mabscotthandyman 1,410 Posted July 2, 2012 Did many of you get any of this storm in the S.E. area here in southern WV. It tore us a new one trees down ,power poles down and hot as Hell . We have been without power here since Friday evening so we have been roughing it cooking on the grill and electric skillet off the generator tough huh . Lol we have it made by some standards still over 350,000 without power in our state and water outages the old and disabled is who I worry about. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay2703 704 Posted July 2, 2012 We are fortunate where I live. Miss out on most of the natural disasters like you are enjoying. No tornadoes or huricanes, No eartthquakes or tsunamis. Most we ever deal with is an ice storm here or there and maybe a good forest fire now and then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,709 Posted July 2, 2012 Yes, I believe that mess started here in Indiana, It came out of no where. and fast Friday. There was no warning... 91 MPH winds, tornados just miles away. Many trees and power lines down here, many houses and cars damaged. I live in a small town , my power was out for 24 hours, but the town is a mess with trees and tree limbs every where. 40 miles SW from me at Fort Wayne, In,, got hit really hard also... Had another storm come thru yesterday again, with very high winds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coaster36 327 Posted July 2, 2012 If your talking about debby. Then yeah I had 2 days of solid rain and wind. They son of a wasnt moving. Caused a lot of damage in the area, lots of flooding, I got lucky I guess, Only a small leak in the garage roof and a torn screen in the pool enclosure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,709 Posted July 2, 2012 No, not Debby,,, this huge storm was Friday..June 29th. From Indiana down to the Mid Atlantic. Millions of people are still without power. http://earthsky.org/earth/videos-and-images-violent-us-storm-of-june-29-2012 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady_VI 45 Posted July 2, 2012 Sorry to here about this....hope it gets better for all of you soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rodger 527 Posted July 2, 2012 All around me in Md people are out of electricity , but I never lost it . At the farm in Weston WV , everybody is out of electricity for 20 miles . They had to go 20 miles to buy gas for the generator . I am glad the heat subsided some , but it is gonna take a toll on the older folks . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinyl Expressions 10 Posted July 2, 2012 yea, here in zville ohio, we got hit hard also. My daughter and i were canistering for her all star softball team i coach, and it came out of no where. cars were slammed by carts, picnic tables and what ever else was coming our way. We were haulin ass dodging debris to get inside the store. Now its like black friday to get a bag of ice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slice&dice 2,451 Posted July 3, 2012 My shop got barely missed by a tree falling, the huge thing is still sitting there, with the power wire caught in it. Because of all the damage locally, the repair crews have been unable to get out to deal with this yet. At least we'll be back in business shortly, no lasting effects ---- I really felt badly for those people in Colorado who've lost it all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OWJones 1,981 Posted July 3, 2012 I'm in southeast Iowa and we had our big storm a couple of weeks ago. We had power lines down all over town and over 15,000 households without power in my county alone. Most of us got our power back after only 11.5 hours (from 4:30 PM until 3:00 AM) but there were many others not so fortunate - some of them went 42 hours without power or longer. I work part time at the county landfill and the week after the storm we took in over 150 TONS of tree limbs and brush, and that doesn't include the alternative drop off site where they were reporting loads of branches being dumped approximately every 30 seconds... I also had numerous customers bring in hundreds of pounds of previously-frozen foods that were of questionable freshness after that long without power to the freezer. One poor lady had been stocking up for months for a big family July 4th cook out at her home and now has to replace it all... :-( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,709 Posted July 3, 2012 News in Fort Wayne, In just said,, 45,000 still without power.. at 11PM tonight. May not get it back until Wednesday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vinylmotivations 143 Posted July 3, 2012 I'm in southeast Iowa and we had our big storm a couple of weeks ago. We had power lines down all over town and over 15,000 households without power in my county alone. Most of us got our power back after only 11.5 hours (from 4:30 PM until 3:00 AM) but there were many others not so fortunate - some of them went 42 hours without power or longer. I work part time at the county landfill and the week after the storm we took in over 150 TONS of tree limbs and brush, and that doesn't include the alternative drop off site where they were reporting loads of branches being dumped approximately every 30 seconds... I also had numerous customers bring in hundreds of pounds of previously-frozen foods that were of questionable freshness after that long without power to the freezer. One poor lady had been stocking up for months for a big family July 4th cook out at her home and now has to replace it all... :-( We have been very fortunate in the Des Moines area... Central Iowa for the folks that aren't from around here. We has a very unusually WARM winter though so go figure were having a typical 100+ degree humid Iowa summer like I remember as a kid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mabscotthandyman 1,410 Posted July 3, 2012 Yeah !!! Got the power back on today you don't know how much you take our utilities for granted until you are without them for a while . A big salute to the fire departments,repair personnel, the national guard and the countless volunteers that have helped the elderly and disabled . We have a PGA golf tournament at the Greenbrier at Whitesulphr springs this week and the course looked like a war zone with the hard work of personnel and volunteers it looks like nothing ever happened this golf tournamentis a big boost for southern West Virginia both the economy and recognition of what our state has to offer . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slice&dice 2,451 Posted July 4, 2012 Glad to hear that Greenbrier golf course is in shape, I noticed they've done some nice work with the greens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mabscotthandyman 1,410 Posted July 4, 2012 Glad to hear that Greenbrier golf course is in shape, I noticed they've done some nice work with the greens. Yes the guy that Owns it now is a local businessman Jim Justice and has brought it back from the brink of bankruptcy to a viable inity he built a casino beneath the front lawn in short time and got the PGA tour there. This is just a few miles from the location of our Stare Fair . We still have over 200,000 with out power in our state and many without water and my thoughts and sympathy goes out to them . Dab Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alien 11 Posted July 9, 2012 I live in the middle of that circle the weather people were talking about the other day,where it has not rained in over a month. And not much before that. The loggers are logging the deep swamp bottoms without getting stuck because it is so dry here. The trucks are covered in dust instead of mud. Last time they could get in there was 1985. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mabscotthandyman 1,410 Posted July 10, 2012 I live in the middle of that circle the weather people were talking about the other day,where it has not rained in over a month. And not much before that. The loggers are logging the deep swamp bottoms without getting stuck because it is so dry here. The trucks are covered in dust instead of mud. Last time they could get in there was 1985. The weather cycles are defiantly changing and the changes warned about by scientist in the seventys from global warming are coming to pass now whether that is from our ways are still up to question(living in a coal producing state ) you don't want to blame fossil fuels I suppose time will tell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
