[450] Power is out

Wed Nov 2 10:36:56 EDT 2011

that little camera still takes great pictures.

I just logged in to my CL&P account and was greeted with:

Estimated date and time your power will be restored:   Monday, November 07,
2011 12:00 AM

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Leslie <partybug at charter.net> wrote:

>
> 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
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [450] Power is out
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  How much snow have you gotten?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: David McKenzie Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 6:36 PM To:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  144.450
>>>>>>>
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