Severe Thunderstorm Watch

[~mellabella~]

I hope we get some much needed rain. But please, no more wind! I need my trees to remain standing.

[ICit]

Originally Posted by SoMDGirl42

I'm still about that Derecho storm. I had family fly into Baltimore from Columbus that afternoon. At 4:45 his phone was blowing up with family and friends warning us about how bad this storm was and that it was headed directly toward us. We knew there were 70+ mile an hour winds and hail the size of golf balls.

How is it that we knew about this at 5, but the weathermen were surprised at 10:30 when it hit????? We spent 2 hours taking down 5 very large tents we had set up for the next day. Made sure everything was tied down and secured. Kept a close watch on the radar the entire time. Finished up and still had time to sit back and wait for it to hit.

true... but the flip side is... there was nothing the utility companies could have done to prepare. (not that you are beyotching)

Originally Posted by SoMDGirl42

That's not a phone, and it has a battery powered back up, just incase the electric goes out

[awpitt]

Originally Posted by ArkRescue

At the time I posted I had just checked Lusby and there was no watch posted yet. Glad they are now posting the extended watches.

Now go to the store and get beer and ice for the party. Thanks.

Actaully, based on the date time group of the NWS watch, St. Mary's was included in the original statement. I got my email alert before you even started the thread.

[SoMDGirl42]

Originally Posted by ICit

true... but the flip side is... there was nothing the utility companies could have done to prepare. (not that you are beyotching)

I am biatching, at the weathermen that didn't warn people how bad this storm was going to be. I'm sure there was a lot of property damage that could have been avoided had they known they were going to get hurricane force winds and hail.

[Crewdawg141]

Originally Posted by SoMDGirl42

That's not a phone, and it has a battery powered back up, just incase the electric goes out

At least it hasn't been upgraded to the gas powered variant!

[SoMDGirl42]

Originally Posted by Crewdawg141

At least it hasn't been upgraded to the gas powered variant!

she just borrows mine in true emergencies!

[Asmodeus]

beer check
ice check
propane stove check
rain gear for the 45 minute ride home... uh oh...

[Crewdawg141]

Originally Posted by ICit

like the BAT-PHONE:killingme

I wish..... no .. when i went to buy my place... i also looked at the location... what type of feed we get... and how close was i to a substation... makes all the difference in the world


the longest i ever have lost power has been 3-4 hours ..and thats when someone hit the underground device. Other than that time... may have lost it 3 other times... all less than an hour tops. So 4 times in 6 years.... not bad.

He he you caught the joke!

[awpitt]

Originally Posted by ICit

like the BAT-PHONE

I wish..... no .. when i went to buy my place... i also looked at the location... what type of feed we get... and how close was i to a substation... makes all the difference in the world


the longest i ever have lost power has been 3-4 hours ..and thats when someone hit the underground device. Other than that time... may have lost it 3 other times... all less than an hour tops. So 4 times in 6 years.... not bad.

We're in the same situation. Been very lucky as far as outages go. My power feed is "up stream" from the school I live near. If I don't have power, the school doesn't have power. So, my line tends to be high priority on the to-be-fixed list.

[Crewdawg141]

Originally Posted by SoMDGirl42

she just borrows mine in true emergencies!

Hmmm, can I watch ??????????????????