-=> Quoting Mike Roberts to Richard Webb on 10-27-12 18:42 <=-

 MR> Hi Richard. I am up here in Rochester NY. It looks not like we are
 MR> going to getthe slam, but the long slow torture, Just watched the news
 MR> and we are alreadygetting rain, so We are now being told that we won't
 MR> actually see the windswhich are supposed to start Monday, pull out
 MR> until sometime Thursday. 

Well....  we are in the middle of things, now, and there's some wind,
and some rain... not really all that worse from any autumn storm so far,
at least here in the city proper, but the city and and the county have
declared states of emergency, and are shutting down everything for
tomorrow...  I guess it's worse up on the Lake Ontario shores, where the
lake is being whipped up, though... and I did hear that some people
south of here have already lost power...  We shall see...  

 MR> I personally fear in our area the wind and the constant rain may be
 MR> the causeof downed trees, powerlines etc. Of course like for me that

Except that we've already had a number of instances this year of very
high winds and heavy rains... and I'd suspect that most of the dead or
weak branches and trees have already been culled from those storms...

 MR> increases thechances of flooding the basement. And no power is common

But flooding in lower or poorly drained areas remains a problem,
granted... 

 MR> in my area since theIce Storm. I lose power for the minimum of 8+ hours
 MR> a couple of times a year.You would think I would be smart and save the
 MR> money for a generator. But I havenot. Trees are not stable either since
 MR> the storm. I just hope things go well,but as I said, I have a bad
 MR> feeling. Best I am looking at is spending most ofmy time trying to dry
 MR> vac the basement. Worse is total loss of power in thatcase I can do
 MR> nothing until the damage is already done. I just hope the treeshold up.

We'll all hope that things stay relatively stable despite the storm. :)

 MR> Oh well I wish everyone within the path, and especially along thecoast
 MR> the best. 

I've got family and friends in NYC, NE, MD and VA... I hope they're all
safe...  :)

 MR> background as I wasposting this, they are saying certain places in WV
 MR> may get 50 inches of snow?Whoa!

Wonder how close that is to our esteemed MEMORIES Moderator....!?  He's
in WV...

ttyl            neb

... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.

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