Did everyone make it through the storm?

[MayoBoy]

My wife freaked and took the kids downstairs but nothing happened here. We had one burst of wind and a little rain squall but that was it. Everyone wasn't as lucky though - I have an inverter if anyone needs to borrow it. I think it's 100 or 150 watts.

 

[Markk96]

We made it, but it got nasty, lots of hail, some damage to the house I think.

 

[Baron]

Pretty windy for a little bit just enough to blow a trash can over and spread out some trash around the place but we are all good.

 

[MayoBoy]

I have some raccoons that do the same thing if you ever want to "borrow" them...

Of course, in retrospect people with no power can't read this so the entire post is kind of pointless.

 

[chadscamaro]

Store is running on a generator ! Hopefully I get power soon !

 

[MayoBoy]

Let me know if you need the inverter.

 

[geoxman]

STL city is fine, not much rain or hail. As I was running to catch my patio umbrella that was blowing in the wind and I slipped and the fall caused me to bite about an 8th of my tongue off. The bleeding is slowing with salt water soaks. Hurts like a MF but the tank is OK. No pwer out here-only for a minute or so

 

[chadscamaro]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7097133#post7097133 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by geoxman
STL city is fine, not much rain or hail. As I was running to catch my patio umbrella that was blowing in the wind and I slipped and the fall caused me to bite about an 8th of my tongue off. The bleeding is slowing with salt water soaks. Hurts like a MF but the tank is OK. No pwer out here-only for a minute or so

YOUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[geoxman]

it is swelling but not bleeding anymore. My wife wants me to go to the ER but I dont think they can stitch a tongue. I have also been swishing hydrogen peroxide. YOUCH is correct. Is the store OK do you need any help
PL

 

[jeffo65]

No power loss and very light rain and wind. I did not even lose the satellite. It went right around us.

 

[vishboy]

The wind ripped off one of our gutter guards, but everything else is okay. My tank si so small that I put it on a computer back-up battery a while ago, and it should run circulation and skimmer for almost an hour. But I didn't need it, because we lost power only twice for about 30 seconds each.

 

[chadscamaro]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7097224#post7097224 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by geoxman
it is swelling but not bleeding anymore. My wife wants me to go to the ER but I dont think they can stitch a tongue. I have also been swishing hydrogen peroxide. YOUCH is correct. Is the store OK do you need any help
PL

So far store is good,but no power yet ! Getting dark outside,sure could use some light ! LOL !

 

[DrBDC]

I had a 6 ft section of fence come off the posts but it's just q 4 screw repair. A bunch of fences down on Baxter and there was a piece of someone's aluminum siding in my front yard. I leaned it on the mailbox and I guess they recovered it. One neighbor had a huge tree down over their driveway. My parents had a section of about 4X20 of siding come off the side away from the wind, I guess from a vacuum as the wind raced by. Another neighbor had a 30 ft cedar that now is leaning about 30 degrees with the root ball pulled up on the side.

 

[Chelsey]

Coolest thing I saw (cool because it didn't affect me) was one of those huge billboards with the steel pipe for a stand bent over in half, completely touching the ground. I was going to take a pic but I was kinda driving.

 

[MayoBoy]

Another cool thing - about an hour after the big storm, another shower hit and the rain terminator line ran right across our backyard. The grass got soaked but the driveway stayed dry. My wife went outside and stood on the driveway, dry as a bone. She stuck her arm out over the grass and it came back soaked. You could see the line run down our yard, and through the neighbors. Freak-kay.

 

[Shooter7]

You really need to lay off the beer, Steve.

 

[chadscamaro]

I have P O W E R ! Now I can go home !

 

[MayoBoy]

No, really it happened. But then the bugs started crawling out of the outlets again so I had to go and hide in the basement (with my 2 year supply of pickling lime that I bought in Troy last weekend )

 

[tetra9999]

ive been in a snow shower like that before.. you could stand in the snow and then walk 10 feet and not be in the snow.

The storm blew part of the roof off at the school across the street here and all the insulation went flying over here

 

[Kathy55g]

I slept through the whole thing. Jet lag will do it to ya.

Still have the backup bubblers attached to all tanks from my trip preparation, so all is still well, and we did not loose power here anyway, I think. zzzzzzzzzzz

Vishboy, when did you get a UPS? I have some RODI for ya.