Frankenstorm for Halloween??!!

[Windigo]

[TheCommandTent]

Quick update from my place in NW NJ. 

Went to work this morning while my wife stayed home.  By noon I got a call from her saying the wind was bad and the power was out.  Then around 250pm I get a frantic call from her that a couple big trees fell and clipped the back of the house we are renting.  At that point I told my boss, screw it I am going home this isn't worth me dying when this gets worse and my wife needs me. 

So I head home, the roads are covered in small debris and there are a couple trees on the power lines already.  One line had snap but back into the woods so it was safe to go by.  On the secondary road that leads to my house there was two big trees down on half the road that I was able to get around.  I got home around 3:45 to the power still off.  My wife had finally settled down but the wind was really bad. 

In the back of the house there are 2 huge trees down but no major damage to the house just shingles etc.  I was only out there a couple mins as it probably is not safe as there are alot of other trees around. The power just came on, who knows for how long.  The wind gust are getting worse and more sustained and the roof and siding is taking a pounding from debris.

We still got a ways to go and there are still alot of trees left to come down.  I'll get pictures up when this is all over.

Good luck to everyone out there!

[bob48]

Stay safe folks - stuff can be replaced, people can't - don't take any chances.

[MikeGER]

JH, is there a chance you can quickly chip out a wedge out of the tree trunck?, so it will most likely fall in that direction when it possibly breaks?

[Gusington]

Good luck CT and JH. The wind got bad here around 1pm. I don't know how we still have power and cable but we do. Probably not for long.

[Steelgrave]

God bless and keep you, brothers. You are in our thoughts. Keep in touch here as long as you can.

[OJsDad]

We were placed under a blizzard warning a few hours ago. Still raining and 45, but I expect that to change. It's nothing like they're about to get hit with.

We're now supposed to get 1" of snow over night here in NW Ohio. 

Winds are picking up speed also.

Schools are already going to 2hr delays for tomorrow.  Will not be surprised if they cancel.  We didn't have power issues today, but wife said the school did how power issues today already.

God be with those of  you in the heart of it already.

[OJsDad]

Watching the news at noontime, I thought one of the Toledo stations had sent a reporter out west.  Then I realised she was up on Lake Erie.  Their predicting 12ft + waves

[Gusington]

^Watch out for that snow, we had a foot on Halloween last year and it totally kicked our ass. But even an inch can be bad with leaves still on the trees.

[Jarhead0331]

JH, is there a chance you can quickly chip out a wedge out of the tree trunck?, so it will most likely fall in that direction when it possibly breaks?

Negative.  There is really no safe direction.  Its in my backyard and I have neighbors on all three sides.  One neighbor has already come over to tell me how nervous is, and I can't be certain, but I think he threatened to sue me if anything happens.

[Gusington]

Very neighborly of him :/

[OJsDad]

Watching the news at noontime, I thought one of the Toledo stations had sent a reporter out west.  Then I realised she was up on Lake Erie.  Their predicting 12ft + waves

Scratch that, they're now saying up to 20ft waves on Lake Erie tonight and tomorrow.

[Staggerwing]

Power is out here on the CT Shoreline. The wind gusts are epic. One of my trees just calved off about a 1/4 of itself and took out several sections of fence in my front yard. Another huge branch fell down off of one of my giant pine trees and landed next to the debris. So far the kids are handling it bette that i thought they would. I'm posting from my iPhone. Still have 74% left until I need to venture out to the van to charge it.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

JH, is there a chance you can quickly chip out a wedge out of the tree trunck?, so it will most likely fall in that direction when it possibly breaks?

Negative.  There is really no safe direction.  Its in my backyard and I have neighbors on all three sides.  One neighbor has already come over to tell me how nervous is, and I can't be certain, but I think he threatened to sue me if anything happens.

Sued for acts of God? I don't think so.

[Jarhead0331]

JH, is there a chance you can quickly chip out a wedge out of the tree trunck?, so it will most likely fall in that direction when it possibly breaks?

Negative.  There is really no safe direction.  Its in my backyard and I have neighbors on all three sides.  One neighbor has already come over to tell me how nervous is, and I can't be certain, but I think he threatened to sue me if anything happens.

Sued for acts of God? I don't think so.

Its a dead tree...I'm sure he'll argue I had some obligation to remove it.  He was nice about it, but I think the threat was implicit.