QuoteMillions across the mid-Atlantic region sweltered Saturday in the aftermath of violent storms that pummeled the eastern U.S. with high winds and downed trees, killing at least 13 people and leaving 3 million without power during a heat wave.
Power officials said the outages wouldn't be repaired for several days to a week, likening the damage to a serious hurricane. Emergencies were declared in Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, the District of Columbia and Virginia, where Gov. Bob McDonnell said the state had its largest non-hurricane outage in history, as more storms threatened. "This is a very dangerous situation," the governor said.
I hope all our fellow GrogHeads in that region are doing ok. When you get your power back on stop in and let us know you are alright.
My brother is near Lynchburg VA and lost power. They say he might be without it for up to a week. The temp. reached over 100 degrees F. there today. His wife is 8 months pregnant so they had to go to a local emergency cooling center for the day.
Again another example of how vulnerable the electrical infrastructure in this country is.
Same mess here in central Ohio. Could be a week before we see power again. Even looks like a couple funnels may have danced through here too.
I also hope everyone in our extended Grogheads family is safe. After spending a week-plus without power last summer I know how drastically it can affect one's life. I wish our power infrastructure had early-on adopted the habit of burying lines underground as is done in other countries. A little harder to maintain but far safer from Mother Nature.
I'm up in northern Virginia, came through the storms OK. Things got iffy enough that the wife and I headed into the basement for 30-40 minutes or so. Lots of downded trees in our neighborhood, but we were spared the worst. The worst that happened was that we lost cable/internet most of the afternoon today...good thing we didn't lose power or AC because I get real pissy without my AC. On a more realistic/sadder note, there were at least 3 people killed in Virginia due to the storms, and at least 12-15 natiionwide. Hope everyone else came through OK...
Quote from: steve58 on June 30, 2012, 08:38:02 PM
I'm up in northern Virginia, came through the storms OK. Things got iffy enough that the wife and I headed into the basement for 30-40 minutes or so. Lots of downded trees in our neighborhood, but we were spared the worst. The worst that happened was that we lost cable/internet most of the afternoon today...good thing we didn't lose power or AC because I get real pissy without my AC. On a more realistic/sadder note, there were at least 3 people killed in Virginia due to the storms, and at least 12-15 natiionwide. Hope everyone else came through OK...
Glad you are ok and didn't lose power.
From the same storm. Apparently it was a bad night to be on the grounds crew at this minor league game. Check out of the video in the article. The wind just tears the tarp off the field with the ground grew inside. I am surprised they stuck with it so long.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/tarp-attack-minor-league-grounds-crew-swallowed-during-200547119--mlb.html
I suspect LB and Smuck, along with any others I am not aware of, were hit by this thing. All of you are in our prayers and we hope to get you back soon.
Hope you Grog's all came through it intact. Not quite to the same scale, we had an icredible storm in the NE on Thusrday, with 2 weeks rain falling in an hour. Flash flooding caused havoc on the roads, closing down motorways and thus long tailbacks. It took me 2 hours to get home, a 5 mile trip which usually takes around 20 mins.
Friday morning saw our work premises flooded and computer systems down, local server gone up in smoke, so we were only able to work with a reduced Disaster Recovery service provided by our I.T. Dept in Southampton, who are building a new server for us over the weekend.
Even the poor old Tyne Bridge caught a lightning strike, which someone captured on camera, and is pretty spectacular. I'll see if I can post a link to it.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/video-watch-lightning-strike-tyne-944263
Has anyone heard from LB? He hasn't posted to his FB page either for a few days. I just noticed that Smuck hasn't posted here or to FB either. Has anyone talked to either one? Who else is absent?
LB is off w/ family stuff in Missouri. His house might've take some damage, but AFAIK, the family's OK.
Smuck's area is dealing w/ a lot of power outages. I haven't talked to him, but I talked to another friend that lives about a mile away.
Thanks for the update. I hope Smuck&Co are making out alright. Same for LB's house...
We got hit with this storm at about 4:30pm on Friday. There were about 7 semi's blown over in the storm in our county alone. One was close to us, which caused all of the traffic, including other semis, to try and find their way round small county roads, a lot blocked with down trees. We've seen a lot of uprooted trees, barn roofs and doors torn off. No damage at our house, and except for a 1hr power outage yesterday and some shorter power hiccups, we've kept our power. Which is better than others;
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American Electric Power is estimating it will take a week to restore power to nearly all Hancock County customers. More than 15,000 AEP customers in the county were still without power Saturday night, following Friday's fierce storm.
More than 80 percent of AEP's customers in Putnam County remained without electricity Saturday, but outages dwindled in Hardin County.
About 40 people were staying Saturday night at the Red Cross emergency shelter at the Hancock County Senior Center, 339 E. Melrose Ave., in Findlay.
"We are planning on keeping the shelter open as long as needed," said Red Cross Executive Director Todd James. "As more families begin cleaning up and discover major damage to their homes, we anticipate our shelter population will increase for the next day or two."
Others without power sought refuge in hotels, restaurants and movie theaters.
AEP on Saturday said 90 percent of its Hancock County customers should have power back by midnight July 7.
In other area towns, AEP estimated that power to 90 percent of customers will be restored at:
• Kenton: Midnight July 4.
• Lima: Midnight July 7.
• Ottawa: Midnight July 7.
• Upper Sandusky: Midnight July 3.
The utility reported Saturday night that 523,000 customers across Ohio remained without power after Friday's storm, 50,000 less than earlier in the day.
It will take five to seven days to restore most power, AEP said. The storm had confirmed wind speeds in excess of 80 mph, the utility reported.
In Hancock County, AEP made some progress Saturday. As of midnight, 15,873 customers, or 54 percent of its customers in the county, were without power, down from 19,676 customers in the morning.
