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We got the bejeebers blown out of us
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Meigs County OH and surrounding area, had severe straight line winds and rain storms. Trees down everywhere, no power. Honda 1000 giving one light and powering DSL box. Phone still works.
Best friends brother had two HUGE maple trees crush his entire home and his car, all escaped from the house AS IT HAPPENED. Best friend has severe damage many trees down, chickens seen being blown away. Driving rain poured into my basement running like a river through the hobby room. I have large trees down across fences and a general mess to deal with.
Went down the road in my truck, trees down EVERYWHERE, street is green with branches and leaves. AEP says only 350 customers out in Meigs County.... As far as I can tell nobody has power for miles and miles, the sky is dark in all directions.
Best friends brother had two HUGE maple trees crush his entire home and his car, all escaped from the house AS IT HAPPENED. Best friend has severe damage many trees down, chickens seen being blown away. Driving rain poured into my basement running like a river through the hobby room. I have large trees down across fences and a general mess to deal with.
Went down the road in my truck, trees down EVERYWHERE, street is green with branches and leaves. AEP says only 350 customers out in Meigs County.... As far as I can tell nobody has power for miles and miles, the sky is dark in all directions.
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Got our first .24 inches of rain in weeks.
I would guess we got 1.5 inches of rain and according to the weather guy more of these wind storms are heading this way from Chicago, should hit around 5 tomorrow afternoon. I will check out damage in the morning and apply the limited power available to the freezer and then the fridge to keep stuff cold and frozen.
Yep, that 2nd storm is heading for us now, and should hit in an hour or so, then head on over and give you a visit.
Should make for an interesting evening.
It already visited my youngest son in Chicago.
Say any Rock Maple down? I'm looking for a chunk to make in to a cutting board. A 5" - 6" round would be nice.
Those grow west of us, the trees here are sugar maple, though they are often called "hard maple".
Ours are sometimes incorrectly called "rock" maple, but that is a different species.
Say any Rock Maple down? I'm looking for a chunk to make in to a cutting board. A 5" - 6" round would be nice.
I think the tree across my fence is a maple, I will check it out and let you know.
quote:Originally posted by yoshmyster
Say any Rock Maple down? I'm looking for a chunk to make in to a cutting board. A 5" - 6" round would be nice.
I think the tree across my fence is a maple, I will check it out and let you know.
Likely a sugar maple Bruce, not true rock maple I suspect.
Rock is much smaller, has a different leaf, and is so hard as to be unreal.
This has a picture of the rock leaf. The edge is much more jagged than our sugar maple type.
It sounds like, without seeing a clound formation picture that western Indiana all the way to Pennsylvania was hit with a Derecho.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/derechofacts.htm
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
Tomorrow we'll see just how much damage ocurred.
Winds were reported at 80 mph with the front moving at 60 mph.
It got out of here in a hurry.
Alas, only a trace of rain.
We were at a local resturaunt when it started. I paid real quick and headed home. Just before my driveway, a large chunk of wood hit my windshield, but did'nt break it.
Fortunately, mrsdeere's chickens had already gone to roost.
We're northwest of Allen County so the worst of the storm missed us.
I'll just hunker down and fix stuff after the power is restored 3-5 days......
upright freezer will keep for up to 5 days if you don't open it. chest freezer longer.
how hot is it there? w/o AC here (115 degrees) i'd be headed to the next county and a motel.[;)]
hope it's over soon for you.
tom
hope you get power soon. main thing is, you and yours aren't hurt.
upright freezer will keep for up to 5 days if you don't open it. chest freezer longer.
how hot is it there? w/o AC here (115 degrees) i'd be headed to the next county and a motel.[;)]
hope it's over soon for you.
tom
Thanks Tom, it is heading up to about 100 again today, I have the house closed up TIGHT to save the cool inside, a small fan is providing nice cool air. I took several blankets and quilts and wrapped the fridge and freezer with them to help insulate.
We are supposed to get another wind/rain storm this afternoon, lots of weakened trees and widow makers hanging on by a branch or two are going to raise more havoc. AEP says the damage is more that that produced by Hurricane Ike.....WOW.