I've faced that in the Winter due to ice storms, but never in the Summer.
Glad you are reconnected to the grid and the world.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Irene
> At one point 400,000 without power on Long Island. We were one of the
> last areas to get it back, 5 days later.
>
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> On 8/28/2011 7:32 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>>
>>> I just finished watching the evening news. Fortunately for coastal NY
>> the
>>> storm had lost some of its intensity by the time it made its third
>> landfall
>>> on Long Island. The storm surge was far less than predicted but plenty
>>> of
>>> wind and rain to go around. The big story was the rain on the western
>>> side
>>> of the storm. The inland areas received 8-10 inches of rain in an area
>> that
>>> was already saturated from a wet summer season. LOTS of flooding. Most
>>> of
>>> the fatalities have been due to the falling trees but there were also a
>> few
>>> who have to test Darwin's Theory by going down to the beach to check
>> things
>>> out.
>>> Stay safe guys.
>>>
>>
>> Fortunately, this storm lost most of it's strength while it was
>> still
>> just off the coast. I lived through the Agnes storm in 1972, which
>> basically went right up the Susquehanna River and then into south-central
>> New York. Everything from Williamsport to Chesapeake Bay was flooded, as
>> was the Juniata and other major tributaries.
>>
>> Chris
>>
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