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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 07:12 PM Nov 2020

I'm back!!!! post Zeta, after 4 days of no power.



No damage at our place, but a zillion trees down in the affected counties.


rather blissful days, no outside news, we had to resort to reading ...books!!!!

I urge everyone to read Dark Towers, btw.....if trump were a bank, it would be Deutche.
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I'm back!!!! post Zeta, after 4 days of no power. (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Nov 2020 OP
Welcome back! no_hypocrisy Nov 2020 #1
Welcome back! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #2
actually a bit of electronic 'down time' would be nice...assuming everything else was OK. samnsara Nov 2020 #3
Welcomed back Demovictory9 Nov 2020 #4
Welcome back. We here in Ga. finally got power back today around noon. We didn't have it too bad napi21 Nov 2020 #5
Not as much pioneering as it was a few decades ago dixiegrrrrl Nov 2020 #20
Welcome back sis malaise Nov 2020 #6
" hurricane".....shudder. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2020 #21
Glad you are ok. Ours was out for 54 hours (Thurs at noon until Sat at 6pm). JanMichael Nov 2020 #7
Stephen King fan here padah513 Nov 2020 #8
Glad you came through it unscathed! LuvNewcastle Nov 2020 #9
Hanging out in that area years back was heaven, wasn't it? dixiegrrrrl Nov 2020 #22
Yeah, growing up down here was a dream. LuvNewcastle Nov 2020 #34
I'm relieved to read this. LanternWaste Nov 2020 #10
Aww.....what a lovely compliment....thank you. n/t dixiegrrrrl Nov 2020 #23
Welcome back MustLoveBeagles Nov 2020 #11
Welcome back! Meowmee Nov 2020 #12
Dark towers is excellent. warmfeet Nov 2020 #13
Welcome back. Ilsa Nov 2020 #14
Same here until last night. 45,000 without service by our cooperative, Hortensis Nov 2020 #15
and hot water. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2020 #24
Glad You're OK ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #16
I'm gonna be checking in to generators after this. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2020 #25
Good Plan ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #35
Our power was out 80 hours here in the north Georgia mountains Glorfindel Nov 2020 #17
Found myself wondering dixiegrrrrl Nov 2020 #28
Glad it wasn't any worse Warpy Nov 2020 #18
Fast and sustained winds are hell on the trees, unfortunately. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2020 #32
welcome back. AllaN01Bear Nov 2020 #19
Glad you are back bdamomma Nov 2020 #26
Glad you made it through that, dixiegrrrrl! calimary Nov 2020 #27
Since Ivan hit here directly, every tree has been leaning. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2020 #29
I feel the same way watching all those beautiful (and doomed) trees as the brushfires burn. calimary Nov 2020 #36
Welcome back! vercetti2021 Nov 2020 #30
Hey! Good to hear you're doing OK but sorry about about the power. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #31
The full moon was lovely. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2020 #33

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
2. Welcome back!
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 07:15 PM
Nov 2020

Glad you are ok & that you've rediscovered the joy of reading!

There is a wonderful fiction group here at DU!

samnsara

(17,572 posts)
3. actually a bit of electronic 'down time' would be nice...assuming everything else was OK.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 07:17 PM
Nov 2020

...welcome back!

napi21

(45,806 posts)
5. Welcome back. We here in Ga. finally got power back today around noon. We didn't have it too bad
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 07:22 PM
Nov 2020

though. We borrowed a generator from my son. It wasn't big enough to power the whole house, so I cooked on a hot plate, had no hot water, & no furnace. The only thing that really bothered us was that it got down to the high 40's overnight, so it was quite chilly in the AM!

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
20. Not as much pioneering as it was a few decades ago
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:27 PM
Nov 2020


Used to be adventurous and challenging. Now it was a PITA....Esp. those chilly nights.

I declare fleece should be the national fabric. a lifesaver, eh?

Finally got cell service, sent out an SOS to my 2 sons who live in Puget Sound , home of the amazon gods, when I heard we might be powerless till the 3rd!!!
They overnighted a 2 burner camping stove, another big Mag light with led bulb, and a ton of D batteries, which will arrive tomorrow, so naturally the power came on a few hours ago, because if I HAD run out of batteries, it would have not come back, right?

glad you are warm and well tonight...

malaise

(267,845 posts)
6. Welcome back sis
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 07:24 PM
Nov 2020

So good to see you - Eta us below us - should be a hurricane overnight and make landfall in Nicaragua

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
21. " hurricane".....shudder.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:30 PM
Nov 2020


Been a hell of a year. Might just be something to this here "global warming" stuff, ya think?

JanMichael

(24,847 posts)
7. Glad you are ok. Ours was out for 54 hours (Thurs at noon until Sat at 6pm).
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 07:28 PM
Nov 2020

Tree went down and mussed up the lines and a pole. Just dumped most of the stuff in the fridge (left Friday for electricity, got back today).

And we are in NC!