According to AEP's website, the outage figures at midnight for surrounding counties are:
• Putnam County, 9,108 customers without power, (86 percent).
• Allen County, 20,136 customers (44 percent), down from 27,333 earlier.
• Wyandot County, 2,930 customers (45 percent), down from 4,086 customers earlier.
• Hardin County, 1,501 customers (13 percent), a big drop from 5,175 earlier.
Geez hope all you Gorgs in the affected areas come out OK. :-[
To follow-up on OJs post - Capn Darwin w/o power right now, too, but they're working through it. He posted a picture of them at McD's this morning, enjoying hot food and cold air.
Quote from: Barthheart on July 01, 2012, 08:02:13 AM
Geez hope all you Gorgs in the affected areas come out OK. :-[
Let's hope they truly
are Unstoppable... ;)
OJ'sDad,
Are you in Indiana? I didn't realize the storms hit that far out. I'm glad you're doing OK. My prayers for those around you who are worse off. SoM lives out your way doesn't he? He seems to have 'gone dark' as well. I hope he and his (soon to be) family are OK. Anyone heard from him?
I'm glad to hear Cap'n Darwin and crew are alright.
This storm actually started up around Chicago and traveled about 600 miles. Heres an article that pretty much explains the derecho phenomenon...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/derecho-behind-washington-dcs-destructive-thunderstorm-outbreak-june-29-2012/2012/06/30/gJQA22O7DW_blog.html
Glad to hear that all the Grogheads are either checking in or being accounted for....
Quote from: Staggerwing on July 01, 2012, 07:51:27 AM
Thanks for the update. I hope Smuck&Co are making out alright. Same for LB's house...
I'm sure that the Casa del Smuck is well prepared for any contingency.
Quote from: Staggerwing on July 01, 2012, 08:11:08 AM
Quote from: Barthheart on July 01, 2012, 08:02:13 AM
Geez hope all you Gorgs in the affected areas come out OK. :-[
Let's hope they truly are Unstoppable... ;)
OJ'sDad,
Are you in Indiana? I didn't realize the storms hit that far out. I'm glad you're doing OK. My prayers for those around you who are worse off. SoM lives out your way doesn't he? He seems to have 'gone dark' as well. I hope he and his (soon to be) family are OK. Anyone heard from him?
I'm glad to hear Cap'n Darwin and crew are alright.
No, I'm in NW Ohio. SOM is in Bloomington Indiana if I remember correctly, which is south of Indianapolis, and the storms stayed north of there.
The noontime news in Toledo called for us to have a small isolated storm around 4:30. My wife and kids went to the pool. Around 3 I checked the radar and saw it was a lot bigger storm coming into Ohio than what they had talked about on the news. On a whim, I turned on the local news and was amazed that they were broadcasting weather live since the storms were not in or threatening Toledo. The reason they were broadcasting was tornado warnings in boarder counties due west of us. I texted my wife and told her to head home on next break and I strated to get things locked down. My biggest worry was our camper. But had plenty of time to get it back into the barn.
Local tv news web site in Lima, OH. Lima is about 20miles SW of me.
http://www.hometownstations.com/
Check out this video of building damaged in downtown Columbus Grove, village about 15 miles due west of me.
http://www.hometownstations.com/story/18923633/building-destroyed-in-columbus-grove?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=7456469
Team, this is a chance to create a groggy idiom that is both timely and descriptive.
We all know a few evocative phrases that are so descriptive, that they are part of gaming lore.
"The Panzers went through the enemy infantry like a hot knife through butter."
"The Boyse anti-tank rifle had as much of a chance at stopping a Mark V, as a snowball in hell."
Well, how can we fit a Derecho into gaming lexicography?
Something along the lines of, Napoleon went through the Austrians like a Derecho out of the mid west?
The shape charge went through the frontal armor like a Derecho?
It occurs to me that you could substitute Derecho for any comment that included, "Like greased owl shit."
As in, the twelve inch rounds went through the Battlecruiser's armor like greased owl shit.
The twelve inch rounds went through the Battlecruiser's armor like a Derecho.
What do you think? A chance to add to and change our idiomatic verbiage?
"Sherman marched through the South like a Derecho..."
" My kids brought home a stomach bug from school that went through me like a Derecho..."
"Our new department head went though the employee roster like a 100-year Derecho...the department will never be the same"
(why not use it in RL as well?)
Hope all of you in the storm zone is safe and making out okay. The thought of no power in this heat makes me cringe.
HEADS UP, round two is starting. Tornado warnings in NW Ohio. Looks like a line running from Detroit south to Kentucky at least.
Quote from: OJsDad on July 01, 2012, 06:08:32 PM
HEADS UP, round two is starting. Tornado warnings in NW Ohio. Looks like a line running from Detroit south to Kentucky at least.
Perhaps it's truly the End Times. Where's George Pappard with his giant armored RV when you need him?
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(BTW the book was waaaay better. Roger Zelazny (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Zelazny) is one of my favorite writers.)
By the by, Smuck texted me back that he and his family are all right. Apparently their neighborhood was the only one that *didn't* lose power!
^Is the guy in the hat above Paul Winfield, of 'Lt. Traxler'-Terminator fame??
Quote from: Gusington on July 02, 2012, 09:26:45 AM
^Is the guy in the hat above Paul Winfield, of 'Lt. Traxler'-Terminator fame??
Correctomondo!!
Good eye, Gus!
Love that guy. He's so young and trim there!
Thanks for the concern guys.
As Brant said, I'm fine. Family stuff has drawn my attention for a bit, but hang in there. A few more days and I should be back to firing on all cylinders.
Thanks for checking in LB.
Glad you're doing okay Chief.
Good to see you around LB. Is there anyone else in the GrogHeads family that has not't checked in yet?