Cascade Crew

chevymad · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:21 pm Post subject: Storm damage

Well we didnt fare too bad. We lost power 5pm thursday, got it back 3pm friday. Trees fell over my water line and I had absolutely no water either. Just got that back on today. Spent alot of time last spring cutting down trees in the front yard so they wouldnt fall and take down my power... Well the big tree out front split and hit my power line. Luckily it didnt pull it in two. But it did pull my shut off box off of the pole. It also pulled the wires from the meter.. so right now I have power but my meter isnt counting it! I think this storm finished the old house next door. I won't have to worry bout trying to rebuild it anymore looks like. It tried to rip a whole section out of the back roof, plywood and all.

I was worried bout my front porch and the barn. Especially the barn. No damage to either. If I hadnt rebuilt the porch last year, I bet it would have gone though. Some of the neighbors had their barns blow down too. Several areas are still without power today.

Here's a few pics.

This box is supposed to be screwed to the pole. The pipe underneath is actually the power shut off handle... i'm not touching it!

Spent today fixing the water, unplugging a culvert that had the creek diverted through my field, then sawing up those tree branches. Also had to fix the 3 wheeler before I could use it... then of course had to ride it everywhere.. Made it almost clear to the top of the hill behind me. About 50 ft from the upper bonneville power tower. Hill got pretty steep though, and I don't have any brakes at all on the bike.. so I had to turn around and come back down.

rjmcgee · The Hammer Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 2328

Damn, you guys are having quite the winter up there. Brakes on the 3 wheeler might be a good idea, you know with hill climbing and all. Laughing

chevymad · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:22 pm Post subject:

Brakes could be a good idea.. too bad there isnt a single brake part on the bike.. cept the foot pedal.

aaron_sK · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:09 pm Post subject:

blue89 · Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 1:12 pm Post subject:

We got nothing up here. Lame. The snow storm on the other hand....

Al Hasse · Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 1:44 pm Post subject:

I was luckier than others in the area. Lost power from 1 am to 3 pm on Friday. My only real damage was very minor. I had to replace the cap on my chimney, which had blown off. Broke two of the three rivets holding it on.

Xophertony · Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject:

we lost power last night. the only damage was my sisters sewing machine. during the outage we removed it from the kitchen table and placed it infront of the heater vent, power came back on and despite being tunred almost to the "off" the heat cae on and melted part of the frame Rolling Eyes

oops....

chevymad · Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 4:40 pm Post subject:

Well I had another storm casualty today. Seems the neutral to my electrical system come apart. Since the PUD has been busy with major outages they hadnt checked my house out. Even with the shutoff box hanging out over the driveway. My computer speakers started popping and the phone started beeping away.. then I smelled smoke. My expensive 500 watt Klipsch surround sound system went up in smoke. I quickly unplugged all the electronics in the house and tested the voltage.... 160volts at the plugin!! Shocked

Luckily I ran into the pud guys right out the valley. They came right out and fixed me up. But now I have to file a claim with either insurance or the PUD. This was like a $500 setup. Probably pretty lucky hte house didnt burn down. They still didnt have time to fix me up completly.. meter is still disconnected.. box is still hanging over driveway.. but at least my voltage is normal now. Looks like I'll have to have a new meter box. There's some debate whether thats on my tab or theirs. Seems that now the owner has to pay for one, but when this was installed it was PUD equipment. I'm hoping that if I have to pay, I can file it as storm damage as well.

RSFreak · Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:06 pm Post subject:

We had no power outtage on this side of Tacoma, however turbo_jimi, on the other side of town, just got his power back last night around 11:00pm! Most of Federal Way, Kent, and Bellevue were without power, but downtown Renton didn't lose power (the Highlands did). Strange how some places were untouched while everything around them lost power for days. Gas lines were an unexpected result of all the outages. Reminded me of the second oil embargo in the late 70s! Shocked

aaron_sK · Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:41 pm Post subject:

Hell, some of South end off of 72nd was still dark when I went to work this morning. UP was out in some areas too.

LB985IROC · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:38 am Post subject:

i had no damage to my place we lost power and still dont we were told by the power company that it wont be back till like wednesday WOOHOO!!! oh yea and a large tree branch fell on my room mates brand new WRX that he got wednesday night lol i was laughing

Dewey316 · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:19 am Post subject:

We didn't have much down here. My power was out for about 3 hours, but came back on before I went to bed, so I was able to set my alarm clock.

littletank170 · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:08 pm Post subject:

we lost power friday at about 1 a.m. and didnt get it back until 1:30 saturday afternoon. as far as damage goes all we had were a few small branches fall on the house.

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:30 pm Post subject:

Dewey316 · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:33 pm Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:48 pm Post subject:

I've never worked on an older one, do they really have as many tranny problems as people say?

LB985IROC · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject:

well the only reason he got the new one was because in the big snow storm some lady t-boned him and pushed sis 02 wrx into a ditch and totaled the car so he just got the payout to buy a new one last week

littletank170 · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject:

that sucks!! WRXs must be bad luck for him. perhaps he should get a camaro. Smile