We have a next door neighbor who works at one of the major hotels here. He was off this week - no generators where he worked.
There was no way Sunday night to go anywhere anyhow, Monday night you couldn't get far anyhow - all the roads were blocked with downed trees.
Yes back up needs to be thought through again.
OT Hey Babette and others up NW
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Good to see you posting again, Jules!
You, too, Blarg!
Was also nice to see CollegeGirl in chat earlier.
You, too, Blarg!
Was also nice to see CollegeGirl in chat earlier.
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[quote="jules"]Alive - no cpap for 5 nights. Regained power about 114 hrs 5 min after losing it on Sunday night. Not all of the county is back on power yet and the county to the south (Pacific one that borders Oregon) is in bad shape too. The Coastal Oregon counties are also devastated.
We didn't get the rain a lot of the area did so we didn't have flooding where I am, but we had winds. There where 126 mph gusts reported on the WA coast not far away from us and the big winds were sustained for 21 hours. Monday you couldn't get into I5 for love or money it seems and even Tuesday the path inland was pretty overloaded with downed trees, power lines, and water over the road.
Monday we were told 5 - 10 days to get power back. Thursday am we were told to expect power back Thursday noon - they aren't getting things restored very fast. Major feeder lines from Bonneville Power were knocked out including the big one feeding the county I live in. That wasn't put back online until midnight Tuesday night.
Babs - I have a BIL and his wife just behind you between Yelm and Rainier. It was tempting to go there as they didn't lose power for that long.
We didn't get the rain a lot of the area did so we didn't have flooding where I am, but we had winds. There where 126 mph gusts reported on the WA coast not far away from us and the big winds were sustained for 21 hours. Monday you couldn't get into I5 for love or money it seems and even Tuesday the path inland was pretty overloaded with downed trees, power lines, and water over the road.
Monday we were told 5 - 10 days to get power back. Thursday am we were told to expect power back Thursday noon - they aren't getting things restored very fast. Major feeder lines from Bonneville Power were knocked out including the big one feeding the county I live in. That wasn't put back online until midnight Tuesday night.
Babs - I have a BIL and his wife just behind you between Yelm and Rainier. It was tempting to go there as they didn't lose power for that long.
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Well I knew my brain wasn't working as well as usual (not that it works all the great these days). The air quality was bad outside with wood smoke and fumes from all the generators around. Our adjacent neighbors both had them and there was one across the street. As the week went on there were more generators being used as expected. I could tell my asthma was starting to flare at night with all the air quality issues.
A year ago we regained power in less than a day; my BIL it took a week. I knew last Sunday that this was going to be a big one. I figured we would be without power for 2 days, maybe 3 max. We had canned goods in the garage, lots of crackers, some fresh produce, and water to drink and lots of blankets. Bread and bananas were obtained on Wednesday at the store but we could have survived without these.
I had a crankable radio too I had just bought this fall at amazon.com but of course we had to find local radio stations to get updates of what was going on. All the roads to get out of the area were closed on Monday and many still on Tuesday; even emergency vehicles couldn't get through. Mail didn't make it either but Wed we got mail twice and our paper was finally delivered.
It gets pretty dark pretty early now too and although we had flashlights and a radio, it got pretty boring fast. During the day I worked on my puzzle books using natural light.
This house was built with a wood stove but that was replaced by vent less propane by the previous owner. I had that taken out when we bought the house as I was on O2 at the time at night and mixing propane and O2 didn't seem like a good idea; there was more than that actually but if it had been vented propane we might have kept it intact but vent less seemed rather dangerous anyhow. We had a furnace through exhaust into the house years ago in the Midwest and although the CO detector alarm didn't go off, I could feel it in my lungs.
We suffered minimal damage as we lost the contents of the fridge and freezer. We didn't have trees down or shingles torn off the roof I am aware of. We didn't have the rain others had.
Having CPAP the last couple nights has been nice. I am one who has a lot of pain problems (fibromyalgia) which had improved on cpap. That kind of got undone this past week.
