A day of heavy, wet snow up here took down tree limbs causing the first
power outage we've had in about three years. Even last
winter with 5 blizzard type storms in 7 weeks and over 100" of snow
didn't cause any outages.

The crap today wasn't typical snow. It was more like 8-9 inches of
white slush. When I plowed it created rolls of water.

Fortunately, the outage wasn't too long. About 3 hours. I took a
ride around town and saw three trees that had been set ablaze by
having their limbs droop down on the high voltage lines. 13,500 volts
tends to do that.

Mr. Luddite wrote:
A day of heavy, wet snow up here took down tree limbs causing the first
power outage we've had in about three years. Even last
winter with 5 blizzard type storms in 7 weeks and over 100" of snow
didn't cause any outages.

The crap today wasn't typical snow. It was more like 8-9 inches of
white slush. When I plowed it created rolls of water.

Fortunately, the outage wasn't too long. About 3 hours. I took a
ride around town and saw three trees that had been set ablaze by
having their limbs droop down on the high voltage lines. 13,500 volts
tends to do that.





Just coming from our friends in Pebble Beach. Week or so ago, we had
brief, very high winds. Maybe 30 minutes at our house. Pebble Beach is
littered with down trees. At least one cut a house in half, trapping the
lady inside.

On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 8:43:15 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote:
A day of heavy, wet snow up here took down tree limbs causing the first
power outage we've had in about three years. Even last
winter with 5 blizzard type storms in 7 weeks and over 100" of snow
didn't cause any outages.

The crap today wasn't typical snow. It was more like 8-9 inches of
white slush. When I plowed it created rolls of water.

Fortunately, the outage wasn't too long. About 3 hours. I took a
ride around town and saw three trees that had been set ablaze by
having their limbs droop down on the high voltage lines. 13,500 volts
tends to do that.

Several years ago, the storms of snow and ice took out the power to my folks rural farm house for almost 2 weeks. Every day Id haul gasoline up there for their generator, and it was also my job to bring in the firewood. They didn't mind it, and the little 6k generator kept the lights, tv deep freezer and refrigerator running. Of course dad didn't run the generator 24 7, but would kick it on when he'd manually 'hit the button.' The TV worked well, on some a power inverter. Btw, I had a couple 8-D's for that

Only complaint was mom did get hacked at me for tracking in snow. LOL!

On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 21:43:09 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

A day of heavy, wet snow up here took down tree limbs causing the first
power outage we've had in about three years. Even last
winter with 5 blizzard type storms in 7 weeks and over 100" of snow
didn't cause any outages.

The crap today wasn't typical snow. It was more like 8-9 inches of
white slush. When I plowed it created rolls of water.

Fortunately, the outage wasn't too long. About 3 hours. I took a
ride around town and saw three trees that had been set ablaze by
having their limbs droop down on the high voltage lines. 13,500 volts
tends to do that.


We were supposed to get three inches or so. Yesterday morning a few flakes fell. The
wind came up, the sun came out, and the rest of the day was beautiful.

Sorry it hit so hard up there.
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Ban idiots, not guns!

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 21:43:09 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

A day of heavy, wet snow up here took down tree limbs causing the first
power outage we've had in about three years. Even last
winter with 5 blizzard type storms in 7 weeks and over 100" of snow
didn't cause any outages.

The crap today wasn't typical snow. It was more like 8-9 inches of
white slush. When I plowed it created rolls of water.

Fortunately, the outage wasn't too long. About 3 hours. I took a
ride around town and saw three trees that had been set ablaze by
having their limbs droop down on the high voltage lines. 13,500 volts
tends to do that.


We were supposed to get three inches or so. Yesterday morning a few flakes fell. The
wind came up, the sun came out, and the rest of the day was beautiful.

Sorry it hit so hard up there.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


What the he'll, we went to Carmel so my wife could pick up some fabric from
our kids god parents. Took a ride along the Pacific Grove shoreline after
lunch. 70 degrees, no wind, huge swells, so beautiful flat ocean, with
some great surfing conditions.