Cascade Crew

chevymad · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject: Extreme weather

Anybody else had enough yet? Surprisingly the power stayed on last night till bout 8am this morning. Then 2 huge trees at the neighbors came down. Landed right on top of that stripped out gto, and took out a power pole. PUD didnt get it back on till afternoon. Then while I'm at the shop workin on my car I see the state put up a road closed sign. The road to Longview has had a slide on it for over a week now and everybody's been having to use a detour. But now there's a second slide and there is no way through. To get to longview now we have to take the ferry to oregon then drive to Ranier and take the bridge back to longview. Only other way out is to go to Astoria. The main detour to longview also has half the road slid away. I guess this morning a woman was on her way to town and a tree fell on her car, killed her.

When I got back from dyno sunday at about 2:30 I set up my rain gauge. By 3:30 I had 1", by 5:30 I had 2", I checked again at 10:30 and there was 3" .. by morning the gauge was blown over. Next day I got 2 more inches. Several days i've gotten and inch since. Last night was an inch. It's just freakin soggy.

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

I am getting real tired of winter. I think I would go insane living with all the rain you guys get up there.

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject:

We had some wind last night... just knocked down a few branches. Lost power briefly today - very briefly but cable was out for several hours... no tv, no internet... Shocked

My Dad is up in Ocean Shores. I need to call to see if he got swept away. The canal was so high that his boat dock was completely under water.

Come on sunshine.

-Schultzy

aaron_sK · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:16 pm Post subject:

It's actually not to bad in this area. Driving work was interesting, as the 509 freeway is mostly above ground, and so the wind tends to shove your car towards the Jersey barrier, and it makes working on your car next to impossible, but at least we still have power.

Al Hasse · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:34 pm Post subject:

I was without power from about 10:30 this morning until about 7:00 this evening. Always happens in this part of the Illahee area. Too many trees I suppose, streets were littered with branches. I heard parts of Bainbridge Island might be out for 3 days.

iansane · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 1:42 am Post subject:

Power outages all over the area around here. My work, nor home got hit yet.

Although I think I sold 2g's worth of generators today and got calls from at least three people saying it won't start. Well Duh, you have to put gas in it and hook the sparkplug up. Smart people.

alloy · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:46 am Post subject:

Yeah, and not to mention they have a low oil shut off. No oil, no start Duh

Xophertony · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:26 am Post subject:

rich fools probably asumed it was just like the new cars they buy every year. it comes with a full tank of gas and oil Rolling Eyes

iansane · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:48 am Post subject:

You've never been to tacoma, have you? Laughing

Rich? Hardly.

Xophertony · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:18 pm Post subject:

no, i have not... i just assumed if they can afford to buy a new generator... Shrug

aaron_sK · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject:

Damn dude, you really haven't been here. People around here can barely make rent most of the time. His store is on the North end where it's a little better, more middle-class. I live in the fun part of town. Cool

Anyway, great weather today. To bad I had to work, then spend the rest of the evening watching the Seahawks lose the Superbowl. Crying or Very sad

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:20 pm Post subject:

it was finally sunny today. I got to change grilles on my 64 Fairlane.

I think I'm going to sell my 4th Gen. But not until I get the 3rd gen running.

I've also got my eye on this 83 Z that a friend of a friend is unloading.

85 T/A WS6 · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:38 pm Post subject:

I put in 41 hours straight of double time (ca ching) bird dogin power crews to get the lines up for superbowl sunday.

Its hard work getting well over 100,000 customers back online but someboday has to do it Very Happy

If it was easy we would have your sister do it

Laughing

Demon · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:00 pm Post subject:

85 T/A WS6 · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:32 am Post subject:

Yes I did and its off the market for now.