LuvNewcastle

(16,820 posts)
9. Glad you came through it unscathed!
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 07:40 PM
Nov 2020

I've been in the hospital throughout this event, and I'm kind of glad. Most people here in Gulfport, MS are still without power. It's dangerous on the streets because the street lights are out and a lot of people aren't honoring the rule about making every intersection without a sign or a light into a 4-way stop. My mom told me that there are lots of wrecks because of all the people not ceding the right-of-way when they should, and that just ties the traffic up that much worse. That storm blew through here in about a couple of hours or less, but did a hell of a lot of damage!

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
22. Hanging out in that area years back was heaven, wasn't it?
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:35 PM
Nov 2020

Before the casinos.

I'm appreciative that you are ok...that's kinda what I am hearing, yes?

LuvNewcastle

(16,820 posts)
34. Yeah, growing up down here was a dream.
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 12:23 AM
Nov 2020

The people that come here nowadays aren't so interested in fishing and water skiing, though. I don't know how long it's going to be before they get all the casinos going again, but they really need to bring them all on land. It's silly for one of your biggest industries to get knocked out every ten years or so because of these storms. Not many people were hurt, though, and we're all grateful. All that other junk can be replaced, and this will all be over soon.

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
12. Welcome back!
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 07:54 PM
Nov 2020

We lost power after the aftermath of Isais blew threw. Our street came back after 2 days but the other side was out for 5 days. Fortunately my generator worked! Tons of big trees were down on power lines.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
15. Same here until last night. 45,000 without service by our cooperative,
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 09:40 PM
Nov 2020

and we were among the last restored.

Here's to electricity! And running water.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
24. and hot water.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:42 PM
Nov 2020

Had to fire up the outdoor grill, boil water and take sponge baths. My limit seems to be 3 days until
showers become all encompassing fantasy.

And here's to Nook and Power banks and converting cigarette lighter in the car. Back lit reading screen was
the major key to not going nutz.

The neighbor has a gas stove and water heater. I'm seriously gonna price that idea. Ya get to a certain age and roughing it is very passe'.

ProfessorGAC

(64,427 posts)
16. Glad You're OK
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 09:42 PM
Nov 2020

We went 8 days on generator once.
Tornado went right over the center of town. We live right in the center of town.
Never touched down. It did touch 5 miles SW & 18 miles NE. Did tremendous damage there.
Our home wasn't damaged, but boy did we lose the huge branches.
Again, glad you came out the other side in good shape.

ProfessorGAC

(64,427 posts)
35. Good Plan
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 08:19 AM
Nov 2020

An expensive way to get electricity, but far better than no electricity.
Of course, that incident happened when Silverspoon George's economic plan let gas spin up to $3.90 a gallon!
We have a 3 year plan to get a natural gas gen set with bumpless transfer. In that sort of urgent need, moving the car, pulling the generator, getting it running, running the labeled extension cords, probably in the dark...
Not sure I want to deal with that as I get to my last 60s.
We'll see.

Glorfindel

(9,706 posts)
17. Our power was out 80 hours here in the north Georgia mountains
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 09:52 PM
Nov 2020

came back on at about 5:10 PM today. I didn't mind the time spent reading, but I did miss Democratic Underground terribly. Hooray for the REA power crews!

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
28. Found myself wondering
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:48 PM
Nov 2020


"what's that wee lil fucker up to?"...don't trust him when I can't keep hi in my sights. Only part of the news I missed, al tho Mr. dixie was having Rachel withdrawals, and Randi Rhodes.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
32. Fast and sustained winds are hell on the trees, unfortunately.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:57 PM
Nov 2020


I had heard we were gonna get the tropical storm part. We are only 90 miles due north of Pensacola.
Tropical storms usually do the rainy, some low lying flooding, with some wind., up here.
But listening to it come in Wed. night sounded a lot more hurricaney, you know that sound they make.
It hit harder that we were expecting.
Our house is well protected, wasn't worried about that bit. But...country...lots of country roads.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
27. Glad you made it through that, dixiegrrrrl!
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:46 PM
Nov 2020

Sorry to hear about all those poor trees, though...

We need our trees! All over everywhere! The more the better.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
29. Since Ivan hit here directly, every tree has been leaning.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:50 PM
Nov 2020


When the storms come thru, some fall, but I am amazed at how many of them remain, still leaning.

Hate losing the oaks, tho.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
36. I feel the same way watching all those beautiful (and doomed) trees as the brushfires burn.
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 01:44 PM
Nov 2020

It renders me heartsick.

We NEED our trees! Their byproduct is oxygen (converted from carbon dioxide) - which we, um, kinda NEED... for human AND planetary SURVIVAL. That's all.

Solly Mack

(90,740 posts)
31. Hey! Good to hear you're doing OK but sorry about about the power.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:56 PM
Nov 2020

The sky here was beautiful at night with no lights. I went out nightly to enjoy it.

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