[OKDXA] Ice

[K5TT]

Sorry about your property.  It looks the same as the
area here.  I counted 120+ trees that are broken on my
3 acres.  I don't want to think about the work
involved in the cleanup.  So far the beams are okay
but all wires are down and one guy anchor is damaged. 
Don't know when we will get power either.

Good luck,

Jim
--- "Charlie Calhoun, K5TTT" <k5ttt at tulsa.com> wrote:

> Owasso is pretty much like Jerry explained it.  It's
> like a warzone.  10's
> of square miles without power.  Small pockets of
> areas that do have power.
> We lost power Monday morning around 2am.  They're
> saying it could be Dec. 20
> before they get everyone back on.  We had about 1.5"
> of ice on everything.
> A blade of grass was about an inch around!  We've
> lost all our trees but no
> buildings or vehicles thankfully.  I didn't have
> much aluminum up but the M2
> 2M5WL long yagi for 2m looks like half of the golden
> arches.  I couldn't
> sleep all Sunday night due to the "pops" "cracks"
> and "shattering crashes".
> I couldn't tell if they were trees in my back yard
> or in the woods across
> the street.  It was all of the above.  Thankfully
> nothing landed on top of
> anything I cared about or can't replace.
> 
> Here's some pics...
> 
> http://members.cox.net/k5ttt/icestorm.htm 
> 
> 73
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of K5TT
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 5:39 PM
> To: okdxa at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [OKDXA] Ice
> 
> The ice storm has been devastating here.  Probably
> 75
> trees damaged; half will have to be cut down.  Some
> are 100 years old.  Power has been off all day; no
> news on getting it back.  Using the RV generator now
> with a cell link to the internet.
> 
> 2 ele 40 meter beam and 4 ele SteppIR have survived
> so
> far.  I don't know how.  The elements are bent
> almost
> vertical.  All wire antennas are down.  Tree fell on
> one set of guys damaging the anchor but tower seems
> okay.  I hope they make it through the night.
> 
> I imagine others (N5OK) have damage but do not have
> power or internet.  I think they said 200,000
> without
> power.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
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