[TheForge] OT -- East Coast correspondents -- how goes H. Irene?

[Larry Brown]

We had a good amount of trees come down and a storm surge of about 4-5 
foot  above high tide regular. It was a good thing I had taken my welding 
machine I keep near the water home for emergency power. Lost power at my 
house for about 12 hrs and at my fathers for about 12 with him going off 
and on about 4 hours after me. Some were out longer. Had welding machines 
powering the sump pumps at both houses. Mine I got power to soon after we 
lost power. My father got about 6" before I could get set up there. Had 3 
houses I was trying to keep power at with two machines. It was a long weekend
L Brown




At 10:02 PM 9/1/2011 -0400, you wrote:
>NJ got hit bad in some places, but not so much near me.   There are dams 
>breached, bridges out, etc.  Most major highways seem to have opened soon 
>after the storm. I lost power AFTER the hurricane for 36 hr or 
>so.  Fortunately, I'd invested in a generator from HF last year, and put 
>it to use in pumping out the inch or so of water in the basement (that 
>would never have accumulated had the power not gone out).  Later I used 
>this to power the fridge.  There's still a trickle of water seeping into 
>the basement, but nothing to complain about. I had no other damage at all 
>-- nothing blown around the yard, no shingles missing, etc.  The Motel 6 I 
>was staying at in Harrisburg lost shingles and a back fence (knocked 
>over), and also lost cable TV, more damage than I had at my house.  I saw 
>surprisingly few trees down between Harrisburg and the Jersey Shore, but 
>there were trees down, make no mistake. I can link my cell phone to my 
>computer, and this enabled me to use the Internet & email while power was 
>down.  (Had I a UPS for my cable modem, this would not be an issue.)  The 
>connection is slower than cable, but workable.  Between phone, cell phone, 
>and email, I never lost contact with family, which is good. Nonetheless, 
>it was a pleasure to get power back on.  Reading by a single oil lamp is 
>doable, but not pleasurable. On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Albin 
>Drzewianowski <dski1045 at qis.net> wrote: > Westminster MD, about 35 mi WNW 
>of Baltimore got about 3 1/2" of rain, wind in the 40's and wind gusts up 
>to about 52 mph. Â  I lost my power 1:50am on Sunday and just got it back 
>today.  111 hours without power. > > God Bless   Alabama Power, because 
>it looks like they are the crew that fixed the line. Â We were in the last 
>15% in the state to get power restored. Â Carroll County had about 13,000 
>without power and MD had over 800,000 that lost power. > > Had major 
>computer/INTERNET Â withdrawal. Â Had not realized how much I relied on 
>the computer. Â  Fortunately I had a small LED lamp that fastened to the 
>brim of my ball cap and was able to read. Â  came to find out that the 
>other thing that I really missed was ice from the icemaker in the fridge. 
> I drink a LOT of ice water and having to drink luke-warm water was  a 
>pain. > > Of course, there are an awful lot of people up and down the 
>eastern seaboard that had damage a lot worse than what I got, so in the 
>end, only losing power for 4 1/2 days is not such a big deal compared to 
>the disruption they suffered, and continue to suffer for a long time to 
>come. > > D-ski > Westminster, MD > The lyf so short, the craft so long to 
>lerne. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: 
>theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge- >> 
>bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of williamsiron at comcast.net >> Sent: 
>Monday, August 29, 2011 8:53 PM >> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by 
>ABANA >> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT -- East Coast correspondents -- how 
>goes H. Irene? >> >> >> >> We had Irene for about 36 hours, all day 
>Saturday, Saturday night and Sunday >> morning. We got around 8" of rain 
>with max wind gust of 62 mph and steady wind >> in the 50's. Only a few 
>power flickers. Lotsa limbs and green pecans in the >> backyard. Some 
>water in the basement but the sump pump work fine. The Lord >> was good to 
>us. Others were not so blessed. >> >> >> >> Mark Williams >> >> Snow Hill, 
>Maryland >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> >> From: "Bruce 
>Freeman" <freemab222 at gmail.com> >> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by 
>ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net> >> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 
>9:12:30 PM >> Subject: [TheForge] OT -- East Coast correspondents -- how 
>goes H. Irene? >> >> I'm wondering how folks up the East Coast are doing? 
>Â Just heard via >> TWC of tornadoes in Lewes, DE, flooding in NC and VA. 
>Â Loss of power, >> etc. >> >> I live in NJ but am in Harrisburg, PA, 
>where it's just raining so far. >> Â I'm wondering what I'll find when I 
>get back to NJ. >> >> -- >> Bruce >> NJ >> 
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