[OKDXA] Ice

[K5TT]

Still no power here.  Using my RV generator to run a
few high priority home items like the laptop.  All
wires are down.  Two trees hit one guy wire damaging
the anchor but tower appears to be okay.  Beams look
okay.  120 trees damaged - months of work to clean up.
 Going crazy being trapped indoors with no radio.  

Jim


--- Jerry Chouinard <k5yaa at okdxa.org> wrote:

> Yes Gene - I saw some of the poles down in Owasso -
> Son Mark lives out
> there and they have yet to get power restored. 
> Possibly soon as they
> are served by the rural electric who were making
> some headway today
> at getting things back on line near their location.
> 
> Charlie - K5TTT is within a few blocks of Mark and
> he had sent some
> photos of the "destruction".  A real mess along 96th
> street.
> 
> And yes - I do feel fortunate to have heat. lights
> etc.  Even able
> to plug in my coffee pot to the wall.  Ran on a
> generator for the
> fairly brief time we were out.  In days of old
> living from a chuck
> wagon and only bathing when in a town had to be some
> hard times!
> No ham radio either.
> 
> K5YAA
> 
> At 02:19 PM 12/14/2007 -0800, you wrote:
> >Jerry ... we're back on-line now after 4 days in
> north
> >Broken Arrow.   As you say, lots of trees damaged
> >around here as well.
> >
> >   Damage is much worse in central and north Tulsa
> >where the infrastructure has been hit - utility
> poles
> >actually broken and multiple overheads down with
> two
> >week recovery predicted.
> >
> >   So feel fortunate to have power back "so soon".
> >
> >   Thanks....Gene, KD5TXL
> >
> >--- Jerry Chouinard <k5yaa at okdxa.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Ross:
> > >
> > > Was in your area yesterday picking up sorted
> cards
> > > from Pete KF5RD.
> > > The area looks similar to here but across from
> > > Pete's there was this
> > > huge tree that fell on a van in the driveway.
> > > Turned a perfectly good
> > > SUV into a V shaped hunk of metal!  That's the
> worst
> > > damage I have
> > > seen.  No body hurt - van in the wrong spot when
> the
> > > tree collapsed.
> > >
> > > I saw very few trees in that 10 mile run that
> didn't
> > > have some sort
> > > of damage.
> > >
> > > Have seen utility trucks from Tenn. and
> Louisiana so
> > > I'm sure they will all
> > > get things back up ASAP.  Fortunate here to have
> had
> > > all services
> > > back on since Tuesday afternoon.  Small things
> like
> > > electricity and
> > > phone lines aren't appreciated until they
> disappear!
> > >
> > > K5YAA
> > >
> > > At 04:50 PM 12/13/2007 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >Guys & gals,
> > > >
> > > >Finally, commercial power & Cox cable are back
> and
> > > usable. Whew!
> > > >5 days in the dark except for the Kohler. No
> > > internet, no central heat,
> > > >relying on stove burners, fireplace, & small
> open
> > > air heater in the
> > > >garage.
> > > >Kept the place warm enough. 50 trees need
> serious
> > > pruning. Some need
> > > >to be cut down. Limbs all over. Driveway was
> > > blocked for 2 days til I got
> > > >out with the chainsaw. All wire antennas are
> down.
> > > The Mosley CL-36
> > > >sprang back yet again. 33 years in the air and
> it
> > > still works as well as
> > > >ever.
> > > >Hope all of you are OK. Just a minor
> inconvenience.
> > > hi
> > > >
> > > >Gas wells are indeed a wonderful thing as Kim
> > > noted.  Have a couple on
> > > >the property here and the Kohler is happy
> running
> > > on natural gas.
> > > >
> > > >Stay safe, warm, know we all will survive, and
> the
> > > power will come back
> > > >on.
> > > >
> > > >73, Ross K5RH
> > > >
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