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Skriven 2006-12-20 11:47:56 av hap newsom (1:275/311)
     Kommentar till en text av JOAN MACDIARMID
Ärende: RE: a mighty wind!
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Hello Joan!
-> 
->  HN> We had a doozy of a storm last night, winds up to 80mph, and TONS 
of
->  HN> rain!  We lost power at about 12:30 am and the night was brightly lit
->  HN> by the  exploding transformers in the area.At 4:30 am the call came
-> 
->  I thought to worry about you two when I heard
->  about that storm! Sounds like my situation in early
->  October, except ours was less wind and more heavy
->  wet snow that took all the trees and power lines down.
->  At least you kept your phone service, so not entirely
->  cut off.
-> 
Happily we were only without power for about 14 hours and we were much 
luckier than most! One of the good things about living within the City Limits. 
City power crews are required to work within the City before they can work in 
other areas. 

->  HN> that there'd be no school so Annie could sleep in. I went out at
->  HN> about 5 am to see what damage there was and how much of a power
->  HN> outage we were having.....happily the IHOP nearby still had power
->  HN> so when I went home I got Anne up and took her out to a warm
->  HN> breakfast. No idea how
-> 
->  Very lucky having places in reach with power, and
->  that you could get to them. Our well-treed area was
->  under a driving ban the first few days, and most
->  roads were impassible with downed tree limbs and
->  hot wires.
-> 
No driving ban...but it was certainly broadcast that if you didn't need to be 
out on the road you should stay put!

->  HN> long before we  get power back...latest reports on the radio have
->  HN> estimated 1.2 million people  without power right now...trees are 
down
->  HN> ALL over the place and live wires  area a big danger as well. How long
->  HN> before they get to us is anybodys  guess....but we are down at 
Cutter's
-> 
->  Best of luck on that, and it is a matter of luck.
->  If the break affecting you is simple, they might
->  get to you in a few days. (As was my lucky case;
->  the people on the other side of my road were out
->  for over a week).
-> 
->  HN> Point Coffee where they have heat,  light, hot coffee and WiFi...so
->  HN> we'll sit here for the morning and see what  develops! Had two inches
->  HN> of rain yesterday...and right now it's blustery and  gorgeous
->  HN> out....skies are robins egg blue and little white clouds are racing
->  HN> across to the mountains...where it's snowing like mad I hear (grin).
->  HN> Later  today the reports are for more wind and rain...but hopefully 
not
->  HN> the same  intensity as we had last night!
-> 
->  Thanks for the report and for letting us know
->  you are OK, if possibly a bit put out!
-> 
We're fine and now even the McDonalds have power back! Good thing too as 
another big storm is scheduled to arrive this evening and we may be in for a 
repeat of last week!
chat with you soon
hap 
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