Sure is windy

It is really windy hear in western Pa!
We are having sustained winds of 45mph with gusts to 65mph.
I have had a large wad of newspaper in my prefab chimney that goes straight up through the ceiling and out of the roof. It has been there all summer and it just got sucked up to the top of the chimney. It makes a good case for a baro damper to be used when the stove is running. With suction like that it may have sucked the coal right off of the grate.

We've got the same wind here. You can see it if you're watching the Browns lose to the Steelers.
It started about 4 PM. Our electric was out for a couple of hours. Which reminds me, I've got to get off my butt and do something about a backup power supply!
-Len

Haven't lost power but had quite a few interruptions.
Hey Len, I forgot the Steelers were kicking butt this evening. I will have to see if it is still on.

Wind from the east was really strong last night. I'm surprised the barn is still standing. The coal boiler was at high limit and the baro damper was wide open! My manometer looked like amplifier watt gauge.

Ike leftovers!

There was so much *censored* blown down and on the road this morning. I drove around several trees and over a couple of downed wires this morning on the way to work and the road looked like it was painted green from all of the leaves on it.

I woke up at 3:30 am to hear the wind howling and leaves blowing against the house. I got up and looked at the thermometer...80F!!?? By 6 o'clock the wind died down some and the temperature dropped to 70. Strange...

Finally cooling off & getting less humid here! I'm ready for Fall! (Pool is draining an Harman is hooked up & raring to go)

we got hammered sunday night. gusts hit 80 mph. blew over 2 big trees in my yard. they say might be a week before power is on. i'm running generator on and off for the fridge and heat and a little PC time. sucks with no power for 2 days now.

I was talking to some co-workers today that have no power and they aren't expected to get power restored untill sometime on Saturday. The one guy is trying to find a generator and he said there are none to be had. He told me some retailers had sent all of the generators to Texas.