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[Roadcuda]

Well that storm in the Northeast two weeks ago got me good! I was without power for 10 days, and just got my internet back today! :brickwall: A very large branch came down and took out the utility lines and the telephone pole that carried them to my house tearing those lines from it. My pickup was under the edge of that branch and pole, but survived with some dents to the hood and fenders. Another large branch came down on top of the garage but in such away that it didn't do any damage, it didn't completely break off the tree it was more like hinge.. Good thing 'cause it was on the Road Runner's side! By the time I got up in the morning it broke off and was now on the ground. I got by with a fire in the fireplace, and a generator to power the 'fridge and a space heater for a few hours a day. I'm not going to look into a standby generator 'cause I ain't going through that shit again!!!

 

[Jim S.]

Man what a mess! You were living like "Charles Ingalls" for awhile.
Must be nice to have power again.. :yesnod:

 

[george68hemirr]

thank god it didnt do more damage.....sorry for your troubles.......all the things we take for granted and when its shut down its not a good thing

 

[69hemibeep]

WOW. I would say you got lucky :yesnod: I was about to put a rescue team together and check on you :jester:

 

[sixgunrunner68]

Glad to hear you're back on track and sustained minor damages. Back up generators are clutch, you don't need them often, but they're worth they're weight in gold when you do.

 

[roadrunnerh]

Wow, sorry to hear about that mess! That's a really long time to be without power!!!!

I was reading your post thinking I hope his cars are ok. Glad there was no damage to the classic Mopars! :banana:

 

[Roadcuda]

Wow, sorry to hear about that mess! That's a really long time to be without power!!!!

I was reading your post thinking I hope his cars are ok. Glad there was no damage to the classic Mopars! :banana:

That's all I was thinking of when that branch came down on the garage! The Dakota is a lot easier to deal with then the classic cars would be!

 

[69B5]

Like everyone, I'm glad your OK!!

 

[Roadcuda]

Thanks guys. The worst part of it was just trying to keep the warm.

 

[moparchris]

Man that sucks. Glad your okay. 10 days without power is unacceptable. Man you could have froze to death.

 

[Roadcuda]

Man that sucks. Glad your okay. 10 days without power is unacceptable. Man you could have froze to death.

Fortunately it wasn't really cold enough for that to happen. But there were 4 or 5 deaths from carbon monoxide because people were either bringing a camping stove or generator into the house. One person who had a generator in the house and had the exhaust piped outside but still died because the muffler had rotten out. The biggest problem they had getting power back up was the large number of trees that were down across roads. In some towns there were still streets blocked by trees up to a week or more after the storm. There is going to be a lot of blame to go around for the non response to getting things cleaned up, both by the power company and the towns hit hardest by downed trees.

 

[Hoosier Bird]

Wow, glad your ok. I'm sure that was pretty scary.....

 

[Basketcase]

seems like the past few years we've had at least one outage a year. we never had them hen l was growlng up.

 

[ACME A12]

Just glad that you're okay, Steve!

Yep, gotta have a generator for emergencies...

 

[Steve]

Man what a mess,good to hear you and the beeper are unscathed