Enjoying the electric while it lasts

Post #365,658 by crazy 10/29/12 9:18:41 PM Reply	Enjoying the electric while it lasts Watching the trees take down the wires all over the place. My house should be fine. I go out an walk the area out front, and bounce in the wind, watching trees. I have a real hurricane lamp, over 100 years old easy, that came with the house. It works well over the fireplace.
Post #365,659 by drook 10/29/12 9:27:30 PM Reply	We're seeing the streetlight flicker Wind has been strong and steady, getting stronger since late this afternoon. I've got wind blowing up under the slate roof, rain leaking into the attic. Got two buckets up there so far. Didn't know about the leaks until it soaked through the plaster and started dripping on Winnie's pillow. And of course I can't do a damn thing about it until the weather lets up. -- Drew
Post #365,662 by malraux 10/29/12 10:13:28 PM Reply	Ugh, that sucks. No tar paper or anything under the slate? I don't know how slate roofs work. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #365,683 by drook 10/30/12 7:22:05 PM Reply	Dunno, i never checked -- Drew
Post #365,684 by Another Scott 10/30/12 8:03:35 PM Reply	I assume it's something like this. http://radio-weblogs...7/10/06.html#a490 The slates are nailed (through holes in the slates) into the narrow wood strips. Cheers, Scott.
Post #365,690 by drook 10/30/12 11:17:01 PM Reply	Nope, it's over planks Looks like the bottom photo here: http://justovertheri...ish-2010.html?m=1 -- Drew
Post #365,691 by Another Scott 10/31/12 12:12:46 AM Reply	Ah. Ok.
Post #365,665 by Bman 10/30/12 1:25:46 AM Reply	no power no power here since 815 p.m. first time in 23 years we have not had power from the storm "Pictures are better then words because some words are big and hard to understand" Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
Post #365,666 by folkert 10/30/12 2:38:35 AM Reply	I've been reading... That power companies are cutting power to large sections before Sandy decides to do something with it. Bummer. Stay safe! -- greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C
Post #365,669 by Another Scott 10/30/12 8:51:26 AM Reply	:-( Hang in there. J had been worrying for days that it was going to be terrible here. The local news fed that feeling of dread. But we've been fine. A few inches of rain, some wind, but nothing bad. The lights flickered about 3 times last night, but stayed on. We've been lucky this time. There are about 110,000 customers of our electric company without power in our area. The NYTimes says 6 million are without power. (The derecho left 4.2M customers without power according to Forbes...) It was a very major storm. :-( Stay safe and best of luck! Cheers, Scott.
Post #365,672 by crazy 10/30/12 9:05:34 AM Reply	Weel, it is back?
Post #365,687 by Bman 10/30/12 10:59:35 PM Reply	Re: no power Where Back up O HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!!!!!! I was going to stay with crazys bro "Pictures are better then words because some words are big and hard to understand" Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
Post #365,688 by Another Scott 10/30/12 11:04:34 PM Reply	Welcome back!
Post #365,671 by crazy 10/30/12 9:05:05 AM Reply	Never lost it Flickered once in the evening, rebooted the computer, that's it. Whew. My house is set back about 20 feet from the neighbor. It is a really good windbreak. My ashtray on the open porch is still full of butts and ashes. Barely damp. But 20 feet out, it's a windblown disaster zone.

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