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No power.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:25 pm
by Jennifer Doyle
But there is NONE at my house! All over Tacoma the power is out! There are 40 MPH and higher winds blowing things into power lines, a HUGE tree was blown over. The entire base with all the roots and such were sticking up in the air!
It's crazy. And we're about 40 miles away at a friend's house for the night. They have power thankfully.
So ya, power outages. Not cool.
< At the request of the 7 year-old standing by this computer
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:27 pm
by The Top Crusader
I had to drive in huge wind gusts last night... lots of fallen branches in some areas. Must be the theme of the week.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:51 pm
by map
We had lots of wind here today, only about 15-20 mph, but that is on top of a high of 20 below ZERO! YUCK!!!
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:56 pm
by Me
The wind's pretty bad down here in Portland too, but not nearly that bad.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:52 pm
by Jennifer Doyle
Oh yes. And BITING cold. Frozen water all over . . . I had to take down our TV's anntenna from where it was carefully propped/bungeed to our deck. It was bad!
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 2:19 am
by COWBOY OF TEXAS
I can hear the wind blowing and it's getting louder.
-Cowboy
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:41 am
by J-man
We were supposed to get 60 mph winds, but I was inside the whole time, so I don't know. I do know that we had a tarp (it was heavy) over our trampoline, and it blew off, which I find hard to believe.
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:50 pm
by Oba-rai
*enjoys a fairly calm and cold evening*
Our power goes out randomly, however, so it doesn't exactly depend on the weather.
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:10 pm
by Stubborn
forever_faithful wrote:*enjoys a fairly calm and cold evening*
Our power goes out randomly, however, so it doesn't exactly depend on the weather.
really? Mine too! The computer dosn't work some times because there isn't enough power.
Lucy
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:19 pm
by Jennifer Doyle
Our power didn't return until over 24 hours LATER!
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:38 pm
by jasodia
Woah! I didn't even know there was winds and power outs anywhere! Uh...I kind of like power outs, though.
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:37 pm
by Danadelfos
No wind here actually I played frisbee golf in 0 degree weather. (snow doesn't help because we kept on losing frisbees)
(but finding them again)
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:53 pm
by AIOfan11
I hope you are okay, and your house, Jenny!
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:18 pm
by ajamj
We didn't personally lose power but the other side of town did. Just North of here a semi was blown off a bridge into the lake (driver was okay).
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:19 pm
by AIOfan11
Into a lake? Yikes! Was only the driver okay?
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:04 pm
by J-man
Jennifer Doyle wrote:Our power didn't return until over 24 hours LATER!
I've lived through 6 days without power before..
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:21 pm
by DanP740
Our recycle bin was bown away. We found someone else's though.
Part of the city lost power, but not us. A semi-truck on a bridge blew over, a tree fell on a car, and other tree fallings on stuffs.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:31 am
by Laura Ingalls
I don't like power outages.
They mean that my dad has to go in to work.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:39 am
by Frank
Laura Ingalls wrote:I don't like power outages.
They mean that my dad has to go in to work.
Does your dad work with the electrical supply company or something, Laura?
*doesn't like power outages either...but likes being able to light lots of scented candles*
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:15 am
by Laura Ingalls
Yes - he works for Dominion, formerly known as Virginia Power, as an Operations Manager. He organizes and sends out all the crews to work on the power lines.
