No power.

Jennifer Doyle · Post by **Jennifer Doyle** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:25 pm

But there is NONE at my house! All over Tacoma the power is out! There are 40 MPH and higher winds blowing things into power lines, a HUGE tree was blown over. The entire base with all the roots and such were sticking up in the air!

It's crazy. And we're about 40 miles away at a friend's house for the night. They have power thankfully.

So ya, power outages. Not cool.

< At the request of the 7 year-old standing by this computer

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:27 pm

I had to drive in huge wind gusts last night... lots of fallen branches in some areas. Must be the theme of the week.

map · Post by **map** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:51 pm

We had lots of wind here today, only about 15-20 mph, but that is on top of a high of 20 below ZERO! YUCK!!!

Me · Post by Me » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:56 pm

The wind's pretty bad down here in Portland too, but not nearly that bad.

Jennifer Doyle · Post by **Jennifer Doyle** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:52 pm

Oh yes. And BITING cold. Frozen water all over . . . I had to take down our TV's anntenna from where it was carefully propped/bungeed to our deck. It was bad!

COWBOY OF TEXAS · Post by **COWBOY OF TEXAS** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 2:19 am

I can hear the wind blowing and it's getting louder.

-Cowboy

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:41 am

We were supposed to get 60 mph winds, but I was inside the whole time, so I don't know. I do know that we had a tarp (it was heavy) over our trampoline, and it blew off, which I find hard to believe.

Oba-rai · Post by **Oba-rai** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:50 pm

*enjoys a fairly calm and cold evening*

Our power goes out randomly, however, so it doesn't exactly depend on the weather.

Stubborn · Post by **Stubborn** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:10 pm

forever_faithful wrote:*enjoys a fairly calm and cold evening*

Our power goes out randomly, however, so it doesn't exactly depend on the weather.

really? Mine too! The computer dosn't work some times because there isn't enough power.

Lucy

Jennifer Doyle · Post by **Jennifer Doyle** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:19 pm

Our power didn't return until over 24 hours LATER!

jasodia · Post by **jasodia** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:38 pm

Woah! I didn't even know there was winds and power outs anywhere! Uh...I kind of like power outs, though.

Danadelfos · Post by **Danadelfos** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:37 pm

No wind here actually I played frisbee golf in 0 degree weather. (snow doesn't help because we kept on losing frisbees)

(but finding them again)

AIOfan11 · Post by **AIOfan11** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:53 pm

I hope you are okay, and your house, Jenny! $\:D/$

ajamj · Post by **ajamj** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:18 pm

We didn't personally lose power but the other side of town did. Just North of here a semi was blown off a bridge into the lake (driver was okay).

AIOfan11 · Post by **AIOfan11** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:19 pm

Into a lake? Yikes! Was only the driver okay?

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:04 pm

Jennifer Doyle wrote:Our power didn't return until over 24 hours LATER!

I've lived through 6 days without power before..

DanP740 · Post by **DanP740** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:21 pm

Our recycle bin was bown away. We found someone else's though.

Part of the city lost power, but not us. A semi-truck on a bridge blew over, a tree fell on a car, and other tree fallings on stuffs.

Laura Ingalls · Post by **Laura Ingalls** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:31 am

I don't like power outages.

They mean that my dad has to go in to work.

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:39 am

Laura Ingalls wrote:I don't like power outages. They mean that my dad has to go in to work.

Does your dad work with the electrical supply company or something, Laura?

*doesn't like power outages either...but likes being able to light lots of scented candles* $\:D/$

Laura Ingalls · Post by **Laura Ingalls** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:15 am

Yes - he works for Dominion, formerly known as Virginia Power, as an Operations Manager. He organizes and sends out all the crews to work on the power lines.