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Holy Freakin' Ikeness!
17 years ago
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I was planning to post a photo or two, but FA's submissions appear to be down for the moment. Perhaps later.
I wouldn't have expected Hurricane Ike to have such a strong effect on weather as far north as Ohio, but apparently it had. The hurricane opened up a zone of low air pressure in the midwest, allowing the high wind speeds normally reserved for high altitudes to dip to the surface. on Sunday the 14th, most of Ohio had a horrific wind storm, with wind speeds up to 80 MPH. Trees all over the place were losing limbs, if not toppled completely. The end result was about 2 million people state-wide lost electric power, about 300,000 around my home town. To put it in perspective, the Governor called a statewide state of emergency for the first time since 1978. The power only came back around here today, making a record total of two and a half days without electricity. Nights were pretty boring, and not surprisingly the update for FAD that was supposed to go up Sunday night was a couple days late.
All I can say is ... holy crap. Days without electricity, shortages in food, ice, gasoline, and flashlights, and I've got a backyard full of broken tree limbs. I'm extremely lucky there was no damage to the house or injuries. It gives me somewhat of an appreciation for what the victims of hurricanes and other disasters go though. I'm not trying to compare the windstorm with a hurricane, but I think it qualifies as a taste.
I wouldn't have expected Hurricane Ike to have such a strong effect on weather as far north as Ohio, but apparently it had. The hurricane opened up a zone of low air pressure in the midwest, allowing the high wind speeds normally reserved for high altitudes to dip to the surface. on Sunday the 14th, most of Ohio had a horrific wind storm, with wind speeds up to 80 MPH. Trees all over the place were losing limbs, if not toppled completely. The end result was about 2 million people state-wide lost electric power, about 300,000 around my home town. To put it in perspective, the Governor called a statewide state of emergency for the first time since 1978. The power only came back around here today, making a record total of two and a half days without electricity. Nights were pretty boring, and not surprisingly the update for FAD that was supposed to go up Sunday night was a couple days late.
All I can say is ... holy crap. Days without electricity, shortages in food, ice, gasoline, and flashlights, and I've got a backyard full of broken tree limbs. I'm extremely lucky there was no damage to the house or injuries. It gives me somewhat of an appreciation for what the victims of hurricanes and other disasters go though. I'm not trying to compare the windstorm with a hurricane, but I think it qualifies as a taste.
Well at least the damage wasn't too severe and everyone's okay.
What'd you do to pass the time sans internet?
And I live in Kansas at the moment and we had rainstorms for days thanks to Ike.
This really shows the effect and area a catagory 5 hurricane has. Ike was a catagory 5 until it destroyed Galvinston.
to make a long story short (too late), I know how you're feeling.
In germany we equal storms, sometimes even worse, and they don't affect us as much... mostly we don't have powerdowns and such ... it's really stunning...
I hope it doesn't get any worse on your side of the big blue...
I lived through Hurricane Hugo back in 1990 so I know what it's like.
that's where my machines and computers and video games are!
Luckily only a few things got ruined, mostly just boxes holding unimportant papers and video game manuals and that sort of stuff. Oh and a rug, we had to throw it out since it was all smelly
Holy crap! The power is out all the way up near Columbus too!? Wild!
Now I can get WLP back rolling- hope your own business has no hangups to work around in getting restarted.
*falls over and lays motionless.*
That was a fun hurricane. I hope you prepared yourself.