Hurricane Isabel: How you holding up? - Page 2

Jon Miller · September 19, 2003, 16:14

just got power back

Jon Miler

lord of the mark · September 19, 2003, 16:15

not too bad here - we never lost power for more than a few seconds. Winds were high (60 MPH?) but not more than a few branches down. Local water pumps lost power, so pressure low, we're conserving and using our stock of bottled water. Some friends who lost power are going to a hotel - we offered to let them come here, but I dont think we meet their standards for comfort

Princess of the Mark had a sleepover, so it was just a grand holiday to her.

We did discover some gutter/downspout problems, but a large bucket helped with that, and no leakage into the house. No flooding in this neighborhood, we're up on a ridge. Old town Alexandria looks pretty bad though.

lord of the mark · September 19, 2003, 16:18

Quote:

Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior
My TV is out, and I can't go outside. Maybe I should start a civ game.

I played SMAC.

Felch · September 19, 2003, 16:48

I had a great time last night. Magic pills made me feel happy and glad and like I could invade Baltimore. All I needed was a rubber duckie, an air rifle, and electricity. I had none of those.

But man those clouds looked tight as ****.

Timexwatch · September 19, 2003, 17:39

Where was the hurricane? I certainly didn't see anything to write home about.

ICBM · September 19, 2003, 19:09

Nothing happened here.

SKILORD · September 19, 2003, 19:55

Down here in North Carolina well... i feel sorry for these punks down by the coast that the newspaper insists on showing, but in the central part of the state..... well my sattelite modem never stopped working.

Q Classic · September 19, 2003, 20:24

my girlfriend's in washington... i lost touch with her last night, after a power relay blew near her (american u). haven't been able to talk to her since this morning, which was on her cell. so.

ah, well. i'm sure she's ok. have my phone on, so.

ColdWizard · September 20, 2003, 18:28

Still no power at home when I left this morning

MrFun · September 20, 2003, 18:36

Why can't Texas get hit by a hurricane -- just for my entertainment and pleasure?

chequita guevara · September 20, 2003, 18:40

It does, frequently. Worst US disaster in history was the Galveston huricane in the early part of the 1900s, when more than 5,000 people died.

MrFun · September 20, 2003, 18:42

True -- but when was the most recent hurricane to hit Texas?

For some reason, I cannot recall any real recent hurricane that actually struck Texas.

Kuciwalker · September 20, 2003, 19:02

We just got power back late last night.

Drake Tungsten · September 20, 2003, 21:01

I think Hurricane George was the last big one to hit Texas.

edit: Nope, it was Bret. Don't know what the hell I was thinking of...

chequita guevara · September 20, 2003, 21:27

What kind of name is Bret for a huricane?

Drake Tungsten · September 20, 2003, 21:38

Better than Hurricane Lance...

OzzyKP · September 20, 2003, 23:07

I finally got power back tonight. I guess it was only 2 days, but having a dark house and no computer (ah!) wasn't much fun. Plus the fear of loosing everything in the fridge was troubling.

Lots of trees down by me, I had a bunch of clean up to do yesterday. But I got to use a chainsaw, so that was cool

It didn't even seem that bad, when we lost power Thursday night there wasn't much wind at all and just a steady but not hard rain. Things picked up a bit that night at like 11-12, but it didn't seem anything severe. Even with this seemingly mild weather it was the worst to hit the area (apparently) since the 1930's and blacked out 2 million people. Go figure.