[AT] O/T weather out west

[charlie hill]

I grew up down the road from a family with 3 boys.  All of them have worked 
all of their lives in powerline construction.  That's one job I don't want. 
All of them have managed to stay safe doing that work but I knew one kid 
that got killed working power and a couple more that have had arms and or 
legs blown off.  Even in good weather it's a bad job.

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 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] O/T weather out west


> 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" 
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> 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"
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>> 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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