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Grumpy
Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 1606 City/Region: Whidbey Is
State or Province: WA
Vessel Name: Kingfisher II
Photos: Kingfisher
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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John,
Depending upon weather and other obligations, it is quite possible that we will be "out and about in a boat" during the holidays. Will you have any means other than 68 of communicating your wherabouts ?
Merv & Kathy on Kingfisher |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 8555 City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Well, the "weather in Seattle" (actually Fall City, Snoqualmie, etc.) is turning out to be not quite so fun for us...just had a briefing at the City from the top Puget Sound Energy government liason folks, they say Snoqualmie Valley had the worst damage to infrastructure, and may be without power for up to another week. All three 115KV mains to Snoqualmie Valley suffered massive damage from falling trees. The generator powering lights, fridge and other stuff in the house needs gas, which is hard to come by here. There is one station open, and the line is around the block. The circuit board on the natural gas forced air furnace went out, and we have been relying on the Russian fireplace. I spent the weekend bucking and splitting deadfalls in the back yard, will run out of firewood probably this evening, tomorrow morning at the latest. Temperatures are dropping below freezing every afternoon and night, so it is getting to be less and less fun camping out...As a last resort we will take to Daydream in the driveway, power with the little Honda 2000 generator, heat with the little electric heater, cook on the Wallas... _________________
DAYDREAM - CD25 Cruiser
CRABBY LOU - CD16 Angler (sold 2020)
Pat & Patty Anderson, C-Brat #62!
http://daydreamsloop.blogspot.com
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lloyds
Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 1724 City/Region: sublimity
State or Province: OR
C-Dory Year: 1996
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: undecided
Photos: 1996 22 Cruiser (Lloyds)
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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I was surprised to find that all the motels were booked this weekend. Sue was wondering what the draw was. Told her the draw was no power and people needed a warm bed and a shower. This morning we were experiencing freezing fog in the salem area. Spring had better get here pretty quick. |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 8555 City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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OK, update Wednesday afternoon - we got water back yesterday when the Water District decided the little booster pump actually could be powered by a generator (about four days late, by us...), the power came back on at our house about half an hour ago or so...we'll get the furnace guy here tomorrow, things should be pretty much back to normal, whatever that is, pretty durn soon now...tonight it is still twigs and branches in the Russian fireplace, early to bed (nothing new about that however) and snuggle down under the down comforter one more night! |
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CatyMae n Steve
Joined: 18 Jun 2005 Posts: 838 City/Region: Jefferson, OR
State or Province: OR
C-Dory Year: 2006
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: CatyMae
Photos: CatyMae
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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lloyds wrote: | This morning we were experiencing freezing fog in the salem area. Spring had better get here pretty quick. |
and it's not even Winter yet! Wonder what January will bring us |
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starcrafttom
Joined: 07 Nov 2003 Posts: 7896 City/Region: marysville
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1984
C-Dory Model: 27 Cruiser
Vessel Name: to be decided later
Photos: Susan E
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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pat sent you email. If its a gas furnace and you are waiting for them to come "relite" it. dont wait. I was once working in this racket. Worked for amergas in northen cal. Most gas heater systems have auto shut offs when the power goes off. Great idea for saftey and money generation. Now the furnace guy gets to come to your place and charge you $xxx to flip a switch on the unit, 9 out of 10 hid by a panal, count to 10 and switch it back on. Some guys will even hang out for a while and hit the unit with there hand so you thing they are doing something. I have even seen other guys break out a volt meter to "test" the unit before tripping the reset button. Low effort, high pay. I hate attics, where a lot of the units are, so I would teach folks to do it thems selves. boss chewed my ass for it when some one sent a thank you note and cookies to the office for saving them money next time. _________________ Thomas J Elliott
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oldgrowth
Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 2196 City/Region: Rochester
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2002
C-Dory Model: 16 Cruiser
Vessel Name: C-Voyager
Photos: C-Voyager
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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I am glad most of you are getting back to normal. I am still without power.
I sure am glad we are self-sufficient. Our water system is from a hillside spring and is gravity fed to the house. We heat with wood and I have an antique generator that keeps putting along. We just have to be selective on what appliances we use and at what time. Because of the voltage fluctuation when the water heater kicks on, I do not use the computers at home when generating our own power.
