[AT] Drove into storm in W VA ,VA

[Larry Goss]

Yeah, you don't want to go back for at least a week, Ivan.  That storm has been so devastating that it took out many of the news services, cell phone services, etc.  There is no 911 service in the Washington DC area. AMtrac has suspended all service between Union Station in New York and Philadelphia.  The finally rescued the 250 (or so) passengers off an AMtrac train in West Virginia after they had been stranded for 20 hours.  It even shut down the entire "cloud" computer storage system for a while.  MAYBE by July 4th things will start returning to normal.  Estimates range from 1.5 to 3 million customers without power.  Now, if you can just find a dry spot to park your self-contained in the Jacksonville area.......

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: ivancou at windstream.net
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2012 7:11:58 AM
Subject: [AT] Drove into storm in W VA ,VA

We are in route to jacksonville fl for a few days . We left PA yesterday without checking mail or tv , and drove into this in west virginia .Couldnt get to our campground in the Blue Rige mtn so pushed on . Made it as far as Troutville VA were we were lucy enough to get a room . Having troubles with the motorhome ,think its just vapor locking . Already ran out of gas twice, had to use gas for the generator to limp to exit . Gas stations closed all over ,either no poweror no gas . 
  About another 75 miles and we should be out of the storm area from what we've heard . Going to try to push on ,have reservations in GA . Hope to hole up there for two days ,get the RV checked out before going farther . As bad as damage is going north I dont think it wise to turn around .  Ivan 

---- charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote: 
> Rob it's that way in a narrow streak across WVA and Virginia all the way to 
> Washington DC.  Last I heard DC was without power
> and some of the surrounding towns are saying they might be without power for 
> days.  Berkley Co. WVA was hit hard I hear.
> We are ok down here in Carolina.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: rob wilson
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 1:18 AM
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com ; bvandragt at comcast.net
> Subject: [AT] Storm
> 
> Living in Central Ohio has been pretty challenging the past 24 hours. The 
> governor has declared a state of emergency due to the wind we had around 
> 5:00 pm Friday. Gusts hit over 80 mph and right now there is over 500,000 
> people without power and with temps in the 90s it has been trying for a lot 
> of folks. We are fortunate to have power losing it for a short time but 
> that's it. We can use rain but not the wind. Generators are flying out the 
> door and restaurants are packed when they have power. I hope those that were 
> affected by this are getting better.
> Rob
> 
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