Richard
Final Approach
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Ack...city life
and you didn't even miss me (sniff).
I see AirBaker was "stuck" in Palm Springs (poor kid) by the same storm that had me stuck in my house or in the vicinity thereof. I've had three generators running F/T at three different projects since Monday late morning because power was out throughout much of the county. Unfortunately, one of those three sites was my own home. Another project is still under water and the owner has stopped work until he remedies the situation with his ins co.
Almost 300 trees knocked down in our little town with about 10 homes damaged, 3 beyond repair. One broken arm to a young man in town was the only casualty. Shivering in the cold night air totally soaked not being able to find your footing because of trees and power lines downed by the storm does not constitute a casualty, but there we were, along with many others in the same predicament. You think you're prepared but sometimes it becomes evident that you cannot adequately prepare for all scenarios or how those scenarios become layered upon one another.
Finally, yesterday morning came some peace as folks shut off their generators as the power was slowly restored. Still, I had no idea so many people had chain saws as they cut through all the fallen wood. Many homes still do not have power and we still do not have phone service a tree hit the repeater antenna which means we don't have cell either.
How fortunate that the nastier wx forecasted to follow that evening did not materilize. It's like it completely dissipated. That one storm was enough.
EDIT: I want to add that we received 11 inches of rain in less than 24 hours. A rancher I know further up the mtn got over 16 inches in the same time period. It's not the hardest I've seen it rain but it sure is a sight every time.
I see AirBaker was "stuck" in Palm Springs (poor kid) by the same storm that had me stuck in my house or in the vicinity thereof. I've had three generators running F/T at three different projects since Monday late morning because power was out throughout much of the county. Unfortunately, one of those three sites was my own home. Another project is still under water and the owner has stopped work until he remedies the situation with his ins co.
Almost 300 trees knocked down in our little town with about 10 homes damaged, 3 beyond repair. One broken arm to a young man in town was the only casualty. Shivering in the cold night air totally soaked not being able to find your footing because of trees and power lines downed by the storm does not constitute a casualty, but there we were, along with many others in the same predicament. You think you're prepared but sometimes it becomes evident that you cannot adequately prepare for all scenarios or how those scenarios become layered upon one another.
Finally, yesterday morning came some peace as folks shut off their generators as the power was slowly restored. Still, I had no idea so many people had chain saws as they cut through all the fallen wood. Many homes still do not have power and we still do not have phone service a tree hit the repeater antenna which means we don't have cell either.
How fortunate that the nastier wx forecasted to follow that evening did not materilize. It's like it completely dissipated. That one storm was enough.
EDIT: I want to add that we received 11 inches of rain in less than 24 hours. A rancher I know further up the mtn got over 16 inches in the same time period. It's not the hardest I've seen it rain but it sure is a sight every time.
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