Is it wierd to enjoy being down?
weather:
90-103 straight line winds was what they said it was. the weather service has since determined that 5 ef-2 tornados ripped up a swath across the southern 1/2 of the county. Outagamie is in a state of emergency with the guard getting called out. It is so sad that local communities had to enstate a curfew.
annoyed:
apparently Real Men from town drive out to just any ditch any where to toss their brush and tree mess (can't believe it)
like camping
I find camping at home fun and am really glad I get to practice getting on with out the grid and or cell (they came back (reliable)today in the am) in the heat of summer. This would be ugly if this event would have happened in a colder, wetter season.
the good:
Little onan is happy and dead pan reliable.
Water. Yep plenty. (well)
Energy mulitiple avenues. (cooking,essential lighting) LP, Wood, home made charcoal. didn't need to mess with the used oil reserves.
Plenty of fire wood for next season.
My buildings stood tall. chimmney took a hit, and one window blew in.
bad:
Had some idiots in the yard pretending to look at a car as there eyes where wandering.(i'm sure something will be missing before this is over) I am over exposed.
Dial up worked,working. took a day to figure it out.
Trees took a licking.
observation:
for the most part (finally, this is my third tornatic event) the storm bounced over me. to my west a 8 mile string of power poles are on the ground with a bunch of houses. to my east a couple houses and a church and many barns and sheds are mingling. Hotels are full most business are running on generators. 50,000 with out power is now down to 15000. they cut my trees out of the power lines late today so it will be pretty soon the party will be over. but until then I am learning a lot about doing with out.....
Mike
weather:
90-103 straight line winds was what they said it was. the weather service has since determined that 5 ef-2 tornados ripped up a swath across the southern 1/2 of the county. Outagamie is in a state of emergency with the guard getting called out. It is so sad that local communities had to enstate a curfew.
annoyed:
apparently Real Men from town drive out to just any ditch any where to toss their brush and tree mess (can't believe it)
like camping
I find camping at home fun and am really glad I get to practice getting on with out the grid and or cell (they came back (reliable)today in the am) in the heat of summer. This would be ugly if this event would have happened in a colder, wetter season.
the good:
Little onan is happy and dead pan reliable.
Water. Yep plenty. (well)
Energy mulitiple avenues. (cooking,essential lighting) LP, Wood, home made charcoal. didn't need to mess with the used oil reserves.
Plenty of fire wood for next season.
My buildings stood tall. chimmney took a hit, and one window blew in.
bad:
Had some idiots in the yard pretending to look at a car as there eyes where wandering.(i'm sure something will be missing before this is over) I am over exposed.
Dial up worked,working. took a day to figure it out.
Trees took a licking.
observation:
for the most part (finally, this is my third tornatic event) the storm bounced over me. to my west a 8 mile string of power poles are on the ground with a bunch of houses. to my east a couple houses and a church and many barns and sheds are mingling. Hotels are full most business are running on generators. 50,000 with out power is now down to 15000. they cut my trees out of the power lines late today so it will be pretty soon the party will be over. but until then I am learning a lot about doing with out.....
Mike