TJ wrote:


Monday *night*? It messed with us around 3 Monday *morning*. That's
when we lost power. We didn't get it back until 11am Tuesday. We also
lost a third of an old weeping willow in the back yard and a few
shingles from the barn roof, but little damage other than that. I'm
thankful it wasn't a couple of days quicker than that. My nephew was
married on Saturday in our hayfield, selected because of the view of
the valley to the east. There were tents, of course, and they
definitely wouldn't have survived. As it was the portable facilities
hadn't been picked up yet, and they, uh, were no longer right side up.
(Good thing he hadn't wanted our front yard for a location!)

We didn't get any rain to speak of, but one spot east of Lake Ontario
clocked a wind gust in excess of 90 mph. A wind farm site near here
clocked a peak gust of 56mph. The newspaper article explained that the
high winds were caused by the remnants of Ike combining with a strong
cold front moving through the area.

We've had a generator since shortly after the Labor Day storm I
described in another thread. It was enough to keep refrigerators and
freezers cold, but not really enough extra for anything else. However,
we could get water from a spring about four miles away, and I hooked
up an old seven-inch Sony TV to the sealed lead-acid battery I use for
my portable fish finder. (Note to self: Start looking for a digital TV
converter that runs on a 12V wall wart!) Our propane stoves don't need
electricity to run, and while it was cold enough at night to want some
heat, our furnace doesn't rely on electricity, either. It was really
nothing more than an inconvenience, but it was damned annoying.

But the most annoying part came when I got power back, and with it
Internet service. When I checked in here, I found the Unspeakable One
had changed his handle, and I see another flood of crap showing up
from him. Worse mess than the tipped outhouses made. Now I have to
update my killfile - again. Sigh.

TJ

I also see another twit who is just as bad on the other side of the
coin. What IS it with these people? Another killfile resident, coming
up! And they say the PRISONS are overcrowded...

TJ


Speaking of twits, have you looked in the mirror this morning?
Got any interesting boating related posts?