nasty storm trees down on thursday
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storm was on Thursday, it's Saturday and there are no CL&P/NE Utilities trucks in sight :(
BUT
bees are okay
Siberian elm that's completely hollow at the base @ work is still standing
trees down @ home but none on our house
so refrigeration, flushing and an occasional shower is not such a big inconvenience (thank goodness a local cafe with power and wifi, and for my Y membership! and they're open late on weekends :)
ETA from the Farmers Almanac : Here’s the forecast for the 2011 hurricane season (between June 1 and November 30): Well above-average activity is predicted for the Atlantic Basin versus the historical average (based on 1950–2000 records).
The probability of landfall by a major hurricane is also above average. Factors influencing the hurricane predictions include warm and favorable tropical Atlantic conditions.
ETA 2: A "possible tornado" showed up on the Weather Center radar over the southern end of town of New Milford, Bill Jacquemin, chief meteorologist at the Connecticut Weather Center in Danbury, said Thursday.
"It's a very explosive situation," he said. "There were wind gusts of over 40 miles per hour at the Weather Center. For not even being the worst part of the storm, that's pretty impressive."
storm was on Thursday, it's Saturday and there are no CL&P/NE Utilities trucks in sight :(
BUT
bees are okay
Siberian elm that's completely hollow at the base @ work is still standing
trees down @ home but none on our house
so refrigeration, flushing and an occasional shower is not such a big inconvenience (thank goodness a local cafe with power and wifi, and for my Y membership! and they're open late on weekends :)
ETA from the Farmers Almanac : Here’s the forecast for the 2011 hurricane season (between June 1 and November 30): Well above-average activity is predicted for the Atlantic Basin versus the historical average (based on 1950–2000 records).
The probability of landfall by a major hurricane is also above average. Factors influencing the hurricane predictions include warm and favorable tropical Atlantic conditions.
ETA 2: A "possible tornado" showed up on the Weather Center radar over the southern end of town of New Milford, Bill Jacquemin, chief meteorologist at the Connecticut Weather Center in Danbury, said Thursday.
"It's a very explosive situation," he said. "There were wind gusts of over 40 miles per hour at the Weather Center. For not even being the worst part of the storm, that's pretty impressive."
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Date: 2011-06-11 05:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-11 05:27 pm (UTC)I'm a freaking basket case without running water, I would crumble in the face of long term outages
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Date: 2011-06-11 07:43 pm (UTC)Nah. You'd adjust and manage. You might give in to a fit of bitching and moaning initially, out of sheer frustration and stress, but then you'd just manage. You're not a fool.
Concerning "possible tornadoes," I'll tell you we've heard more severe weather alerts, tornado watches and tornado **warnings,** and break-in local programming concerning tornadoes and "TVS's"---have you been introduced to that one, yet?---this spring than I can recall ever hearing before.
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Date: 2011-06-11 05:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-11 09:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-12 01:17 am (UTC)*fingers crossed for electric and water*
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Date: 2011-06-12 03:47 am (UTC)Take care of yourself.
:)