A year ago we regained power in less than a day; my BIL it took a week. I knew last Sunday that this was going to be a big one. I figured we would be without power for 2 days, maybe 3 max. We had canned goods in the garage, lots of crackers, some fresh produce, and water to drink and lots of blankets. Bread and bananas were obtained on Wednesday at the store but we could have survived without these.
I had a crankable radio too I had just bought this fall at amazon.com but of course we had to find local radio stations to get updates of what was going on. All the roads to get out of the area were closed on Monday and many still on Tuesday; even emergency vehicles couldn't get through. Mail didn't make it either but Wed we got mail twice and our paper was finally delivered.
It gets pretty dark pretty early now too and although we had flashlights and a radio, it got pretty boring fast. During the day I worked on my puzzle books using natural light.
This house was built with a wood stove but that was replaced by vent less propane by the previous owner. I had that taken out when we bought the house as I was on O2 at the time at night and mixing propane and O2 didn't seem like a good idea; there was more than that actually but if it had been vented propane we might have kept it intact but vent less seemed rather dangerous anyhow. We had a furnace through exhaust into the house years ago in the Midwest and although the CO detector alarm didn't go off, I could feel it in my lungs.
We suffered minimal damage as we lost the contents of the fridge and freezer. We didn't have trees down or shingles torn off the roof I am aware of. We didn't have the rain others had.
Having CPAP the last couple nights has been nice. I am one who has a lot of pain problems (fibromyalgia) which had improved on cpap. That kind of got undone this past week.
Those ventless propane heaters work GREAT! I'm talking about the kind they call infrared, not the blue flame ones. Since we moved to town and now have natural gas central forced air heat, I really miss the propane heaters. They burn 99.9% of the gas and never gave us a bit of problems the 10 years we used them. Heated the house of around $200 to $300 for the whole winter to boot. The house also says more comfortable with them because the pilot is always going, therefore, releasing heat.
They have an oxygen sensor in them that would knock the pilot out before it would do you any harm.
JeffH
They have an oxygen sensor in them that would knock the pilot out before it would do you any harm.
JeffH
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Jules, I'm so glad you're relatively okay!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry I haven't logged in all weekend to check PM's, had a full life and ended up sleeping for about 20 hours yesterday. I'll try to catch up tonight, I promise.
Jules, I sent my personal info to RestedGal to give to you, I'll PM you with it later too, for future need. Keep my info, and call anytime. If you can get to me, I'll take you in. I may not be able to get up and run out for an all night search after working all day, but I CAN take in a few guests. Makes me feel useful without wearing me out too much.
BTW, I feel for your asthma - I just HATE having to hang out around the one or two generators our Search & Rescue unit uses at our Base Camp. I would just freak out if my entire neighborhood was doing that. For that matter, I loathe my neighbors across the street for burning their fireplace all winter long. Nearly every night I come home to the smell I contemplate marching across the street and giving them h*ll. Then I remember that they are a sweet old couple, and probably living on a fixed income... sigh..
Hugs all around,
Barbara
Sorry I haven't logged in all weekend to check PM's, had a full life and ended up sleeping for about 20 hours yesterday. I'll try to catch up tonight, I promise.
Jules, I sent my personal info to RestedGal to give to you, I'll PM you with it later too, for future need. Keep my info, and call anytime. If you can get to me, I'll take you in. I may not be able to get up and run out for an all night search after working all day, but I CAN take in a few guests. Makes me feel useful without wearing me out too much.
BTW, I feel for your asthma - I just HATE having to hang out around the one or two generators our Search & Rescue unit uses at our Base Camp. I would just freak out if my entire neighborhood was doing that. For that matter, I loathe my neighbors across the street for burning their fireplace all winter long. Nearly every night I come home to the smell I contemplate marching across the street and giving them h*ll. Then I remember that they are a sweet old couple, and probably living on a fixed income... sigh..
Hugs all around,
Barbara