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O.T. Storm just missed us
Thursday afternoon a storm passed within blocks of our house. We lost
power at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. It returned at 3 a.m. Friday morning. The neighbors across the street are still without power. Thankfully we have never switched from DSL to cable internet service because the cable is out. The official report is that a tornado passed over us but did not touch ground. The tops of the tallest old trees were twisted and removed. The only houses damaged were those hit by trees. Many of these trees are at least 100 years old so it is sad to see them damaged. Many will have to be taken completely down. At one point they said 500,000 customers in Chicago were without power. Now there is less than 100,000 without power but this includes many businesses. Restaurants must throw away even the food in their freezers and have an inspection by the health department because the power has been off so long. The line at the post office was out the door because the two nearest post offices were closed. I went to ACE Hardware this afternoon to purchase more plastic storage containers for my fabric. The store was open even though they did not have power. Each shopper had to be personally escorted into the store by an employee with a flashlight. Once you chose your item the employee wrote down the information off the shelf tag. The "register" was a hand held calculator. They were only taking charge cards, no cash. Business was brisk. Most people were buying things to repair the storm damage. The quilt store where I teach was in the direct line of the storm. Those at the store during the storm said it was very frightening. There was no damage to the store but their power did not come on until this morning. I spent this afternoon at the store helping to finish the kits that were scheduled to be made Thursday evening and Friday. Thursday evening I stitched on a redwork project by candlelight. We made sure everything was off the floor of my studio just in case water came in but all is dry. We are very thankful that all is well here at our house. Susan |
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We are grateful that you have reported in, Susan, and that all is well at
your home. We were watching that storm and very concerned for your safe-keeping. Prayers answered. Polly "Susan Laity Price" wrote in message ... Thursday afternoon a storm passed within blocks of our house. We lost power at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. It returned at 3 a.m. Friday morning. The neighbors across the street are still without power. Thankfully we have never switched from DSL to cable internet service because the cable is out. The official report is that a tornado passed over us but did not touch ground. The tops of the tallest old trees were twisted and removed. The only houses damaged were those hit by trees. Many of these trees are at least 100 years old so it is sad to see them damaged. Many will have to be taken completely down. At one point they said 500,000 customers in Chicago were without power. Now there is less than 100,000 without power but this includes many businesses. Restaurants must throw away even the food in their freezers and have an inspection by the health department because the power has been off so long. The line at the post office was out the door because the two nearest post offices were closed. I went to ACE Hardware this afternoon to purchase more plastic storage containers for my fabric. The store was open even though they did not have power. Each shopper had to be personally escorted into the store by an employee with a flashlight. Once you chose your item the employee wrote down the information off the shelf tag. The "register" was a hand held calculator. They were only taking charge cards, no cash. Business was brisk. Most people were buying things to repair the storm damage. The quilt store where I teach was in the direct line of the storm. Those at the store during the storm said it was very frightening. There was no damage to the store but their power did not come on until this morning. I spent this afternoon at the store helping to finish the kits that were scheduled to be made Thursday evening and Friday. Thursday evening I stitched on a redwork project by candlelight. We made sure everything was off the floor of my studio just in case water came in but all is dry. We are very thankful that all is well here at our house. Susan |
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So glad all is reasonably well for you Susan.
We have seen some of the effects of the storms you are having, on our News broadcasts. They look very scary. Keep safe everyone in threatened areas. .. In message , Susan Laity Price writes Thursday afternoon a storm passed within blocks of our house. We lost power at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. It returned at 3 a.m. Friday morning. The neighbors across the street are still without power. Thankfully we have never switched from DSL to cable internet service because the cable is out. The official report is that a tornado passed over us but did not touch ground. The tops of the tallest old trees were twisted and removed. The only houses damaged were those hit by trees. Many of these trees are at least 100 years old so it is sad to see them damaged. Many will have to be taken completely down. At one point they said 500,000 customers in Chicago were without power. Now there is less than 100,000 without power but this includes many businesses. Restaurants must throw away even the food in their freezers and have an inspection by the health department because the power has been off so long. The line at the post office was out the door because the two nearest post offices were closed. I went to ACE Hardware this afternoon to purchase more plastic storage containers for my fabric. The store was open even though they did not have power. Each shopper had to be personally escorted into the store by an employee with a flashlight. Once you chose your item the employee wrote down the information off the shelf tag. The "register" was a hand held calculator. They were only taking charge cards, no cash. Business was brisk. Most people were buying things to repair the storm damage. The quilt store where I teach was in the direct line of the storm. Those at the store during the storm said it was very frightening. There was no damage to the store but their power did not come on until this morning. I spent this afternoon at the store helping to finish the kits that were scheduled to be made Thursday evening and Friday. Thursday evening I stitched on a redwork project by candlelight. We made sure everything was off the floor of my studio just in case water came in but all is dry. We are very thankful that all is well here at our house. Susan -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Susan Laity Price wrote: Thursday afternoon a storm passed within blocks of our house. We lost power at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. It returned at 3 a.m. Friday morning. The neighbors across the street are still without power. Thankfully we have never switched from DSL to cable internet service because the cable is out. When I lived on the west coast I used to see the pictures in the papers and on tv relating to the central States wind storms and not think anything about them. Then I moved back here and experienced them first hand and now I have great respect for these things. A straight line wind storm came thru the area of central Ohio where we live, and did incredible damage, took out about 1000 trees, and took off roofs, and otherwise made a mess of things. These bad boys are not to be taken lightly. Glad you "weathered the storm". John |
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Oh Susan, how frightening, and how thankful we are that you are okay!
