[AT] O/T weather out west

[captneb]

Charlie...

I have a log cabin here down by the river with no power and when I'm down
there and it goes out, I don't notice.  But man, do we get to relying on
that stuff when we expect it to be there!  I stopped out on the road a
couple days after New Year and walked across a ditch to thanks some linemen
working in the cold and wind.  I could see it on their faces...jeez, here
comes another whiner to yell at us because he doesn't have power yet.  And I
guess they had their share of it.  But I wanted to thank them for being out
there in the cold and wind, up on an ice covered pole, and having worked all
night long to get whatever power back on line they could.  Same with our
mail folks...  I couldn't believe it when Elaine came sliding into the yard
with our mail when it didn't seem to me anyone could possibly be moving
anywhere.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] O/T weather out west


> Rog we had a similar storm here in coastal NC when I was a kid (50's).
Not
> quite as severe as yours but close.  Best I remember the ice was about 3
> inches thick on the pavement but we didn't have much wind.  Back then they
> didn't have cooperative agreements between power companies and each had to
> put up their own lines.  We were lucky ours was only out for about 2
weeks.
> Some friends about 20 miles up the road didn't have power for over a
month.
> Of course we weren't so dependent on power then as everyone is now.
> That old kerosene heater in the living room just kept on burning and after
a
> little coaxing the hand pump started pumping.
>
> I can remember lacing the tires of my bicycle with bailing wire to get
> traction.  Believe it or not it worked .... sorta.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "captneb" <captneb at agristar.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 9:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] O/T weather out west
>
>
> > There are people around here who haven't had power for over two weeks
> > now...and this new storm is coming in tonight.  Transmission towers
folded
> > like cheap lawn furniture and tens of thousands of poles snapped.  It's
a
> > real mess.  We were lucky...a couple days down and a few trees and
> > branches....  I told Linda this was our chance for that Naked Romance
> > Weekend I've always promised her and the next thing I knew, she was out
in
> > the lane sobbing uncontrollably and chipping a way out to the highway
with
> > a
> > sharp spoon.
> >
> > Ol' Rog
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 7:37 AM
> > Subject: [AT] O/T weather out west
> >
> >
> >> Looks like our N. Texas and Oklahoma friends are in for another round
of
> > ice
> >> today.  I don't think they are thawed out from the first one yet.
> >>
> >> This was posted to another list.  Check out the pictures.
> >> http://www.extremeinstability.com:80/06-12-31.htm
> >>
> >> Charlie
> >>
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