[IRCA] POSTED FOR GUY ATKINS: Big NW Storm

["John H. Bryant" <bjohnorcas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Like Walt, Colin, and a few others have reported, this storm was a 
>wild ride. The power went out 19 hours ago. Because the AC mains are 
>underground around here, the lights rarely go out in our vicinity. 
>However, this was one huge storm, even worse than the fabled 1993 
>Inauguration Day storm.
>
>I've been checking email with my blackberry phone, so it has been 
>interesting to read the other reports. Some big trees came down 
>around us, but nothing hit our property directly.
>
>It is almost completely dark now outside, with no neighborhood 
>lights. Very eerie. I heard on a local station that the entire city 
>of Puyallup is without power. However, I can tell on the SW bands 
>that someone around here has a TV running, as I can hear their 
>harmonic oscillator QRM loud and clear!
>
>I have a nice generator that was keeping the fridge running for much 
>of the day, until it started shutting down with a low oil pressure 
>light, but of course I had it checked and full before I even powered 
>it up the first time. Puzzling...
>
>I sure hope Patrick gets his power back soon in Seaside and can 
>return home soon! He's much closer to the storms fury than the rest of us.
>
>73,
>
>Guy Atkins
>Puyallup, WA
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