It's pretty windy out there tonight!!

[64MercurysRule]

Hmmm....
Time to que up Bob Dylan...
Subterranean Homesick Blues....
Andy

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[Alexx1401]

When I got home I could see by couple of the clocks that power went out for about an hour. Wife slept through and did not even know

 

[Mark W.]

Silverton lost power at 1:15AM last night I was awake so noticed right away. Dragged the 12V fridges from the camping shelf into the kitchen hooked up the Two 100ah Batteries from my Willys Jeep Camping setup into the kitchen and plugged them in filled with the most perishable stuff. Then opened the camp kitchen hooked up the gas made coffee and heated up some left over sausage/Quiche and had breakfast Power came back on about 9:35am.

Sure wish I could find that dang 500watt inverter. I'd have had the Pellet Stove back up and running.

 

[nwslopoke]

I saw a recent report, maybe it was over the gas tax, but it was pointing out how Oregon gets over 90% of our gas from Washington state through a single pipeline. I remember in the late 90s the bay area had a power outage where there was a single line going into San Francisco. I like most people were not aware how precocious the system was. Nobody cares about power until it's not there.

It just makes me think of the millions/billions being sunk into social and pet projects but almost nothing going into infrastructure and energy and how many people will really suffer when those go down. We lost power a few months back and I finally pulled out a generator I had purchased years ago but never had the need to use.

 

[Capn Jack]

When I was working, I used to hate power outages. Some people couldn't seem to understand why their elevator wouldn't work when there was no power.

A number of years back, I bit the bullet and went for an all steel roof. I also have a 5k gen set and a propane fireplace if things get to bad.

 

[Camelfilter]

Lost power about 0115. Looks like the whole town is dark. Damn wind chimes are gonna make it nearly impossible to sleep. AND, our fans can't provide any white noise.
I guess this is referred to as "a first world problem"?

We have electronic earmuffs on our respective nightstands. Primarily for in case of a DGU/home break in. -IF TIME ALLOWS.

However, also handy for outside noise causing sleeplessness. Usually if we're daysleeping from working overnight. Lawncare folk, neighborhood construction - things of that sort. Just don't use the electronic, just use as earmuffs.

 

[monks]

Silverton lost power at 1:15AM last night I was awake so noticed right away. Dragged the 12V fridges from the camping shelf into the kitchen hooked up the Two 100ah Batteries from my Willys Jeep Camping setup into the kitchen and plugged them in filled with the most perishable stuff. Then opened the camp kitchen hooked up the gas made coffee and heated up some left over sausage/Quiche and had breakfast Power came back on about 9:35am.

Sure wish I could find that dang 500watt inverter. I'd have had the Pellet Stove back up and running.

Must post pics or links to pics of said Willys to avoid loss of forum privileges (with details)!

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

I haven't been outside yet. We lost power after 0100 for a few hours. Not sure. Maybe as long as 4hrs.

It's funny. The wind noise was turned up to 11 but the house itself was too quiet. I found it hard to sleep well. No background noise or blue or red LEDs that I'm used to.

Back in the late 60s I had an aunt and uncle who were big hippies and parties and where just convinced that there are two small daughters would not going affect their lifestyle so their house was a constant hippie rock 'n' roll party, and that worked really good until the early 70s when my aunt and uncle got too old for it and some of their friends went to jail or died or whatever and the parties stopped but my cousins couldn't sleep unless they cranked the stereo super loud all night!

 

[NeoBlackdog]

Well poop...
Lost the tops out of 2 fair sized Engleman spruce. 1 hit the house and tore the heck out of the porch roof, the other came down and ripped a hole in my utility trailer roof. Now the power's out. Been on generator powerfor the last two hours.

The tree that hit the porch roof bounced down and landed on the trailer, too. I'm impressed by how well the TNT trailer held up!

 

[Xaevian]

Well poop...
Lost the tops out of 2 fair sized Engleman spruce. 1 hit the house and tore the heck out of the porch roof, the other came down and ripped a hole in my utility trailer roof. Now the power's out. Been on generator powerfor the last two hours.
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The tree that hit the porch roof bounced down and landed on the trailer, too. I'm impressed by how well the TNT trailer held up!

Blowing hard down here, and snowing now. Town where I live lost power about 8:30am. Still out, I think. School got canceled due to power loss. About 37 degrees, but probably going to drop.

 

[Cigarlvr313]

Power out about 0145 here in Washougal...........still on the generator @ 1545

 

[ParsonBart]

Same weather here in Helena. We had the Southbound I-15 closed because 2 semi trailers blew over. An old mobile home to the West of us is coming apart (I know this because our fence is strewn with tin and fiberglass insulation), and, being a large, tall man, I was extremely surprised when the wind blew me right off my feet into the gate of my sheep pen. It is a' howlin!

 

[Alexx1401]

We lost a couple hours ago due to a moron outage. Someone creamed a pole or box leaving us in the dark. Thankfully it happened before sun went down. Made it far easier to get the gensets up and running

 

[Xaevian]

Still no power in the town I live in. Only been 12 hours tho. 38 outside about 45-50 in my house. No cell service either. The cell tower backup probably ran out. Getting dinner in town because I am too lazy right now to cook on a camp stove via lantern light in the garage.

 

[Pete F]

We are surrounded by 100 ft fir trees and some deciduous trees. I worry about limbs coming down, had a limb come through my shop roof a few years ago. We cut a bunch of oak and firs that were close to the house many years ago.

The nice thing about the fir trees is the wind does not hit the house much. The bad thing is the velocity of the upper limbs coming down.

The driveway is littered with small fir branches and a paper bark birch fell on our greenhouse. I am still not sure how much damage was done aluminum and three ply carbonate. Saw some bent aluminum studs.

I saw several bright blue flashes as transformers blew, but we were spared.

 

[Cigarlvr313]

We took down a few trees close to the house this spring to hopefully avoid having one in our living room.

 

[Pete F]

We took down a few trees close to the house this spring to hopefully avoid having one in our living room.
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Can I borrow your tractor with the rake attachment so I can find my driveway?

 

[Tlock]

Can anyone come help me get my kids trampoline?

 

[tacoma22]

Sister in Missoula had a large tree come down. Missed the shed and house, thankfully!

 

[Hotdog 7]

Huge wind storm in my region of eastern Oregon last night. Constant 20-30 mph winds with gusts up to 60mph in some areas. If weren't so devoid of trees it probably would've been pretty bad for us