Storm Report

[Ed Kennell 38,157]

Hope you all survived with minimal damage.     

I lost a few apples, pears, plums, and maple tree limbs, but no significant damage.     Lost WiFi yesterday...no phone, TV, or Red Square, but I never lost power like so many in the area.

Comcast came back on line moments ago.

 

How did you fare?

[ebinmaine 67,452]

Raining like a wet son of a gun up here in Maine today... 

[peter lena 8,618]

@Ed Kennell  morning ED , had light rain over night , but just started coming down very heavy in short  bursts , since our power power grid maintiance has stepped up , with more area line truck  parking , supply related equipment , in a lock down  , containment center , response is faster / better , sparky pete  

[squonk 41,076]

An inch of rain in an hour. 2 small tornadoes south of me.

[davem1111 2,030]

There was tornado damage about an hour south of here, in Paoli IN, Sunday night, but it wasn't bad here. Heavy rain, some wind, no power loss.

[peter lena 8,618]

@Ed Kennell  think if I  were younger , and had the space would have ,  ship containers for my set up . saw a few out west , that had side wall cut outs , to  seperate / combine shop area , all set on a gravel base , with an open screened  A frame roof covering . alowing protected storage , air flow . wooda , cuda , shouda  , pete

[Mike'sHorseBarn 2,998]

It missed us, in looking at the radar we duck right in between 2 cells. Just a little wind and some rain. 

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,297]

News said Westminster MD got hammered , hope  @rmaynard made out okay.

[rjg854 11,361]

Overall, had about 2" of rain, and some of that was pretty heavy downpours.  Lost power for a couple of hours, but other than that all is well.

[Ed Kennell 38,157]

40 minutes ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

News said Westminster MD got hammered , hope  @rmaynard made out okay.

Yeah, it looks bad in Bob's area.     

[953 nut 55,197]

Yesterday my wife and I went out to lunch with some good friends, first social outing for me since the stroke. While at the restaurant we had a torrential downpour with a couple of microbursts but they never lost power and we just enjoyed the extra time for conversation. By two pm it had cleared up enough to head home. Our creek was running as hard as I've ever seen it but no damage at all. About four pm the second wave of the storm hit which seemed to be stronger than the first wave but only lasted a half hour. There are a few small branches down but nothing too bad.

[Ed Kennell 38,157]

Gathering up downed limbs and surveying for roof damage.  All looks good, except for this guy that  I failed to bring inside.  He lost an ear and afoot.

[Achto 27,568]

High & dry here in Wisconsin. Too dry most of the time.

[pacer 3,169]

3 minutes ago, Achto said:

High & dry here in Wisconsin.

 

Dang! almost envy you guys, here in N la we ben running over 100° for the last couple wks and NO rain in sight.... course thats the same all across down here

 

I can almost watch my grass turning brown!!

[dclarke 4,032]

This tornado was just forming as it passed behind my daughters house Sunday evening. Less than a mile from me. Video shows it spinning and it touched down a mile away…. Scary! 

[rmaynard 15,436]

Thanks for everyone's concern. I'm okay. The area was hard hit as the news showed. My nextdoor neighbor had two trees come down.

 

We only had branches. No substantial damage. Worked until dark cutting up trees.

We lost power until 2:30 am, however much of the area is still without power.

Here is the main road thru the area, MD140:

 

 

Pretty nasty. Again thanks for your concern. I'm now at the eye doctor for my follow-up to the retina surgery from 2 weeks ago. Keeping my finger crossed that everything is okay. 

 

[lynnmor 7,305]

My electric and internet has been down since the storm, they have no guesses when they will be restored.  Since my house phone uses the internet it is out as well.  My connection to the world is just this phone.

 

I drove over to the Strasburg area and got gas on the way back, first station was down with no power and the second had lines of folks like me with gas cans.  From Collinsville to Muddy Run there was significant damage.  There are a number of roads closed or one lane.

 

I didn’t take a walk around my place yet but I do see several large limbs down.

[Ed Kennell 38,157]

1 hour ago, lynnmor said:

There are a number of roads closed

My road (Brownton) is still closed with a power line down on the Pine Run bridge.     West Broadway in Red lion is closed.   Severe damage in Stewartstown.

I never lost power, but like you My phone, WiFi and Tv are on Comcast.     It was down from when the storm hit yesterday until 10AM this morning, and has been on and off since then.

[Ed Kennell 38,157]

3 hours ago, dclarke said:

Less than a mile from me

Wow, glad you dodged that bullet.

[lynnmor 7,305]

Back to civilization, power, internet & phone can fully annoy me again.

 

Some information that might help others with a generator;  my Tecumseh engine started to sputter every minute or so.  I replaced the spark plug but that didn't help, then I noticed the rocker switch blinking like it was low in oil.  I checked it and the level was at the mid point of the safe area but I still filled it to the maximum line.  The problem went away so the low oil sensor must be knackered so I ordered one.  A quick temporary fix is just cutting the wire till the switch can be replaced.

[oliver2-44 9,741]

Glad to hear ya'll are OK, with just tree damage.

 

We sure could use some of hat rain down here. 

No rain since late May and the large storage lakes are very low.  Back in February most of the farmers in the lower river valley were notified they would not get irrigation water.  Some farmers have Senior Water Rights dating before the dams and they still get to pump some of the "natural flow" of the river.  

[clueless 2,987]

Nothing down here, just another 118 heat index day.

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

here in utah it washed rocks onto teh road the psi knocked multiple manhole covers off and carried them a few feet. is was a foot or more deep at the road you enter my street that manhole cover was off and spewing water like 2-4 feet high and water was coming out from the storm drains. side walks got washed out and things torn up but my wheelers are ok

Edited August 8, 2023 by The Freightliner Guy

[squonk 41,076]

Heavy flooding 30 miles the East of me and another possible Tornado about 50 miles to the West according to the news.

[rmaynard 15,436]

Follow-up

Retina surgery follow-up was just fine.