Karen, Queen of Squishies Thursday afternoon a storm passed within blocks of our house. We lost power at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. It returned at 3 a.m. Friday morning. The neighbors across the street are still without power. Thankfully we have never switched from DSL to cable internet service because the cable is out. The official report is that a tornado passed over us but did not touch ground. The tops of the tallest old trees were twisted and removed. The only houses damaged were those hit by trees. Many of these trees are at least 100 years old so it is sad to see them damaged. Many will have to be taken completely down. At one point they said 500,000 customers in Chicago were without power. Now there is less than 100,000 without power but this includes many businesses. Restaurants must throw away even the food in their freezers and have an inspection by the health department because the power has been off so long. The line at the post office was out the door because the two nearest post offices were closed. I went to ACE Hardware this afternoon to purchase more plastic storage containers for my fabric. The store was open even though they did not have power. Each shopper had to be personally escorted into the store by an employee with a flashlight. Once you chose your item the employee wrote down the information off the shelf tag. The "register" was a hand held calculator. They were only taking charge cards, no cash. Business was brisk. Most people were buying things to repair the storm damage. The quilt store where I teach was in the direct line of the storm. Those at the store during the storm said it was very frightening. There was no damage to the store but their power did not come on until this morning. I spent this afternoon at the store helping to finish the kits that were scheduled to be made Thursday evening and Friday. Thursday evening I stitched on a redwork project by candlelight. We made sure everything was off the floor of my studio just in case water came in but all is dry. We are very thankful that all is well here at our house. Susan |
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Really good news that you were missed by the storm.......isn't it amazing
how dependant we are on power. Our whole lives are run by it. In our last black out, the neighbours were complaining that they couldn't cook a meal or have a cuppa. We go camping so we had all the gear so we had battery-run fluro lights on and the kettle boiling in no time on the gas camp stove. But it doesn't take much time before the system grinds to a holt as our floods in New South Wales and Victoria showed when the power was out for weeks in some places. Another time I had been sewing when we lost power, I thought, what on earth am I going to do now? I know.....I'll do the ironing !!! It took at least 5 seconds for me to realize what I had just said ;o) Wendy in NSW "Susan Laity Price" wrote in message ... Thursday afternoon a storm passed within blocks of our house. We lost power at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. It returned at 3 a.m. Friday morning. The neighbors across the street are still without power. Thankfully we have never switched from DSL to cable internet service because the cable is out. The official report is that a tornado passed over us but did not touch ground. The tops of the tallest old trees were twisted and removed. The only houses damaged were those hit by trees. Many of these trees are at least 100 years old so it is sad to see them damaged. Many will have to be taken completely down. At one point they said 500,000 customers in Chicago were without power. Now there is less than 100,000 without power but this includes many businesses. Restaurants must throw away even the food in their freezers and have an inspection by the health department because the power has been off so long. The line at the post office was out the door because the two nearest post offices were closed. I went to ACE Hardware this afternoon to purchase more plastic storage containers for my fabric. The store was open even though they did not have power. Each shopper had to be personally escorted into the store by an employee with a flashlight. Once you chose your item the employee wrote down the information off the shelf tag. The "register" was a hand held calculator. They were only taking charge cards, no cash. Business was brisk. Most people were buying things to repair the storm damage. The quilt store where I teach was in the direct line of the storm. Those at the store during the storm said it was very frightening. There was no damage to the store but their power did not come on until this morning. I spent this afternoon at the store helping to finish the kits that were scheduled to be made Thursday evening and Friday. Thursday evening I stitched on a redwork project by candlelight. We made sure everything was off the floor of my studio just in case water came in but all is dry. We are very thankful that all is well here at our house. Susan |
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John -- where in central OH are you? I have family in Columbus (I lived
there for 10 years)! -- Kate in MI http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "John" wrote in message oups.com... Susan Laity Price wrote: Thursday afternoon a storm passed within blocks of our house. We lost power at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. It returned at 3 a.m. Friday morning. The neighbors across the street are still without power. Thankfully we have never switched from DSL to cable internet service because the cable is out. When I lived on the west coast I used to see the pictures in the papers and on tv relating to the central States wind storms and not think anything about them. Then I moved back here and experienced them first hand and now I have great respect for these things. A straight line wind storm came thru the area of central Ohio where we live, and did incredible damage, took out about 1000 trees, and took off roofs, and otherwise made a mess of things. These bad boys are not to be taken lightly. Glad you "weathered the storm". John |
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Glad to hear you are okay.