Terri actually likes it when we lose power. She is hoping it does not come back on until after Christmas. I would prefer it come back on because it will be easier to keep up with the people on this site. As it is, I only go on line at work, which isn’t too bad today. I am updating the workstations and accounting program for our management office. It is a long process and I have lots of time waiting so I can catch up a bit.
After the storm, I had to cut my way out of the driveway Friday. The road going south was blocked by down power lines and down trees. The county did not attempt to open the road until Tuesday. They just put road-closed signs up. Going out to the north, I had a few trees to top on the county road to get to work and by Saturday, the Chehalis River had flooded so the county closed that road also. There is a 400 ft stretch that regularly floods and the county puts up road closed signs on it when there is more than 6” of water on the roadway because of the strong currents. Us locals go around the signs until there is more than 18” of water across the roadway. I did have some massive fir trees come down. Will probably sell them to Weyerhaeuser this spring. They are worth too much money to cut into firewood.
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oldgrowth
Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 2196 City/Region: Rochester
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2002
C-Dory Model: 16 Cruiser
Vessel Name: C-Voyager
Photos: C-Voyager
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Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:06 am Post subject: |
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Power came back on this evening. A crew up from California repaired the lines. Joe must have sent them up when he heard of my predicament. Thanks Joe.
I have been doing my best to catch up with the post on this site since then.
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Dave |
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DaveS
Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 3204 City/Region: Arlington
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2004
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sea Shift
Photos: Sea Shift
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Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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My sister lives in Bellevue and is still without power! Ironically, we live in the country and have a generator set up with a Gentran which generates enough for approximately 70% of our needs (including the water well), and we were out of power about 30 hours. I'm certain that more than a few urban dwellers in Washington will begin to formulate plans to be more self sufficient. _________________ Dave S.
"Sea Shift"
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Luna C
Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 404 City/Region: Lake Goodwin/Center Island
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2019
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Panthera
Photos: Luna C
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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No major problems here in Everett, but we have a couple of trees on our cabin in the San Juans. I added a few pics in our album. (sorry, can't remember how to attach to the message!) We will see the mess first hand NEXT weekend. I'll be brinning my chainsaw! _________________ Janet & Chris without CD22 Luna C
Now with Panthera 255 TC |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 8555 City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:27 am Post subject: |
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More weather in Fall City - 11" of snow, Baxter LOVES it, he does bunny hops all over, tears us up!
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CatyMae n Steve
Joined: 18 Jun 2005 Posts: 838 City/Region: Jefferson, OR
State or Province: OR
C-Dory Year: 2006
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: CatyMae
Photos: CatyMae
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:33 am Post subject: |
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THAT is adorable! Reminds me of a dog we had for 16 1/2 years...Mis-T a mix poodle, cocker, terrier and who knows what else...she used to run in the snow with her nose down in it and scoop it up, throwing her head in the air, then dip down and get some more. What a hoot! |
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El and Bill
Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 3200 City/Region: Lakewood, CO
State or Province: CO
C-Dory Year: 2000
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Halcyon
Photos: Halcyon
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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Is Patty outside making snow angels?? _________________ El and Bill (former live-aboards)
Halcyon 2000 CD 22 Bought 2000 Sold 2012
http://cruisingamerica-halcyondays.com/ |
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TyBoo
Joined: 23 Oct 2003 Posts: 5315 City/Region: Warrenton
State or Province: OR
C-Dory Year: 1996
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruise Ship
Vessel Name: TyBoo
Photos: TyBoo
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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That Baxter is too cool! Sophie justs eats the snow.
Now Minnie, she is older and wiser and dresses properly. Plus she doesn't sniff around the yellow snow.
The kids, on the other hand are, well, let's call it artistic.
_________________ TyBoo Mike
Sold: 1996 25' Cruise Ship
Sold: 1987 22' Cruiser
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Robbi
Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 1193 City/Region: Chambers Bay
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2023
C-Dory Model: 23 Venture
Photos: C-Run
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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"I know it is here somewhere. You would think pink would show up better in the snow!
Puck
PS Love the snowwoman!? Robbi _________________ 2023 C-Dory 23 Venture Sport
2003 C-Dory 19
sold 2019
2004 C-Dory 16 Cruiser
Sold 8/2015
2004 C-Dory 19 "C-Run"
Sold 8/2011
1989 C-Dory 16 Angler
Sold 2010 |
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