Hey na, hey na, my power's back!

[tesco samoa]

yep the rain storm hit. 8 hours of rain coming up.

Thats it.

People up here watch cnn and freak out.

Forgetting that there is 1000 km , mountain range and a big lake inbetween the ocean and toronto.

They had a hot line set up that we had to call into this morning to make sure it was safe to go out.

Did I call no. So I was called this morning and asked why i did not call in with a hurricane coming. I asked them to show me where this hurricane was ? All I know about is a type 1 storm that will be almost done when it reaches us. Like a summer storm. 40 km winds.

People. Gotta learn to think and use alittle wisdom. You think they never seen a storm in their lives.

No offence to the people down there. I am just commenting on the people up here.

[Loser]

Wyoming

[Roanon]

Isn't that the usual way, Tesco?
Like here. A snowstorm in Bavaria, everyone there drives a bit more carefully and nothing special happens. A single lone snowflake sighted in the Ruhr Area, and all start acting like crazy and cause total traffic breakdown because of "dangerous weather conditions". Sigh.

[ September 19, 2003, 18:41: Message edited by: Roanon ]

[Phoenix-D]

And just to remind you why people close to coasts -do- worry..

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tr...rmdetails.html

Damage estimates from Typhoon Maemi which struck Last weekend in South Korea have now been upped to 4 billion dollars, while there have been over 100 fatalities there. Only 3 hurricanes striking the United States broke the 4 billion dollars in damage mark: Floyd, Hugo, and Andrew.

Meanwhile, Isabella kills less than 1/5 that number. Care to take a wild guess which story you'll find on the news sites?

[Mephisto]

Oh so true, Roanon!

Originally posted by Roanon:
Isn't that the usual way, Tesco?
Like here. A snowstorm in Bavaria, everyone there drives a bit more carefully and nothing special happens. A single lone snowflake sighted in the Ruhr Area, and all start acting like crazy and cause total traffic breakdown because of "dangerous weather conditions". Sigh.

[General Woundwort]

The power kicked on about an hour and a half ago. I spent the first half-hour using the shop-vac to suck up water from the basement. Then I did my PBW turns. Now I'm here.

EDIT - To answer your question, Roanon, the Last real hurricane that hit the DC area was back in 1933. It was pretty bad as I hear, and this one comes close. Still hundreds of thousands in the region with no power. A real controversy is brewing in that the Maryland power company (PEPCO) is handing out dry ice for their customers to keep their freezers cold, and Dominion Power (the Virginia utility) is not.

[ September 20, 2003, 00:49: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

[Thermodyne]

The western part of Maryland is not on Pepco, although we do host their main generation plant. Well it was theirs before deregulation. Alleghany power is pretty good about repairs; we have been back up most of the day.

Anyone get any damage? Mine is limited to tree tops and some shingles.