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 10/31/2011 09:32:32 PM · #1
Incredible damage in my area- far worse than Hurricane Irene. About half the roads around my house are still closed. Trees are down everywhere (including across the power lines to my house), and schools are closed at least through tomorrow. No power, water or heat at my house. We're making the best of it.


10/31/2011 09:37:12 PM · #2
hang in there, shannon! i really hope it's not as bad as irene...we had friends without power for almost two weeks. on the good side, at least you won't lose what you have in your fridge ;-)
 10/31/2011 09:43:32 PM · #3
We'll have power Friday according to the electric company. Central Pennsylvania got slammed, too.
 10/31/2011 09:45:15 PM · #4
Well, where are the pictures? How come you have internet access?
 10/31/2011 09:45:52 PM · #5
I may get power back soon (they're working on my street now, and I talked a crew into fixing the line to my house), but I won't have internet, phone or TV for a while. Those lines are still on the ground.
 10/31/2011 09:48:21 PM · #6
Originally posted by tnun:
Well, where are the pictures? How come you have internet access?

Chinese food and WiFi. ;-)

I posted one shot of our snowghost. This is the massive branch that ripped the wires off our house.

10/31/2011 09:55:01 PM · #7

this was mid-afternoon - we got over a foot before it ended
 10/31/2011 10:24:32 PM · #8
getting the idee.
 10/31/2011 10:50:00 PM · #9
Sorry to hear that Shannon! We expected the worst here, but the forecasts were wrong and we dodged the storm, getting only about 2", which is gone now.

We had reservations at a hotel because we expected to be out of power (and heat). Thankfully, we didn't need it.

Nice snow ghost though!
 10/31/2011 11:50:59 PM · #10
We lost this lovely tree to the snow about a half day later......


10/31/2011 11:57:30 PM · #11
We got wind up the wazoo on the Cape, pushing 75 mph, but no snow.

R.
 11/01/2011 12:11:04 AM · #12
Originally posted by tnun:
getting the idee.


Hey, I remember a drawing my Mum sent me once, the winter of '93 or '94...it was a sketch of Dad, shovelling 4 ft of snow off the deck...on SSI!!! So don't get too smug! ;-)
 11/01/2011 12:24:47 AM · #13
No heat, no power, lots of tree damage. Second night of 40's in the house.
 11/01/2011 12:33:40 AM · #14
I feel for you, we lost power once for 10 days, no heat, electricity!!! (We did have a woodstove downstairs, but the bedrooms were cold!!)

Message edited by author 2011-11-01 00:34:23.
 11/01/2011 12:58:59 AM · #15
Originally posted by snaffles:
Originally posted by tnun:
getting the idee.


Hey, I remember a drawing my Mum sent me once, the winter of '93 or '94...it was a sketch of Dad, shovelling 4 ft of snow off the deck...on SSI!!! So don't get too smug! ;-)


smug? hardly. we've been snowed in, power outed and big tree downed more winters than not. but in WINTER.
 11/01/2011 09:02:54 AM · #16
Power came back on just before midnight (shockingly). Cable and telephone lines are still on the ground, and will be until Thursday night, but they're attached and working. It was down to 49 degrees inside the house despite a fireplace and two portable heaters.

Message edited by author 2011-11-01 09:04:47.
 11/01/2011 09:12:00 AM · #17
We got off really easy. A light dusting that turned back to rain before it finished, so nothing at all on the ground.
 11/01/2011 09:12:50 AM · #18
Originally posted by scalvert:
Power came back on just before midnight (shockingly). Cable and telephone lines are still on the ground, and will be until Thursday night, but they're attached and working. It was down to 49 degrees inside the house despite a fireplace and two portable heaters.

If I were you, I'd be looking into connecting a generator to the main breaker for fail-over. You've had some bad luck lately. Burst pipes could be bad news. My brother is out in the boonies and has a pretty slick setup.
 11/01/2011 09:19:49 AM · #19
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
If I were you, I'd be looking into connecting a generator to the main breaker for fail-over.

We already have a 7000w generator, but no transfer switch. We just ran extension cords to power the refrigerators and a few other things. The furnace and water are hardwired though, and this storm may finally convince my wife to go for the switch.

...or switch to Florida.
 11/01/2011 09:26:40 AM · #20
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
If I were you, I'd be looking into connecting a generator to the main breaker for fail-over.

We already have a 7000w generator, but no transfer switch. We just ran extension cords to power the refrigerators and a few other things. The furnace and water are hardwired though, and this storm may finally convince my wife to go for the switch.

...or switch to Florida.


My brother has a switch to accept electricity either from his provider, or from his generator, which is in an enclosure behind a large shed about 70 feet from his house. He buried the wire. The generator can't power his entire house, so he picks & chooses via another breaker box. Something like that. I should take a picture of it next time I'm down.
 11/01/2011 09:30:24 AM · #21
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
The generator can't power his entire house, so he picks & chooses via another breaker box.

Same here. With 7000w, we might get away with the water pump, furnace, a refrigerator and a few lights. I wouldn't expect much beyond that.

Driving around this morning, it looks like an F1 tornado hit the whole area.

Message edited by author 2011-11-01 09:31:39.
 11/01/2011 09:38:38 AM · #22
Shannon
We have 5000W generator with a 6 circuit manual transfer switch. We can run the fridge, the furnace, the water pump, and a pretty good selection of lights without issue. With 7K, you should be able to run almost the whole house. The transfer switch is key to making the generator useful and SO worth the investment. I would highly recommend getting an electrician and a 10 circuit transfer switch and have them set it up - you should be able to get the transfer switch, line for the generator for about 750-1000 bucks installed. We have an external plug that we just tie the generator into and it works like a charm.
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