[OKDXA] Ice

[Jerry Chouinard]

No problem Gene - both ways work for me - Hi.
There really has been some inconvenience to many out there.
Hoping the lines get hooked back up soon.

Jerry - K5YAA

At 10:01 PM 12/14/2007 -0800, you wrote:
>Jerry, my apologies for not having a "what I really
>mean to say" checker on my email!
>
>When I wrote "So feel fortunate to have power back so
>soon." What I really meant was "So I feel fortunate to
>have the power back on so soon."
>
>Thanks ... Gene, KD5TXL.
>
>
>---- 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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