My DS and I spent an hour in the basement Friday evening... as the sirens were going all around us (first Tornado warning... then emergency rescue). Seems like the bulk of the damage was about 15 miles north east of us. We have some limbs in the yard to haul away (need to wait for hubby to get his chainsaw going -- too big for me and DS to cart on our own.) Boy -- when Mother Nature gets her dander up... she sure can make a mess! -- Kate in MI http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Susan Laity Price" wrote in message ... Thursday afternoon a storm passed within blocks of our house. We lost power at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. It returned at 3 a.m. Friday morning. The neighbors across the street are still without power. Thankfully we have never switched from DSL to cable internet service because the cable is out. The official report is that a tornado passed over us but did not touch ground. The tops of the tallest old trees were twisted and removed. The only houses damaged were those hit by trees. Many of these trees are at least 100 years old so it is sad to see them damaged. Many will have to be taken completely down. At one point they said 500,000 customers in Chicago were without power. Now there is less than 100,000 without power but this includes many businesses. Restaurants must throw away even the food in their freezers and have an inspection by the health department because the power has been off so long. The line at the post office was out the door because the two nearest post offices were closed. I went to ACE Hardware this afternoon to purchase more plastic storage containers for my fabric. The store was open even though they did not have power. Each shopper had to be personally escorted into the store by an employee with a flashlight. Once you chose your item the employee wrote down the information off the shelf tag. The "register" was a hand held calculator. They were only taking charge cards, no cash. Business was brisk. Most people were buying things to repair the storm damage. The quilt store where I teach was in the direct line of the storm. Those at the store during the storm said it was very frightening. There was no damage to the store but their power did not come on until this morning. I spent this afternoon at the store helping to finish the kits that were scheduled to be made Thursday evening and Friday. Thursday evening I stitched on a redwork project by candlelight. We made sure everything was off the floor of my studio just in case water came in but all is dry. We are very thankful that all is well here at our house. Susan |
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Glad to hear that you escaped undamaged! After going through one hurricane,
many years ago, I really understand how devastating it can be. We were a year in recovery, but it gave us a new outlook on "stuff"! -- Susan in Kingston ON back to quilting, as usual http://community.webshots.com/user/sbtinkingston "Susan Laity Price" wrote in message ... Thursday afternoon a storm passed within blocks of our house. We lost power at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. It returned at 3 a.m. Friday morning. The neighbors across the street are still without power. Thankfully we have never switched from DSL to cable internet service because the cable is out. The official report is that a tornado passed over us but did not touch ground. The tops of the tallest old trees were twisted and removed. The only houses damaged were those hit by trees. Many of these trees are at least 100 years old so it is sad to see them damaged. Many will have to be taken completely down. At one point they said 500,000 customers in Chicago were without power. Now there is less than 100,000 without power but this includes many businesses. Restaurants must throw away even the food in their freezers and have an inspection by the health department because the power has been off so long. The line at the post office was out the door because the two nearest post offices were closed. I went to ACE Hardware this afternoon to purchase more plastic storage containers for my fabric. The store was open even though they did not have power. Each shopper had to be personally escorted into the store by an employee with a flashlight. Once you chose your item the employee wrote down the information off the shelf tag. The "register" was a hand held calculator. They were only taking charge cards, no cash. Business was brisk. Most people were buying things to repair the storm damage. The quilt store where I teach was in the direct line of the storm. Those at the store during the storm said it was very frightening. There was no damage to the store but their power did not come on until this morning. I spent this afternoon at the store helping to finish the kits that were scheduled to be made Thursday evening and Friday. Thursday evening I stitched on a redwork project by candlelight. We made sure everything was off the floor of my studio just in case water came in but all is dry. We are very thankful that all is well here at our house. Susan |
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Susan Laity Price wrote: Thursday afternoon a storm passed within blocks of our house. I'm glad to hear that you're alright, Susan! Whew! -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas sfoster 1 (at) earthlink (dot) net (remove/change the obvious) http://www.sandymike.net |
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