[Lowfer] North Carolina Ice Strom / HBG plotting on hold

Fri, 6 Dec 2002 22:17:36 +0100

Hi Dex and all,

Hope the storm has not caused serious damage for anyone.

Here (Paris), there is not enough ice.  They trucked in several
pallets loaded with big blocks, so the artists could show off their
chain saw skills.

http://www.scgroup.com/ham/ice/

73,

Stewart KK7KA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dexter McIntyre W4DEX" <[email protected]>
To: "LowFER" <[email protected]>; "RSGB LF" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 8:58 PM
Subject: [Lowfer] North Carolina Ice Strom / HBG plotting on hold

> Most of us have seen it before and probably will again.  But for those
> who haven't seen the results of freezing rain here's a directory which
> contains a few of the many pictures I taken in the past several days.
> 
> http://www.gostanly.com/w4dex/pix/ice/
> 
> Your being able to access the server greatly depends on the current
> state of the local power source and the current conditions of the UPS
> batteries.  Our power is back but the grid is occasionally being turned
> down as other area are repaired.  One estimate is that two million
> customers have experienced commercial AC power loss.  Presently the sun
> is shinning and the ice is melting.
> 
> Dexter