[450] Power is out

Leslie partybug at charter.net
Wed Nov 2 10:30:09 EDT 2011


Here you go....this is our house to the left side beyond the wires and 
tree downed.

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:33 AM, David McKenzie wrote:

> We cleaned out the fridge yesterday. I havent tried plugging the 
> fridge
> into the 2000 watt peak generator that UPS delivered last night but it 
> ran
> two PCs, the router/switches/cable modem and furnace with out much 
> trouble.
> Kim is home today because school is canceled still, got her set up 
> with the
> TV now that cable is back on. Drove around the neighborhood today and 
> didnt
> see a single line crew, still lots of poles and wires down everywhere. 
> My
> parents and brother in Waterbury both got power back yesterday (town 
> plot
> and east mountain), but like i said havent seen a single line crew in
> overlook. Plenty of AT&T crews out there though.....
>
> Home depot in Fairfield has pallets of generators (5000 watt, 6250 
> peak,
> $599) if you need one.
>
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Leslie <partybug at charter.net> wrote:
>
>> Sorry Dave, pain to deal with....
>>
>> We have no power back projections for Newtown.  Yesterday they were 
>> not
>> even putting us on the online list to update.  When I called them 
>> after I
>> saw that....the woman groaned when she heard me say Newtown.  She 
>> said
>> honestly, it was not even a projection yet.  That Newtown was slammed 
>> so
>> severely that they couldn't even wrap their minds around it.
>>
>> So, that is where we are....we are so screwed.  I am so sick of being
>> cold.  Our house is maintaining at about 50 ish degrees, but the 
>> throw away
>> has begun.  Yay.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 5:07 PM, David McKenzie wrote:
>>
>>  The boom is slightly bent but probably unbendable. The elements at 
>> the
>>> ends both came off at the boom ubolts but the trap sections were not
>>> damaged, so assuming I can get replacements for those it should be
>>> salvageable. The two drivens are also bent at the risers but can
>>> probably be bent back. All in all it isn't catastrophic but always a
>>> pain to order aluminum tubing.
>>>
>>> On 11/1/11, Bob <n1ujs at toast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry Dave.  No hope of resurrection?  Don't forget I still have an 
>>>> old
>>>> one
>>>> (minus "some" parts)...
>>>>
>>>> All my antenna stuff held up, but I have no services.....
>>>> See you guys in a week or two.....
>>>> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 7:48 AM, David McKenzie <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  My HF beam in the back yard came down and is completely destroyed.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/30/11, WRIP-FM Studio <wrip at mhcable.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 14-16" here in the high country of the Northern Catskills - 40mi 
>>>>>> SW of
>>>>>> Albany, 130m N-NW of NYC
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Rich" <t41 at optonline.net>
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>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 8:42 PM
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  How much snow have you gotten?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: David McKenzie Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 6:36 PM 
>>>>>>> To:
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>>>>>> 144.450
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>>>>>>> Snowtober claims more victims
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