Hurricane Michael

[Diggin It]

As of Saturday morning over 30 poles were out of service in my area...

I think you could safely add a few zeros to that number across the affected areas.

 

[Turbys_1700]

I think you could safely add a few zeros to that number across the affected areas.

Yes...
Absolutely...
Those 30 poles represented a very small area...

 

[dmccarty]

Well...
My power returned about 5:30 on Saturday afternoon...
My line was out 54 hours...
Thankfully the generator performed flawlessly...
Just burned a lot of gas...
Talked to a friend of mine who is a Duke Energy engineer...
As of Saturday morning over 30 poles were out of service in my area...
He said it was a mess...
Hope everyone else gets their power up as soon as possible and stay safe...

I saw dozens and dozens of tree service trucks and a few power service trucks on the road and in staging areas this morning when I drove to work. :thumbsup: Some friends of the kids showed up on Saturday so they could get showers. They had been without power for days and were not expected to get power until midnight tonight, ie, Monday.

Me think Michael took the powers that be by surprise. They did not expect the storm to be that bad and of course it kinda popped up sorta quickly. That and the focus on the areas hard hit by Florence. After the hurricanes in the last century, the state, local governments and power companies have improved their storm response. But the Michael response was a bit slow but they did speed up quickly.

And our outages and damage is nothing compared to what Florence did to eastern and southern NC or what Michael did on the Gulf. I sure hope we have nice, boring winter weather.

Later,
Dan

 

[ovrszd]

Why "they" didn't help people? You mean why didn't the .gov show up and save everyone and rebuild their homes? Probably because that isn't/shouldn't be their job. The gov told a lot of folks to evacuate, if they didn't why should we be rushing to wait on them hand and foot? That is a personal decision, you have to be responsible for your decisions.

I agree. PR had horrible infastructure due to lack of maintenance and updates on their part. I'm sure "we" will pay to improve all that.....

 

[ovrszd]

I saw dozens and dozens of tree service trucks and a few power service trucks on the road and in staging areas this morning when I drove to work. :thumbsup: Some friends of the kids showed up on Saturday so they could get showers. They had been without power for days and were not expected to get power until midnight tonight, ie, Monday.

Me think Michael took the powers that be by surprise. They did not expect the storm to be that bad and of course it kinda popped up sorta quickly. That and the focus on the areas hard hit by Florence. After the hurricanes in the last century, the state, local governments and power companies have improved their storm response. But the Michael response was a bit slow but they did speed up quickly.

And our outages and damage is nothing compared to what Florence did to eastern and southern NC or what Michael did on the Gulf. I sure hope we have nice, boring winter weather.

Later,
Dan

60 years ago as a young kid we would get snowed in for days many times each winter. No big deal.

Now I run a road grader taking care of 50 miles of country roads. People start calling if they can't get out the first morning after a snow storm...... Society is soooo spoiled.

 

[ruffdog]

Why "they" didn't help people? You mean why didn't the .gov show up and save everyone and rebuild their homes? Probably because that isn't/shouldn't be their job. The gov told a lot of folks to evacuate, if they didn't why should we be rushing to wait on them hand and foot? That is a personal decision, you have to be responsible for your decisions.

No, why did "they" not deliver the food and water that was sitting in trucks and on pallets but instead gave free plane tickets off the island to the mainland?

 

[Navvet]

I saw dozens and dozens of tree service trucks and a few power service trucks on the road and in staging areas this morning when I drove to work. :thumbsup: Some friends of the kids showed up on Saturday so they could get showers. They had been without power for days and were not expected to get power until midnight tonight, ie, Monday.

Me think Michael took the powers that be by surprise. They did not expect the storm to be that bad and of course it kinda popped up sorta quickly. That and the focus on the areas hard hit by Florence. After the hurricanes in the last century, the state, local governments and power companies have improved their storm response. But the Michael response was a bit slow but they did speed up quickly.

And our outages and damage is nothing compared to what Florence did to eastern and southern NC or what Michael did on the Gulf. I sure hope we have nice, boring winter weather.

Later,
Dan

We finally got our power back and yesterday they cleared the trees blocking one of the main roads we use to get back here.

