| Kris |
| Saw some footage on tv yesterday showing Oklahoma and Kansas….you guys are going through terrible experience out there! ….I hope the Christmas will be bright for you… |
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| jkster107 |
Yeah, it's pretty bad out there. My parents live in Tulsa. Their power went out Monday morning (10th) and the power company says it *should* be back on by the 18th!.
Thank God that they have a gas fireplace that doesn't need the electric to run. My dad's company bought a bundle of 5kw generators to support people during hurricane rita a while back, and they're getting them installed for people who really need the power.
Crazy stuff. |
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| PopsCA |
Nice Post!!!! We have over 500,000 people w/o power throughout the state. Driving through some of the neighborhoods requires a LOT of dodging to avoid fallen trees. Feels like driving on a trail through some woods. Hotels are all booked up so many people are living off of their Fireplaces and candles. A family died from using a heater that dispersed Carbon Monoxide, I don't recall what type it was, Butane maybe???
I've been fortunate enough to have my utilities working (except land phone service) so the In-Laws are all camped out at my place. They brought Vid Games so I've finally gotten to see what Halo3 and Guitar Hero look like.
Hopefully the Util Co's will have everyone hooked up again before too long. It's really sad to see what a lot of people here are having to go through. |
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| hfelknor |
I've got an old AF buddy in Owasso. He runs a small business there. Not happy. But warm. He has gas..
Talked to him the first day, but nothing since then.
Said it's the worst ice storm he has seen in his 69 years.
Heres hoping that ALL are keeping warm and fed somehow.
THis is OK answer to our hurricanes I guess.....
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| MO Dale |
Yes, it's been a lovely week here. We lost power early Sunday morning and didn't get it back until 8:30pm Monday (a day earlier than expected). My Mom didn't get power back until Wednesday night, so she was staying at our house. We've still had some sporadic outages. I suspect it's due to having to shut some areas off to bring others back on. Fortunately, we have a gas fireplace and water heater, so no trouble keeping the house warm. We have lots of tree limbs down, but overall we've come out pretty good with little obvious damage to the house. Just a lot to clean up. Some people have badly damaged homes and vehicles. Some will be without power for several more days, even though the power company still has an extra 600 workers in the area. In spite of the damage, the ice had its beautiful side.
I certainly wish better days for those less fortunate than I.
I'll have to get some pics up to share. |
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| bob1 |
Right now I'll take what ever they have in the Midwest as long as it melts and becomes water! if I had to count how many rain storms we had in all of 2007, I'd guess 6 to 8. Other than that, a passing shower that didn't add up to anything to write home about.
Tough going out there you people in the Midwest, hope it gets better.
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| Corin |
quote:
Originally posted by bob1
Right now I'll take what ever they have in the Midwest as long as it melts and becomes water! if I had to count how many rain storms we had in all of 2007, I'd guess 6 to 8. Other than that, a passing shower that didn't add up to anything to write home about.
Tough going out there you people in the Midwest, hope it gets better.
Bob1
Snow/Ice melting to water isn't always a good thing. We had some pretty severe flooding in our neck of the woods (Pacific Northwest) due to some unusual snowfall then quickly melting, and a lot of the water supply was tainted due to all the livestock that drowned and other things that were washed into the supply. Some communities have been forced to rely on bottled water shipped in from other areas, despite their over-abundance of water all around them. Kind of like dying of thirst when you're on a raft in the middle of the ocean. Plenty of water, just not drinkable.
At least it's warmer here, though. That cold weather is nasty. |
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| KSmurano |
| ice really stinks when it causes this |
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| KSmurano |
| but when the sun comes out............ |
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| njjoe |
quote:
Originally posted by KSmurano
but when the sun comes out............
KSmurano-
Beautiful photo!!
-njjoe |
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| bob1 |
How can something so pretty cause so much havoc?
Yeah, like NJ-Joe said, nice photos KS.
Bob1 |
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| KSmurano |
with the sun this tv tower cause problems every time
Construction began in 1954 and was completed in early 1956.
The support piers contain 800 cubic yards of concrete.
The tower legs are 87.5 feet apart at the base.
More than 600 tons of steel and nearly 26,000 bolts make up the structure.
Total weight is more than 1,200,000 pounds.
More than 5 miles of copper wire connect the tower lighting circuits.
The tower is 956 feet tall. The antenna mounted on top of the tower makes the overall height above ground 1,042 feet. That's 2,049 feet above sea level.
Taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the KCTV5 tower and antenna together are twice as tall as the famed Washington Monument.
There are 1,360 white light bulbs (25-watt) attached to the four legs that make our tower a Kansas City landmark.
The flashing air navigation strobe lights were added in 1977.
Our first remote-controlled camera was added in 1987 at the 430-foot level. In clear weather, it can scan a radius of 29 miles around the tower.
It takes our tower climber about 40 minutes to reach the top, unless someone is chasing him. |
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| KSmurano |
| & here what it does days later........ |
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| Corin |
quote:
Originally posted by KSmurano
with the sun this tv tower cause problems every time
I don't get it. What problems does it cause? How did it destroy that car? I'm lost...:8: |
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| KSmurano |
| They close the streets around the tower becuase of the falling ice chunks. |
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| KSmurano |
| imagine this coming through the sunroof |
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| Corin |
| OK, yeah, that would definitely be a problem. Holy cow! |
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| Kris |
quote:
Originally posted by KSmurano
imagine this coming through the sunroof
Are you serious? :eek: |
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| Stu |
That would seriously suck.
My wife and I used to live in a very rural area of Western Washington. We were at the end of a long power line, which snaked through 5 miles of forested roadway. Power failures in the winter were frequent and sometimes lasted for over a week.
The house was heated by a wood stove, we had well water and a generator to power the pump when needed, so we really didn't miss not having power, other than taking a hot shower. You learned how to heat up water on the wood stove to take a sponge bath.
Our neighbor back then had a large motorhome. They would just move into the motorhome until the power came back on. |
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| wchandler |
| Where is the Global Warming when you need it? |
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| KSmurano |
| don't have to worry how far this sunroof opens.......... |
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| Eclipse1825 |
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Originally posted by wchandler
Where is the Global Warming when you need it?
I second that! |
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