Tornado!
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A couple touched down about 5 miles away! Happend very quickly. I was on the road, pulled in to a parking lot, parked behind a block building and let it all pass. Very exciting!
Trees down, power out. Might be a while - check this map!
See that little triangle that says N. Ridge? That’s my town. I must be on the edge of where the power is - we’re in the dark.
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Yowza. That's close.
Lots of people with no power.
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Power came back on at 9:30 PM
Impressive!
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24 hours later, several surrounding towns are still without power. That means everyone is traveling to Hooterville for groceries and restaurants.
I’ve never seen crowds like these!
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Our friends who live about 5 miles north of us still don’t have power, and neither does the big shopping center where Home Depot and Costco are. Jack’s daycare is also without power and it looks like we’ll be seeing a lot of him.
They’ve brought in repair crews from all over the country but even with the extra manpower Ohio Ed. estimates it will be 8/14 before power is restored.
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It turns out the 8/14 estimate is somewhat misleading. That’s the date they expect to have everyone back on line. Most areas will get power way before that.
Some people were reading tge 8/14 text when their power came back on.
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Yes I do. I think this summer I’ll wire in an inlet like you have.
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Yea, being able to run your refrigerator during an extended outage is nice. And during the winter having the furnace functioning is really helpful. Ice storms can be nasty and take power out for days. We don't get a lot of them but, oh boy, what a pain when you do.
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My intention was to run in a cord to the furnace if need be but an inlet would be much nicer.
