we go food shopping to replace everything that got ruined due to the lack of power.  An entire fridge worth.



Should have put the food outside. That's a bummer that you have to replace everything but I'm glad you got power back. 



Cat

just got my power back. I had it up to 77 this morning, I just let the heat blast all night to get the house warmed up.  Of course had I waited it would have happened anyways, it was 60 degrees this afternoon.  I'm still busy cleaning up the messes I created while trying to get the heat going.  Susan and Neal return tomorrow.  Tonight I focus on returning the borrowed generator and getting laundry done.  Tomorrow we go food shopping to replace everything that got ruined due to the lack of power.  An entire fridge worth.


That's excellent news Chucky.
Now about the food, I know when I went through the ice storm in '98 we claimed our food loss and such through our insurance. Not sure if that is an option for you but one you might look into.

That's a bummer that you have to replace everything but I'm glad you got power back. 



Cat























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Well, we had a pretty wacky storm a few nights ago, and it was cold, too. It even snowed in San Francisco for the first time in over 50 years. Our nearby mountain, Mt. Diablo, has also got a nice bit of snow on it's peak. I need to capture some pics of that tomorrow. It's still pretty cold out. Much colder than it usually is this time of year. It's often just in the late 40s/50s. Right now during the day, it's barely hitting 40F. It's 32F as I speak, so it's literally freezing out!  :o

Well, we had a pretty wacky storm a few nights ago, and it was cold, too. It even snowed in San Francisco for the first time in over 50 years. Our nearby mountain, Mt. Diablo, has also got a nice bit of snow on it's peak. I need to capture some pics of that tomorrow. It's still pretty cold out. Much colder than it usually is this time of year. It's often just in the late 40s/50s. Right now during the day, it's barely hitting 40F. It's 32F as I speak, so it's literally freezing out!  :o
I didn't notice the snow on the mountain on my way to work. it must have been enshrouded in cloud cover. my car was frozen this morning but it was actually warmer today when the sun came out, but it is cold now

Yeah, my car was freezed over, too! Even my doors were frozen over - very strange. I never saw that before. Yeah, the mountain seems like mother nature is doing a nice little number on Mt. D. Soon, (hopefully tomorrow) we can catch a glimpse of what she's done!  :)

The weather this year is bizarre.  The news is at the airport interviewing stranded passengers from flights that were diverted from Vegas because Vegas' airport is closed due to snow.  Never thought I would see that happen.

It was 60 deg F here in Monday (that's 15.5 in real money!) and the next day it was hovering around freezing.  We are expecting a major snowfall tomorrow.

It was 60 deg F here in Monday (that's 15.5 in real money!) and the next day it was hovering around freezing.  We are expecting a major snowfall tomorrow.



We are supposed to be going down your way this weekend. (Sorry, can't stop on this trip-but there will be others). We are supposed to go down on Sat. and come back on Sun. I was hoping to go down tomorrow but the weather looks nasty. I really hope we can make this trip because I feel it is something that I NEED to do.



Cat

We are supposed to be going down your way this weekend. (Sorry, can't stop on this trip-but there will be others). We are supposed to go down on Sat. and come back on Sun. I was hoping to go down tomorrow but the weather looks nasty. I really hope we can make this trip because I feel it is something that I NEED to do.



Cat


I just heard there will be more snow on Sunday  :-\\ and a chance of snow on Saturday.

The interstate might not be too bad.

I just heard there will be more snow on Sunday  :-\\ and a chance of snow on Saturday.

The interstate might not be too bad.



I have been keeping an eye on the weather. My sister suggested bringing an extra set of clothes in case we decide it will be better to stay an extra night and come back on Monday.



Cat

Well, we just can't make this trip.  The car is buried - literally.  The roads are snow covered and it's still coming down.  Forecast is for snow all day and into Sunday.  Luckily I went shopping yesterday before it started.  By the time I got home though, the roads were covered.  Very bad.

Well, we just can't make this trip.  The car is buried - literally.  The roads are snow covered and it's still coming down.  Forecast is for snow all day and into Sunday.  Luckily I went shopping yesterday before it started.  By the time I got home though, the roads were covered.  Very bad.


Sorry to read that. I hadn't thought about that ..... that snow would thwart your plans.    :-[      :(

Sorry to read that. I hadn't thought about that ..... that snow would thwart your plans.    :-[      :(



Keep your fingers crossed that Plan B will work.



Cat

Keep your fingers crossed that Plan B will work.



Cat


What was 'Plan B' ?

What was 'Plan B' ?



To go down next week.



Cat

To go down next week.



Cat



Yeah ... I was thinking Sunday would mean Monday .... I mean ... what if you're STILL 'snowbound'  (heaps more of the stuff ? ) .

Yeah ... I was thinking Sunday would mean Monday .... I mean ... what if you're STILL 'snowbound'  (heaps more of the stuff ? ) .



MAYBE (if we are lucky) we can go to Conn. on Thursday. If we time everything just right, we will be having Christmas dinner at my sister's.



Cat

I hope it works out !

I hope it works out !



Me too. It just depends on Mother Nature.



Cat

We're getting hit by another ice storm today.  Already lost power once for a couple hours.  I of course had to set up the generator all over again because I had disconnected it to be safe.  Crossing my fingers nothing happens, because the conditions are pretty similar to the last time. 

I've got a gigantic pine tree near my house that I just found out Monday has a big crack running down the middle, and might fall at some point.  Called up my brother's friend, got an estimate and told him to do it next week.  Just one more thing to waste money on, and worry about.  UGH!