The weather from the west is coming this way. 1/2 million out in Midwest.
I might fill up the bathtub again. Last time I did that we didn't lose power.
I might fill up the bathtub again. Last time I did that we didn't lose power.
:gulp:Ahead of the front south to southeast winds
will increase to 15 to 30 mph with gusts over 60 mph possible in
north south oriented valleys and across higher terrain. Behind the
front... winds will shift to the west and increase to 20 to 45 mph
with gusts 60 to 80 mph...
Mo Heat said:My power was knocked out today. I'm one of the lucky ones. It was only off for a couple hours. I was starting to panic, though. Mother Mo Heat was packing for a trip to nearby relatives. I was wondering how my insert would work without the blower. Just as I was firing it up, the power came back on. Whew!
500,000 of my neighbors are without power and the wind that's coming is expected to blow down a bunch of the trees around here that are covered with, and bending under the weight of, hours of freezing rain we had yesterday. They are predicting a lot more customers will be affected in the next couple days. So it's going to get worse before it gets better.
I was out last night driving around and flipping idiots off on an errand of mercy. It was sleeting, then raining, then snowing, then lightening. Weird. At least the really heavy rain started melting the snow as the temp dipped up around 32*F for a couple hours.
I've been shoveling ice and snow from my steep, 3-wide driveway like there was no tomorrow. Yesterday it was coming down so fast I could only do one lane before I had to start over again. Today I freed up a second lane. The third car can stay put. Danged snow plow keeps pushing my neighbor's snow into my driveway! I say snow, but it's really ice by the time I get to it. Good workout, though.
I brought in a couple weeks worth of wood before yesterday. It was around 74*F outside. Tonight it will be near 4*F. That's a big drop! I was mowing the grass and raking leaves in my T-shirt on Tuesday. Man, the mid-west has some weird weather shifts.
BB, can you tell me more about your UPS setup? How long, and how much, can you run on it? I was thinking of buying a comptuer type portable one just for the insert fans. I probably should buy a generator but all the fuel and tying it into the house wiring is putting me off. I don't want to just have extension cords running everywhere.
One person was killed and up to 25,000 families were without power Friday as high winds and storms rolled through the mid-Hudson Valley.
The person died after a tree fell onto a house in Ellenville, according to state police. No further details were available Friday. High winds ripped out a locust tree by its roots Friday, causing it to topple in his yard, Hyde Park resident Henry Bingell said.
After his power went out, Bingell lit candles. He said he went outside to find both his vehicles, a car and a truck, and his neighbor’s truck, crushed by the fallen tree.
‘‘It’s a mess. I’m stuck with nothing,’’ Bingell said. ‘‘I don’t know how I’m going to get to work.’’