4025 preformed flawlessly, first providing PTO power to the 16KW generator that provided our power, then cleaning up trees that were blown over.

On a side note, over the past 2 years I have been widening our private road and redoing the drainage ditches. With a few minor exceptions, everything flowed just the way I wanted it.

 

[cqaigy2]

That's a pretty nice feeling when the power comes back on. :thumbsup:

 

[/pine]

Death toll up to at least 29...hundreds still missing...

Death toll from Florida hurricane at least 29, hundreds missing | Reuters

 

[M5farms]

It's been pure **** here. House survived but all other buildings destroyed. Family is safe that's most important.

 

[dragoneggs]

It's been pure **** here. House survived but all other buildings destroyed. Family is safe that's most important.

Wishing you all the best down there!

 

[3930dave]

It's been pure **** here. House survived but all other buildings destroyed. Family is safe that's most important.

Your last sentence says it all :thumbsup:.

I have a college buddy in the same situation, after the Ottawa tornado this Fall. Big old farmhouse still standing, with some roof damage, but all outbuildings including a 100+ year old bank barn gone, and most of his hardwood bush is gone. Family good, all the rest can be replaced eventually.

I hope your roads, power, and other services come back soon - stay safe during the recovery efforts, rebuilding can be a pretty dangerous time too.

Rgds, D.

 

[Jstpssng]

I passed a convoy of power line workers tonight, headed back to their homes in New Brunswick Canada. Presumably they were down South helping get the power back up.

 

[Guidshir]

I was lucky to only have lost power for about 18 hours. I always count it a blessing to be able to exercise the generators and oil lamps and live quietly for an evening.

I only had a 100'+ tall tulip tree go down and through a neighbor's fence and the top of another tree go through the roof of a shed. Nothing critical, all easily fixed.

 

[K5lwq]

We made it back from Northwest Florida. In all my years, I have never seen the level of destruction as I saw this week! It will be months before they can get power back to many areas down there. All the homes along the beach use lift pumps for the septic system. Without power, the systems are backing up.

It is very hot during the day with 98% humidity! Getting fuel is very difficult for the people trying to run chain saws and generators.

However, seeing people of all walks of life coming together to help one another is such a blessing. You can see the power of God working in and through everyone there.

Everyone keep the victims of Michael in your thoughts and prayers as this will be a very hard row for them to hoe!

 

[ruffdog]

^^^agree^^^ Those are some major issues and it's going to get worse before better. I wish them luck!

 

[jmc]

We made it back from Northwest Florida. In all my years, I have never seen the level of destruction as I saw this week! It will be months before they can get power back to many areas down there. All the homes along the beach use lift pumps for the septic system. Without power, the systems are backing up.

It is very hot during the day with 98% humidity! Getting fuel is very difficult for the people trying to run chain saws and generators.

However, seeing people of all walks of life coming together to help one another is such a blessing. You can see the power of God working in and through everyone there.

Everyone keep the victims of Michael in your thoughts and prayers as this will be a very hard row for them to hoe!

We're there things you could help with over there? Could you find food and lodging nearby?

 

[coldsteelva]

Everybody is equal after a hurricane (and at the DMV, MVA, Registry, etc.) so you might as well get along.

 

[sea2summit]

We're there things you could help with over there? Could you find food and lodging nearby?

And, what would the need look like around Christmas? I値l have about 30 days of post deployment leave and could bring lots of tools/labor for at least a few of those.

 

[3930dave]

We made it back from Northwest Florida. In all my years, I have never seen the level of destruction as I saw this week! It will be months before they can get power back to many areas down there. All the homes along the beach use lift pumps for the septic system. Without power, the systems are backing up.

It is very hot during the day with 98% humidity! Getting fuel is very difficult for the people trying to run chain saws and generators.

However, seeing people of all walks of life coming together to help one another is such a blessing. You can see the power of God working in and through everyone there.

Everyone keep the victims of Michael in your thoughts and prayers as this will be a very hard row for them to hoe!

Did your Dad evacuate , or does he have power back ?

Glad to hear your trip ended safely.

Rgds, D.