Next, we drove to Fox Lake to check our boat.
All the stoplights into Fox Lake were not working so lines forming at the stop signs. All businesses dark in town. Rick and Chris were sitting outside in the yard and said their power was still off. He had just finished picking up limbs and branches that had fallen, but there were still lots of smallwe twigs all over the place and part of his graden was wrecked.
Liz had read on the Fun on the Fox website that someone had reported a tree down and across the channel where we dock our boat by Rick's place, but we didn't see it when we walked out. The boat was fine.
Wwe had been thinking of going to Hello Folks down the street from Rick's. It was open, but only bottles being served and, of course, NTN was out.
Decided to drive over to McHenry which wasn't hit as badly. Trees and limbs down all the way along US-12. Strangely, it was hit and miss all over. There would be spots with major damage and spots with no damage at all.
All McHenry had power. We ate at the Gambler then I walked over to the weekly car show and listened to one of my favorite 50s-60s bands, The Rockin' Fenderskirts for a set. they even have an upright bass.
Next Time You Can Keep Your "Derecho!" --RoadDog
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Showing posts with label Derecho of July 11 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Derecho of July 11 2011. Show all posts
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
My Experience with the "Derecho"-- Part 2
This was a storm, that for me, didn't appear to be too bad of a one. After two hours, our electricity was back on. I just caught up with my sleep by taking a nap during it. I didn't get enough sleep last night.
Once up, Liz said she was hearing that almost a million people had lost power and most still didn't have it. Later, we hear that it was expected that a lot of the people weren't going to have electricity for a day or so and then, that was extended until later in the week.
Much worse of a storm than I thought.
We then heard that the Fox Lake area was particularly hard hit, so decided to drive over and take a look and see how the boat fared, since we dock it in that village.
While waiting for Liz to get ready, I took a walk out to the arboretum tp pick up branches that always come down in a wind storm. Entered it at the east end and started picking up the branches. When I got over to the west end, I saw that the sumac tree was broken off at its base.
That is too bad because it always reminded me so much of a tropical plant and was about 15 feet tall. Unfortunately, my electric chain saw is broken (well, the chain is hanging down). I'll have to see if I can figure out how to fix it. Probably not. One thing I'm not good at is fixing broken machines.
That Was One Strong Wind. --RoadDog
FUNNY THINGS TO SAY TO YOUR DOC AT YOUR COLONOSCOPY..."Can you hear me now>"
Once up, Liz said she was hearing that almost a million people had lost power and most still didn't have it. Later, we hear that it was expected that a lot of the people weren't going to have electricity for a day or so and then, that was extended until later in the week.
Much worse of a storm than I thought.
We then heard that the Fox Lake area was particularly hard hit, so decided to drive over and take a look and see how the boat fared, since we dock it in that village.
While waiting for Liz to get ready, I took a walk out to the arboretum tp pick up branches that always come down in a wind storm. Entered it at the east end and started picking up the branches. When I got over to the west end, I saw that the sumac tree was broken off at its base.
That is too bad because it always reminded me so much of a tropical plant and was about 15 feet tall. Unfortunately, my electric chain saw is broken (well, the chain is hanging down). I'll have to see if I can figure out how to fix it. Probably not. One thing I'm not good at is fixing broken machines.
That Was One Strong Wind. --RoadDog
FUNNY THINGS TO SAY TO YOUR DOC AT YOUR COLONOSCOPY..."Can you hear me now>"
Thursday, July 14, 2011
My Experience with the "Derecho"-- Part 1
Monday morning, I got up at 6 and had my usual coffee and newspaper reading on the front porch. It was overcast, but not windy.
I went downstairs to the computer and once logged in, the Weather Bug was chirping like crazy with thunderstorm warnings. And, this thunderstorm was coming up fast and would be short.
Then, the internet started shutting down, coming back, shutting down. Strange. I went upstairs and looked off the front porch again and now there were some serious looking black clouds off to the west and the wind was picking up considerable.
I woke Liz up and had her turn her computer off and went downstairs and did the same with mine.
At about 7:45 am, the electricity started going off and on and the wind was picking up greatly. I remembered my hanging baskets and went out to take them down just as it started raining. I then remembered the swivel things hanging from the gutter and took them down as well.
The wind swept in and trees were really bending over. The electricity went off and stayed that way for a couple hours. Very standard in our subdivision to lose power in any sort of storm. All our lines are underground, but coming into the subdivision the lines are on poles and running through lots of trees.
The storm only lasted about 15 minutes and was really bad for about two of those. Unfortunately, we didn't get much rain as we really need it as it hasn't rained for about three weeks.
The Big Blow. --RoadDog
THE VERY LAST YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM CHICAGO IF...You know the phone number for Empire Carpets. The last times we've been to North carolina and Florida, it was strange to see Empire Carpet commercials on the local stations.
By the way, that number is 588-2300. (now introduced with 1-800).
I went downstairs to the computer and once logged in, the Weather Bug was chirping like crazy with thunderstorm warnings. And, this thunderstorm was coming up fast and would be short.
Then, the internet started shutting down, coming back, shutting down. Strange. I went upstairs and looked off the front porch again and now there were some serious looking black clouds off to the west and the wind was picking up considerable.
I woke Liz up and had her turn her computer off and went downstairs and did the same with mine.
At about 7:45 am, the electricity started going off and on and the wind was picking up greatly. I remembered my hanging baskets and went out to take them down just as it started raining. I then remembered the swivel things hanging from the gutter and took them down as well.
The wind swept in and trees were really bending over. The electricity went off and stayed that way for a couple hours. Very standard in our subdivision to lose power in any sort of storm. All our lines are underground, but coming into the subdivision the lines are on poles and running through lots of trees.
The storm only lasted about 15 minutes and was really bad for about two of those. Unfortunately, we didn't get much rain as we really need it as it hasn't rained for about three weeks.
The Big Blow. --RoadDog
THE VERY LAST YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM CHICAGO IF...You know the phone number for Empire Carpets. The last times we've been to North carolina and Florida, it was strange to see Empire Carpet commercials on the local stations.
By the way, that number is 588-2300. (now introduced with 1-800).
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