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On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 21:29:04 -0600, CATherine
wrote: Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger. It was hard to drive with the wind hitting the side of the car. By the time I got to work, I was tired from my deathgrip on the steering wheel. I opened the door to get out and the wind slammed the door on my foot! It was like that all day. By the time I was done seeing clients, I was tireder from fighting the wind than I was from the work. As i drove home across the prairie, I noticed damages from the wind. Signs, storage sheds and even a portapotty at a construction site were rolling in the wind. But I didn't have too much attention for seeing things like that as I was trying to keep the car on the road. Once i got home, I just relaxed for a moment before opening the door. I was so glad the driver's door was on the lee side of the wind. Then Jeff came out to escort me to the house. He often does, knowing I am tired. He had bad news for me. No electricity. Well, that happens some times in the country. But I said it should come back on after awhile. He said, No. Then he turned me around and said look up the hill behind the house. So what do I see? Nothing. What should I see? Poles with the electric wires. The wind had hit the poles with hurricane force and snapped them like matchsticks. At 10:30 in the morning. Jeff had called the power company. They said they had so many poles down that they had borrowed crews from other power companies. And in many places the wires had snapped connections and were on the ground shorting out. We were luckier than many people out here. We live in a very old place with a real well; not just a pipe in the ground. My son set up a block and tackle and lowered a bucket in the well so we could have water. We have a wood stove so we could stay warm and cook. And we lit a lot of candles. It was kind of like camping. But I sure missed my computer. I am glad we have the power back on. We were out for about 30 hours. They got our six poles replaced late last night. But there are still a lot of broken poles to replace. I see trailers with loads of creosoted poles sitting at sites of downed poles, waiting their turn. A friend of mine lost her brand new roof. Now her insurance won't pay for another one. Last week I was snowed in for two days with a heavy wet snow. The next few days was 70 degrees. Then this storm hit us. Now it is 70 again. This sure is crazy weather for April. I want ot see some flowers. The redbuds and apple tree should be blooming. At least I am seeing daffodils in the city where the weather is a bit warmer than the country. Oh, CATherine, that's scary! Glad you are okay, and that you got the power back. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/glsummer/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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CATherine wrote:
Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger. YIKES! Sounds scary! I guess this is the time of year for violent storms for those of us not on the coastal areas. We had a nasty hail storm a couple of weeks ago that caused over 100 million dollars worth of damage. It was so nasty it killed hundreds of birds all over the city. Purrs to you! -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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CATherine wrote: Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. snip Wow - take care! That sounds scary! -L. |
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CATherine wrote:
Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. How terrible, Catherine! I'm so glad to read that you're all alright. Also very glad that Jeff is there to help you. -- Marina, Frank, Nikki, and introducing: Mere! marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Hopitus wrote:
I remember the fun we had @ that tourist place between Sac. & Placerville w/all the wierd memorabilia etc. Was it called "Sam's" or somethng like that? Sam's Club, IIRC. We loved it too when we were living up there. It had a general store, arcades, a movie memorabilia and prop museum, three different types of restaurants, and more. It was so fun to visit and one could kill a whole day there without being bored. Pam S. |
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Uh, this is a little irreverent, Victor, but did the kids then
have a big feast on the fallen birds? Or do they insist on live prey? Personally, it sounds like the answer to a cat's prayer to Bast......manna from heaven. "Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... CATherine wrote: Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger. YIKES! Sounds scary! I guess this is the time of year for violent storms for those of us not on the coastal areas. We had a nasty hail storm a couple of weeks ago that caused over 100 million dollars worth of damage. It was so nasty it killed hundreds of birds all over the city. Purrs to you! -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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I am one who was brought up in s. FL, the land of killer
'canes, wind and rain storms. The rain storms here are so lame - no thunder to speak of, and I ain't seen lightning yet, though never say never. What I really meant with that statement was freedom from the %*IA^*(^A)($% snow, ice, and other winter crap that wafts down on us here regularly. LOL - one person's "winter wonderland" is another's PITA if you didn't grow up with it and every occurrence is a new challenge in dealing w/it. My ignorance of these matters is a source of never-ending amusement to my neighbors, and sometimes to my relatives here. Often I think, but never say, "well, I'd like to plunk *you* down in the middle of a Class 5 'cane - common when I was a child - and see how funny that would be"....hee hee. "Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message ... On 2005-04-08, Hopitus penned: ....Hopitus will be happy as h*** when all these weather threats and storms quit for the summer. Um, you're joking, right? Last summer, anyway, there were afternoon storms almost every day. Some were so intense that they flooded our parking lot. I had to walk through 3 and 4 inch deep lakes to get to my car. Morning: bright and sunny. Noon: bright and sunny. 3-4pm: sky is falling; cancel all outdoor plans for the evening. 5pm: bright and sunny, not a cloud in the sky. Welcome to Colorado! -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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Hopitus wrote:
Uh, this is a little irreverent, Victor, but did the kids then have a big feast on the fallen birds? Or do they insist on I'm sure a bunch of cats did, but mine did not partake of the banquet.... live prey? Personally, it sounds like the answer to a cat's prayer to Bast......manna from heaven. No kidding. Bad news for the birdies though... -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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CATherine wrote:
Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger. (snippage) Yikes! Now that's some powerful wind! I'm glad you're safe and got your power back. You were very lucky to be without it only 30 hours considering the damage. Several years back, I think it was in June, the Memphis area was similarly hit. I'd been at work about 30 minutes. It was about 7:15 AM when I looked up from my desk and it was literally black as midnight outside. I exclaimed to no one in particular "Oh crap!" A co-worker sitting one aisle over whose desk faced away from the window said, "What's wrong, Jill?" Look out the window! I heard her say, "Oh crap!" The storm hit almost simultaneously and the wind was so strong (they estimated 60-70 MPH as well) the trees on those grass "islands" in the parking lot were literally horizontal with the ground. Then, of course, the electricity went out. My employer had a generator (they took up 3 of the 5 floors in the building). It powered everything EXCEPT air conditioning (aside from the server room). As the morning progressed it got warmer and warmer in the office. We had to pour water from coffee pots to flush the toilets... which (it turned out) didn't work for very long. Turned out some of the water pumping stations had been knocked offline as well and the stench became unbearable. My apartment is surrounded by trees and I was more concerned about finding out if it was still there. The phones were out at the apartment office. They finally told us all to go home close to noon. My apartment was safe, but my power was off for 5 days. My phone also didn't work, nor did any of the pay phones in the vicinity. I didn't have a cell phone at the time. So I had to drive to work every day to find out if they were "open". They weren't. But the good thing about that was the generators still powered the ice machines in the breakrooms. I loaded up bags of ice to take back for my big cooler. You mentioned it was like "camping out"; I became very adept at cooking on my grill - breakfast (bacon, then eggs cooked in the bacon drippings), a pan of cornbread, even a pot of jambalaya! Thank goodness for cast iron cookware Glad you're safe. Purrs to everyone in the area. Jill |
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Lots of purrs and best wishes for you and anyone else affected,
-- Polonca & Soncek "CATherine" wrote in message ... Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger. snip |
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