starcrafttom
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The signs in front of work just got blown down and the wind is really picking up. The power is out in spanaway already. everyone have their flash lights ready.
The wind is here
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Jeff and Julie
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Going to try to look around town tonight and pick up a Honda EU2000. Double duty for home and boat!!
Julie
Julie
I lost the power about six am this morning and its almost five pm now.
My one cylinder diesel is doing a great job huffing and puffing at 650
rpm keeping the freezer cold. Laptop works good on batteries as well.
Power guy said before evening we would be back online. If I were on the
water I would be heading for a port quickly. Understand the Hood Canal
bridge shut down as well. Those Palm trees sound real good right now.
From 30 miles west of Mt Rainier Bob Heselberg
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My one cylinder diesel is doing a great job huffing and puffing at 650
rpm keeping the freezer cold. Laptop works good on batteries as well.
Power guy said before evening we would be back online. If I were on the
water I would be heading for a port quickly. Understand the Hood Canal
bridge shut down as well. Those Palm trees sound real good right now.
From 30 miles west of Mt Rainier Bob Heselberg
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Ha...No ...I boogied out of Chester after the first snow.... Don't like the stuff... to hard to ride my motorcycle to the donut shop in the snow...
I am now in Southern Calif,..... Camarillo... where I can ride to the bagel shop in the morning and not even put a jacket on.....
I am kinda interested in one of those generators though..... once Sue retires we are going on the road with the boat.... and I don't want to run down the batteries.... probably one of those 1000 watt units will be enough for the 22... I don't have a refrigerator....but I plan on using the Wallas heater all night.... (in cold areas) and we run the lights some....
Joel
SEA3PO
I am now in Southern Calif,..... Camarillo... where I can ride to the bagel shop in the morning and not even put a jacket on.....
I am kinda interested in one of those generators though..... once Sue retires we are going on the road with the boat.... and I don't want to run down the batteries.... probably one of those 1000 watt units will be enough for the 22... I don't have a refrigerator....but I plan on using the Wallas heater all night.... (in cold areas) and we run the lights some....
Joel
SEA3PO
CatyMae n Steve
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Looks like treacherous weather on the ocean Saturday -- 34' seas at 12 seconds -- not user friendly for a boater!
Looks like we'll be missing the first boat tow this weekend too...hauled that elk back from Baker just fine tho :thup
Don't tell Tyboo, but I bought a Dodge -- never thought I would've ever owned one, but it's great!
Caty
Looks like we'll be missing the first boat tow this weekend too...hauled that elk back from Baker just fine tho :thup
Don't tell Tyboo, but I bought a Dodge -- never thought I would've ever owned one, but it's great!
Caty
Didn't really notice much wind here when I got home from work, but I did notice right off that the kids' trampoline was upside down in the neighbor's yard. So either the wind blew a little or those folks next door are thievin' buggers.
But my palm tree is still standing and doesn't even look all that ragged yet.
But my palm tree is still standing and doesn't even look all that ragged yet.
1TUBERIDER
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Yep, sure is windy & wet! Just got done windsurfing a 5.0 in the harbor.
GREAT!!!!!!!!!! :smiled
1tuberider
GREAT!!!!!!!!!! :smiled
1tuberider
I was out fly fishing yesterday and took this shot of the Mukilteo ferry.
:twisted: Just kidding! This is a picture from a local news web page. Just shows you how bad ol' Puget Sound can get in a bit of a wind.
No, C-Run was cozy in her boat house down at Steilacoom. Until the train derailed!
This is how close the boathouse is to the tracks.
This is the derailment that happened yesterday just a few hundred yards south of the boathouse.
No wonder I get a bit :shock: every time a train goes by.
I think that I would rather take on the wind, than the trains when they come undone from the tracks. Robbi
:twisted: Just kidding! This is a picture from a local news web page. Just shows you how bad ol' Puget Sound can get in a bit of a wind.
No, C-Run was cozy in her boat house down at Steilacoom. Until the train derailed!
This is how close the boathouse is to the tracks.
This is the derailment that happened yesterday just a few hundred yards south of the boathouse.
No wonder I get a bit :shock: every time a train goes by.
I think that I would rather take on the wind, than the trains when they come undone from the tracks. Robbi
El and Bill
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Whew! We have 100 knot winds along a section of the Adriatic coast where we were yesterday -- closed the coastal road. Beautiful coast to cruise, but the Bora winds can be horrific. Going cruising on Lake Bled tomorrow.
GEEEEEEE, our mid 70s and 15kt W winds are soooooo nice and an almost clear sky to boot. You folks sure do get some windies out there on the left coast.
We best enjoy this WX here in VA Beach while we can. The Nor'Easters and hurricanes will be on us soon enough. When they come they love the lower Ches. Bay.
As to power outages, we had some 'stupids' working on pine tree removal last month. They continued working into the dark and they dropped the top through the high tension lines that serviced our block. We did have one person injured trying to avoid they fallen hot lines. Trying to finish that job was not a smart move and with the 98degree temp and high humidity, they weren't too popular since it took 4 1/2 hrs to restore power. That NG 15kva genset at home paid off that night.
Now if I can only harness my own natural gas.
We best enjoy this WX here in VA Beach while we can. The Nor'Easters and hurricanes will be on us soon enough. When they come they love the lower Ches. Bay.
As to power outages, we had some 'stupids' working on pine tree removal last month. They continued working into the dark and they dropped the top through the high tension lines that serviced our block. We did have one person injured trying to avoid they fallen hot lines. Trying to finish that job was not a smart move and with the 98degree temp and high humidity, they weren't too popular since it took 4 1/2 hrs to restore power. That NG 15kva genset at home paid off that night.
Now if I can only harness my own natural gas.
High offshore winds (north - northwest) on the south coast today- gusting to 70.
The visibility in Santa Barbara was 1/2 - 3/4 mile due to the dense ash carried in the wind. The ash is from last summers Zaca Fire.
I was building a new fence in the back yard, had to quit and come inside. The ash was so thick, it was hard to breath outside.
The visibility in Santa Barbara was 1/2 - 3/4 mile due to the dense ash carried in the wind. The ash is from last summers Zaca Fire.
I was building a new fence in the back yard, had to quit and come inside. The ash was so thick, it was hard to breath outside.