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by a6l6e6x
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12/4/02 11:14:23 PM
12/5/02 8:06:51 PM
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New Turned out pretty badly around here.
[link|http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/021205/utilities_cp_l_storm_3.html|Storm leaves over 1.5 mln in dark in U.S. South.]
In North Carolina, Duke Power said the storm, the worst in the company's history, left about 1.2 million customers, half of its total customer base, without power this morning.
It's a bad time of year to be w/o power.

My wife and I were lucky not to lose power. We did lose a couple trees, a cedar and a Bradford pear. Most of the Bradford pear trees in the neighborhood were damaged to some extent.

In Charlotte [link|http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021205/nyth181_1.html|264,000 Duke Power customers] were w/o power this morning. Note that a customer often means a family. This is considerably more than lost power with Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
Alex
"Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these."\t-- Ovid (43 B.C.-A.D. 18)
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It's mostly freezing rain now. Layer of ice on all.
Alex
"Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these." -- Ovid (43 B.C.-A.D. 18)
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Post #66,991
by Meerkat
12/5/02 8:17:50 PM
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New You have bad storms, we have major bushfires...
So on average, the weather's fine :)

But seriously, good luck getting through it, folks.
John. Busy lad.
     Alex, the white stuff hitting you yet? - (boxley) - (17) - Dec. 4, 2002, 05:41:33 PM EST
         Supposed to hit me tomorrow - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 5, 2002, 08:18:04 PM EST
         Yes, it's here. Can't make up its mind about snow vs. rain - (a6l6e6x) - (9) - Dec. 4, 2002, 08:19:02 PM EST
             Re: Yes, it's here. Can't make up its mind about snow vs. - (deSitter) - (6) - Dec. 4, 2002, 08:49:46 PM EST
                 I'd love some here. - (static) - (5) - Dec. 4, 2002, 09:46:04 PM EST
                     Plenty here. - (admin) - (1) - Dec. 4, 2002, 09:53:10 PM EST
                         watch out for global warming - (boxley) - Dec. 4, 2002, 10:00:45 PM EST
                     Re: I'd love some here. - (deSitter) - (2) - Dec. 5, 2002, 10:41:03 PM EST
                         Good summary :-) -NT - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 5, 2002, 10:57:40 PM EST
                         The "grandpa scale" - (drewk) - Dec. 6, 2002, 08:46:32 AM EST
             Turned out pretty badly around here. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Dec. 5, 2002, 08:06:51 PM EST
                 You have bad storms, we have major bushfires... - (Meerkat) - Dec. 5, 2002, 08:17:50 PM EST
         Horrifying white stuff here - (wharris2) - (5) - Dec. 6, 2002, 10:48:37 AM EST
             We call it the "California effect" here. - (inthane-chan) - (3) - Dec. 6, 2002, 10:51:29 AM EST
                 Snicker - (wharris2) - (2) - Dec. 6, 2002, 11:10:33 AM EST
                     We used to only have the problem when it snows. - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2002, 11:12:43 AM EST
                         That would be funny if it weren't only sooo true -NT - (wharris2) - Dec. 6, 2002, 11:18:33 AM EST
             Tell me about it - (drewk) - Dec. 6, 2002, 11:02:36 AM EST

At the end of the day, it's still North Dakota.
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