[OKDXA] Ice

[Charlie Calhoun, K5TTT]

We got our power back about 5pm last night.  Only those houses off the main
feeder lines were restored.  I'm on the corner so I'm one of them.  My
neighbors all the way down the street were still without power.  I don't
hear generators anymore so I think they got theirs up today.  Still have
lots of chainsaw work to do.  Lost the wire antenna and a top rail fence
post but the rest of the antennas lost their droop so not much permanent
damage done her.  Hope everyone stays safe and warm.

73
Charlie, K5TTT

-----Original Message-----
From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Jerry Chouinard
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 4:44 PM
To: Discussion of OKDXA
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Ice

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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