Storms

[helwen]

In case anyone around here hadn't noticed, there's a bit of wind outside.... I certainly didn't need the online weather alert to tell me that, with the wind howling and whistling, trying to rip the windows off the house. Worse than the last wind storm, as I can hear the trees nearby creaking and groaning, poor dears.

West and south of MA, there's a big messy, windy and wet storm plowing through, knocking down trees and powerlines. 145+K homes without power starting in Oklahoma and traveling eastward. I expect those numbers to go up, as that storm travels through the south, picking up moisture off the Gulf. Currently main body of the storm's expected to plow through Virginia.

One newspaper article I read today had a power rep saying that with all the damage it could be up to five (5) days to get power to those who were able to receive it. Not quite verbatim, but close -- in other words, some homes will be without power for longer than five days, because there will be no way to get power to them. Had that problem last winter too, I think? Hope people have learned and have better emergency plans this time around.

Be careful and be prepared, folks.

Comments

[oakmouse]

We've got 18F outside and snow steadily falling, about 3 inches on the ground. Only one brief outage and that was during the windstorm that preceded the snow. We've got preparations in place, even though officially our area wasn't supposed to get any of this one, and we'll do.

I'm worried about Boss Man, who lives in a part of NC that really got shit-stomped; the highway through his town was closed due to multiple wrecks. Don't know if he's prepared. Coworker who lives in the next town from him called yesterday to say she was battened down and ready for it; hope she got a fire lit under him too.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Glad you two are set. I knew it wasn't supposed to beeline for you, but even the peripheral fallout can be messy to deal with -- hope your boss is okay!