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Post by titleist1 » Wed. Feb. 05, 2014 1:21 pm

We didn't get hit too badly, mostly all rain after about 1/4" of ice. We did lose our power this morning at 4:30 and it stayed out until about 10:30. I didn't start the generator until 7 and the stoker held the fire all that time which surprised me for the flat grate style in the old harman.

That was the good news, the bad news was finding out the sump pump in the basement crapped out as I was making the rounds checking on things. After a couple hours and two trips to the hardware store I had one back in the crock and pumping water.

This is the third pump to go bad on me this winter. The first was the pump in the outside sump pit about a month ago and the second is the pump in the septic pump tank at the rental which went bad yesterday and is to be replaced probably Friday. Only two more pumps to go and it will be a clean sweep!! :mad:


 
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Post by Lu47Dan » Wed. Feb. 05, 2014 4:30 pm

Sam, I got about 6" here in Vernon Twp. Spent 2-1/2 hrs plowing snow with my Super-H, the wind has started blowing pretty good here. I am expecting drifting by morning here. :roll:
I am hoping to get some wood cut this weekend.
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Post by samhill » Wed. Feb. 05, 2014 6:38 pm

Up on top of the hill you'll get less snow but more than likely more wind, the neighbor just finished plowing my driveway & I would say at least 10" if not more. It always dumps the moisture here heading across the flats. They claim there is plenty more where this came from off & on all month. :o

 
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Post by Hambden Bob » Wed. Feb. 05, 2014 7:01 pm

Just Thrilling! We're getting Lake Affected now. The "Storm Of The Century" was a Bust for us....Good....We bounced back and forth from Snow to Freezing Rain this a.m......Winds Up,let the Drifting begin!...Stay Warm,Gang! toothy

 
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Post by coalkirk » Wed. Feb. 05, 2014 7:20 pm

Things went from bad to worse. Had a large tree come down. Took out the overhead ones between poles, snapped off one pole and broke 2 others. No power in the whole neighborhood. Also no landline phone or tv cable.
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Post by Hambden Bob » Wed. Feb. 05, 2014 8:24 pm

Crap,CK ! I've seen too much of that in my Career. Hunker Down,keep the Heat,and they'll be along to nail that after they have the Larger Outages,Hospitals,Police&Fire Power back on. Any idea Appx how many Homes are dark from that Smash?

 
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Post by Dennis » Wed. Feb. 05, 2014 10:24 pm

just got electric back,was out 19 hrs. and I think there are alot more that will be out for a couple days


 
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Post by SMITTY » Wed. Feb. 05, 2014 10:29 pm

Holy crapper! You guys got hammered over there Kirk! :o

We ended up with over a foot today. Said it was supposed to stop at 11 this morning .... and it continues to flurry right now! More fun on the way for this weekend too ...

Spent 8 hours out there non-stop cleaning up. Put 15 plowing miles on the Polaris, and used 3 gallons of gas. Also burned up a full tank in the snowblower.

Glad I rebuilt the thing this summer - I used the hell out of her today!

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Wed. Feb. 05, 2014 10:45 pm

I wish we had gotten a foot of snow instead of the icy mess we have,busted trees & limbs,had a pine snap a major limb which hung on by a few splinters & stayed up in the tree dangling dangerously & stubbornly just hung on,even later, after the whole top of that tree came down it still hung on waiting for some one to walk close ,so it could strike.I shot 13 rounds with 22 rifle to finally bring it down ! :rambo3: Wind has picked up ,it sounds awful out there,tomorrow we will see if more trees came down or if the ice finally unloaded.

 
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Post by Lu47Dan » Wed. Feb. 05, 2014 11:42 pm

Sam, I like that " up on the hill", I live north of Whispering Pines Golf Course on Cotton Road on top of the next hill from the club house.
It is snowing here but it is just light snow, not the heavy stuff we were getting here earlier.
I will have to finish up moving snow tomorrow.
Need to borrow the neighbors 5075m JD tomorrow to move my log piles, while the ground is frozen.
Stay warm guys.
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Post by kstills » Thu. Feb. 06, 2014 8:27 am

Just north of Philly, power was out for 11 hours yesterday and I consider my self lucky to get it back. House temp went from 71 to 60 before I got the boiler back on line, and then it took a good 6 hours to get it back up to temp.

Indirect kept the hot water hot for 11 hours, as soon as we had electric back all six of us were able to take showers. Boilermate for the win!

Yard looks like I was on Obama's drone strike list, however. I had 4 40foot white pines, and a good 1k lbs of branches have flattened all the landscaping that was underneath them. :(

 
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Post by Ashcat » Thu. Feb. 06, 2014 7:23 pm

We're in our 38th hour without power now, in Chester County. At one point yesterday, 87% of the county was without power. Of the three possible approaches by road to our house, two are blocked by downed trees. With no attempt so far to remove them, I suspect we're looking at a minimum of another few days without power. The Hitzer insert fan is powered by a deep cycle battery hooked up to a Tripp-Lite inverter/charger. By the end of the day, the deep cycle has run down while we're at work. I start up the Kitco generator for 4-5 hours after work and an hour or so in AM, so we have lights, propane stove, hot water, well pump, first floor propane heat if needed, and some outlets. I try to keep a second deep cycle charged and switch to that to get the Hitzer fans thru the night. So far the refrigerator and freezer seem to be keeping things cold/frozen on that generator schedule.

We have no cable TV but have cable internet at the moment--that's never happened before. I got 30 gal of gas today in Wilmington, so that should get us thru the weekend if necessary.

 
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Post by joeq » Thu. Feb. 06, 2014 7:41 pm

Hang in there ashcat. Hope they get you up and running before the weekend.

 
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Post by Ashcat » Thu. Feb. 06, 2014 7:48 pm

joeq wrote:Hang in there ashcat. Hope they get you up and running before the weekend.
I hope so too--especially since we're having weekend guests from North Carolina: my daughter, her newly minted fiance, and his mother (who I've not yet met!). Welcome to Pennsylvania :D , but they should leave with a new appreciation for Pennsylvania anthracite, and for generators.

 
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Post by joeq » Thu. Feb. 06, 2014 8:01 pm

Be careful what you wish for. They may not want to leave. :D


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