Re: [IRCA] Storm

["Doug Pifer-desert4wd.com" <oregon4wd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Glad your Ok Patrick.  Just as a reference for the rest of  'ya, highway 18 
I believe it was, between Salem and th coast,  had over 100 really tall pine 
trees blown over on one stretch of the highway during the first storm.

I'm getting oldies on 1510 also, but KGA is mostly blowing the doors off of 
it.

Alls well here, 73- Doug

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Martin" <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 9:55 PM
Subject: [IRCA] Storm


> Greetings,
>
> Well, I just got through another nasty storm on the Oregon coast. This
> one had sustained winds of 90+ MPH out here and gusts well over 100 MPH.
> ON the South coast at the Sea Lion Caves, one gust was clocked at 142
> MPH!!! There were trees down everywhere. It was a mess yesterday. Some
> of you might remember seeing my place during the IRCA convention. I
> commented that one of the Shore Pine trees in the backyard had a chunk
> out of it from a lost limb last year. Well, the wind knocked the tree
> down there went my SW EWE and 1500' Eastern beverage. Both antennas are
> back up and working fine, but it took me over 4 hours to rescue the wire
> and rebuild them.
>   The wind was rough all day with gusts of 70 MPH earlier, but around
> Noon it really picked up. It finally ended around 6 PM. We lost power at
> 4:10 and the lights never came back on until after 2 AM, so about 10
> hours.
>   One nearby house had the roof blown off and the place is toast. It
> will take 20-30K to rebuild it. I put a metal roof over the shngle roof
> some years back and it is fine. It has a 50 year guarantee.
>  But it really was something...A far cry from the sunny weather with
> highs in the 70s & 80s in September during the convention.
>   The downed tree is still in the backyard, but my antennas are back up
> and all is well here...until the next one strikes....Life on the Oregon
> Coast.
>
> 73,
>
> Patrick
>
> Patrick Martin
> KAVT Reception Manager

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