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Offline SIM

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For all those in the southeast US
« on: February 11, 2014, 06:24:09 PM »
Be careful on the roads and only venture out if absolutely necessary!

My employer has gone to great lengths to bring in crews to work power outages, no one knows how bad this storm will actually affect electric service. Please let those linemen do their job. Most often, leaving those guys to their work means more to them than kind words of "Thanks". It is all about getting the power on and getting back home.

Don't assume that a crew, working on the side of the road, is familiar with your area. They very well may be one of the "travel teams" from another county or state. Stopping to tell them of lines down, or outages, doesn't really do anyone any good. Call your local power company and report the outage/issue instead.

I don't know about other areas, but this storm is being touted as a "big one". At one point today, one of the networks was predicting over 1 million outages. It could happen......I just don't much faith in reporters.....

I hope you all weather this storm well!

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Offline SNO

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Re: For all those in the southeast US
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2014, 07:31:55 PM »
Be safe out there,SIM
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Re: For all those in the southeast US
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2014, 09:53:09 PM »
Quote from: SNO on February 11, 2014, 07:31:55 PM
Be safe out there,SIM
:aok I got myself prepared got bread PB milk and water, full tank of gas and plenty of logs, plan to sleep all day if power goes out.
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Offline bacon8tr

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Re: For all those in the southeast US
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2014, 10:18:55 PM »
A buddy of mine works for Entergy.  He left out with his truck yesterday from SE Texas heading in that direction.   :salute
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Offline VonMessa

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Re: For all those in the southeast US
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2014, 10:34:42 PM »
You are doing it wrong...

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Re: For all those in the southeast US
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2014, 10:36:26 PM »
For those of you in the southeast US. Why are you there?
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Offline Nathan60

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Re: For all those in the southeast US
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2014, 11:14:49 PM »
Quote from: FLOOB on February 11, 2014, 10:36:26 PM
For those of you in the southeast US. Why are you there?
family moved from Detroit In the 80's because jobs were here.
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Offline shotgunneeley

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Re: For all those in the southeast US
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2014, 12:38:30 AM »
We got an inch friday night/saturday morning for our first real snow (Up till this point we've just had ice). While it was all gone within 24 hours, a neighbor managed to build a 4ft tall snowman that is still standing strong. We missed this round, just sleeted a bit this afternoon. My cousin moved to Atlanta from Indianapolis and Chicago... He just thought he was getting away from the cold!
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Offline homersipes

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Re: For all those in the southeast US
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2014, 05:38:09 AM »
yall be safe down there, just watched the weather report, supposed to get NASTY.
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Offline TOMCAT21

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Re: For all those in the southeast US
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2014, 07:23:48 AM »
be safe out in the southeast.
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Re: For all those in the southeast US
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2014, 07:51:50 AM »
Quote from: shotgunneeley on February 12, 2014, 12:38:30 AM
We got an inch friday night/saturday morning for our first real snow (Up till this point we've just had ice). While it was all gone within 24 hours, a neighbor managed to build a 4ft tall snowman that is still standing strong. We missed this round, just sleeted a bit this afternoon. My cousin moved to Atlanta from Indianapolis and Chicago... He just thought he was getting away from the cold!

Same here.  I'm in Lauderdale County, Tennessee.  We've gotten a few snow showers here and there, but Friday night was the first of any accumulation this year.  I wish we would get more snow earlier in the winter.  But once duck season closes, I go into full fledged summer mode waiting to get the pontoon out on the water!

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Offline smoe

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Re: For all those in the southeast US
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2014, 08:20:26 AM »
For those new to snow you will need to test your car's stopping ability on ice and snow at a very slow speed on a parking lot or flat road where no ditches and other dangerous objects are. If your tires don't say "all season" I wouldn't recommend driving at all. Even with "all season" tires the roads are deadly without road crews spreading sand/salt.
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Offline gyrene81

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Re: For all those in the southeast US
« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2014, 09:00:55 AM »
Quote from: FLOOB on February 11, 2014, 10:36:26 PM
For those of you in the southeast US. Why are you there?
it's better than the frozen tundra or the flat plains...wish i was down there now.


Quote from: smoe on February 12, 2014, 08:20:26 AM
For those new to snow you will need to test your car's stopping ability on ice and snow at a very slow speed on a parking lot or flat road where no ditches and other dangerous objects are. If your tires don't say "all season" I wouldn't recommend driving at all. Even with "all season" tires the roads are deadly without road crews spreading sand/salt.
hell man, waaaay down yonner in the deeeep south, if the cord ain't showin through the rubber, the tire is still good...  :lol
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Re: For all those in the southeast US
« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2014, 09:10:14 AM »
Im in SE PA and we just got hammered with ice the last storm (end of last week) ......over 800K out of power in our 5 county area....guys from as far as Texas up here helping us get power back on.....calling for another 10 to 14 inches tonight.

Sim.....to you and your fell linemen.......Thanks, appreciate what you guys do for us... above all be safe!!  :cheers:  :salute
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Re: For all those in the southeast US
« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2014, 09:14:29 AM »
It's so cold here! It's only getting up to a high of 80° today  :cry :devil
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