Near to me members, you ok?

[nylyon-(Admin) 7,268]

Last night we had a violent storm pass through the area.  It spawned a couple of tornado's (EF2 in Kent, NY and an EF1 in Patterson, NY) but there's investigation into whether or not there's been more.  Here in my neighborhood there's a little property damage, one neighbor roof got partially ripped off, but elsewhere in town and the neighboring towns there's very significant damage.   Here at my house, nothing more than a few leaves on the deck, and some branches on the grass.

 

I know I'll miss some, but I hope that @Rob R @stevebo @fireman @Ken B @Uncle BO @Ed Stoller and anyone I missed are all okay.

[SPINJIM 1,981]

Down here in PA, a young couple's home was demolished by an uprooted tree, while they were away on their honeymoon.   

A mile from me, a house was hit by lightning, and burned to the ground.   We've had so much rain and early heat, I feel like I'm living in the tropics.   Trees and weeds are growing like crazy this year.    My granddaughter is getting married this Saturday, and the forecast is for heavy rain and thunderstorms.    Strange weather.

    Jim

[ztnoo 2,298]

I got a message yesterday from an amplifier, tube audio specialist who has worked on audio gear for me who lives in New Milford, CT........the home of one of our mods, I believe. @stevebo???

Here's his statement:

"WEATHER UPDATE:
A tornado blew through here about 4:42 this afternoon. There is widespread damage across much of Connecticut. The high school down the road lost part of its roof.
We are fine here, but there is no power, no internet and no phone service. Lines are down *everywhere*. About every 50' there is a tree down across power lines.
This is not the sort of outage that will be fixed in a few days. Could be a month, based on past experience.
We are on generator power and will continue to work on amplifiers as usual. I'm using limited cellular data to post right now."

Edited May 17, 2018 by ztnoo

[SALTYWRIGHT 859]

I AM IN NORWALK, CT. AND IT WAS BAD HERE. WE ARE GOOD BUT MANY TREES AND WIRES DOWN.   RUSS

[Aldon 4,826]

@fast88pu is still without power but he has his generator going now. 

 

I am just north of the storms worst path.

[stratostar250 919]

It was very bad here.  My family and I are safe, no damages other than I had quite a large tree land across my driveway, but thankfully didn't hit any power lines.  I've heard that we may be without power for the next 5 to 7 days.  There are many trees down and many broken telephone poles.  I guess we will see how long it takes!  All is well, though. 

[Aldon 4,826]

Good toe hear your safe @stratostar250

[Aldon 4,826]

@nylyon 

 

excelent topic/thread.

 

thanks for starting it.

[CasualObserver 3,408]

 Here's to a speedy and safe cleanup/recovery gents.... try to brightside it.... be glad this is May and not January!

[fast88pu 3,324]

12 hours ago, Aldon said:

@fast88pu is still without power but he has his generator going now. 

 

I am just north of the storms worst path.

Many trees down an poles snapped off. Whole town has no power and a mini twister touched down less then a mile from home. I've never seen a shed Explode before from pressure. 

[19richie66 17,500]

Glad you guys are ok. Crazy weather down here too. Rains, pours, quits, rains, pours, quits. Got pretty windy yesterday and I believe there were a couple smaller tornadoes off the east coast. More rain today and all week as a matter of fact and then “Hurricane Season” ...... just what we need. Be safe people👍

[AMC RULES 37,127]

A few of the views here...

from my office window this week. 

Can you say, Trees?   

Or, the damage they sustained, has been the word of the week here, this week.

 

So, for now, the crisis is over...

the power grid has been restored... 

and, my happy little  life can pick up where it left off.  

 

Edited May 18, 2018 by AMC RULES

[Rob R 966]

On ‎5‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 4:44 PM, nylyon said:

Last night we had a violent storm pass through the area.  It spawned a couple of tornado's (EF2 in Kent, NY and an EF1 in Patterson, NY) but there's investigation into whether or not there's been more.  Here in my neighborhood there's a little property damage, one neighbor roof got partially ripped off, but elsewhere in town and the neighboring towns there's very significant damage.   Here at my house, nothing more than a few leaves on the deck, and some branches on the grass.

 

I know I'll miss some, but I hope that @Rob R @stevebo @fireman @Ken B @Uncle BO @Ed Stoller and anyone I missed are all okay.

Morning Karl just saw the above, (still no power running on Wheel Horse Gen power)...… no damage to house MULTIPLE trees down, when this is over don't want to see a chainsaw for like 6 months!

[fast88pu 3,324]

24 minutes ago, Rob R said:

Morning Karl just saw the above, (still no power running on Wheel Horse Gen power)...… no damage to house MULTIPLE trees down, when this is over don't want to see a chainsaw for like 6 months!

Think you need a bigger generator lol

 

[Rob R 966]

22 hours ago, fast88pu said:

Many trees down an poles snapped off. Whole town has no power and a mini twister touched down less then a mile from home. I've never seen a shed Explode before from pressure. 

Kyle glad you okay, epic storm, I don't remember being out of power this often since I more here (1974). Mother Nature is hitting us with the big  hammer..... Give me a shout if you need anything..... 

[nylyon-(Admin) 7,268]

21 minutes ago, Rob R said:

Kyle glad you okay, epic storm, I don't remember being out of power this often since I more here (1974). Mother Nature is hitting us with the big  hammer..... Give me a shout if you need anything..... 

 

We're good.  I have a 8750 Watt generator (120/240v) is you need a little more oomph...

[fast88pu 3,324]

37 minutes ago, Rob R said:

Kyle glad you okay, epic storm, I don't remember being out of power this often since I more here (1974). Mother Nature is hitting us with the big  hammer..... Give me a shout if you need anything..... 

Thank you. Same goes for you if you need anything

[fast88pu 3,324]

14 minutes ago, nylyon said:

 

We're good.  I have a 8750 Watt generator (120/240v) is you need a little more oomph...

The old predator generator. It's a good buy for the money

[ztnoo 2,298]

Here's a new update from my audio repair expert in New Milford, CT.

 

"STORM RECOVERY UPDATE:

I was just out on a bike touring the area. Some tree crews are beginning work in the greater area and major connecting roads near us.

A lot of homes lost roof shingles or vinyl siding. A lot of close calls, with large trees down that missed homes by just a couple feet, but no disasters, fortunately.

Eversource is beginning to set new poles along the road that our road connects to. The entire infrastructure is being replaced, not rebuilt. Unfortunately, rebuilt above ground, so this can happen again, next storm.

I have a feeling we may be back in service in substantially less than the month it took last time a storm like this hit. We're hopeful"

[ericjr16 125]

Late check in due to just getting power/internet/phones back. We are in the Hudson Valley region. We had a few reportly tornados or microbursts. Thank God no real damage but nearby had a lot of down trees. Very thankful to turn generator off and enjoy the quiet. 

[nylyon-(Admin) 7,268]

Last night I went out for the first time since the storm and in the areas not badly affected it’s bad.  Trees down all over, buildings damaged.  Many are still without power, and some have very substantial damage to their homes.

[Rob R 966]

6 hours ago, nylyon said:

Last night I went out for the first time since the storm and in the areas not badly affected it’s bad.  Trees down all over, buildings damaged.  Many are still without power, and some have very substantial damage to their homes.

10-4 Parts of Putnam Lake are in real bad shape and still no electricity... we came live last evening at 8:00PM. The two houses at the intersection of Gage and Sherwood Hill got blasted....!