Ranger Lothbrok Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Well...this sucks. Apparently Sandy had loosened one of the biggest trees on our property, and the high winds ripped it right out of the soil. Which way did it fall? You guessed it: right on the power wires. Actually ripped the wires both out of the house and out of the pole. Apparently the breaker on the pole is damaged. So the tree needs to be removed, the power company needs to fix the box, and they told us we needed to get a private electrician to repair the connection to our house. And here's the kicker: they won't do anything until the tree is gone and the connections to the house are fixed. Long story short, what should've been a relatively mild occurrence is turning in to us being without power for likely several days. And with the temperature plummeting again...yikes. Fun stuff. Now here's how you know I'm a Rangers fan: the first thing I did when the power went out? Before the sump pump, my grandmother's electric recliner, and the refrigerators? I rigged up the generator to our DirecTV receiver and the television to make sure I'll be able to watch tonight's game. It's just obnoxious, apparently in a town of 6,000 people, we're part of the 0.62% that lost power last night. Everyone on our street still has it. Anyway, that's the end of my rant. Anyone else get hit by the storm last night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aasjs Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 That sucks, I hope you can stay warm in the coming days! My house lost power but luckily it came back around 12 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Winds with that cold front were impressive. 50-70mph gusts. Scattered power outages where I live, but not at my place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizz GAWD Lav No Cap FrFr Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Had some neighbors take damage but we made it out unscathed. Those winds were intense though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 We've had some wind for the last day or so. Now its getting cold, things are icing over, and I fear some branches will be falling in the wrong spots around 7pm tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 We had some "moderate" creek flooding around here. This pedestrian bridge for the trail is normally 10' above the creek. http://oi49.tinypic.com/2jayv4l.jpg This creek has had moderate/severe flooding 3-4x in the past 2 years. Quite remarkable. So many extreme events. Last night was a strong cold front (temperatures in the 60s/70s ahead of it in January!!!!!). The rain and wind generated was serious. This the ground was frozen from the big chill last week, most of the rain water ran off instead of absorbing into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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