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Post by luvvinlife on Aug 4, 2020 14:59:50 GMT
Just torrential rain here in the Poconos, about 30 miles from Sussex NJ, for now.
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Post by DebDoesWW on Aug 4, 2020 15:27:59 GMT
luvvinlife looks like you guys are just getting slammed! Be safe.
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Post by fullmahina on Aug 4, 2020 16:55:00 GMT
Torrential rain now and the wind is picking up, after a morning of lighter rains, occasional thunder and lightning but no winds at all. Everything that can be put away has been put away and anything else has been moved to a more secure place. And yes, the chickens have been moved to the basement Henitentiary. They are NOT happy (boss lady Buffy is especially p***ed off) but they are safe from falling trees, high winds, and tornados. They were REALLY REALLY not happy with me going into their coop this morning and grabbing them one by one and stuffing them into a dog cage for transport but they seemed to actually enjoy the field trip to the basement, looking around like "oh wow cool." They will be headed back to their home the minute this thing blows over. When chickens are not happy they are not shy about vocalizing and they have been very noisy. Dog pen panels, a tarp underneath, bird netting held on with clothespins, and all the comforts of home.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Aug 4, 2020 17:03:21 GMT
fullmahina, Thanks for the picture and the story. Glad they are safe in your basement. SW Connecticut: We are getting some rain and wind but not much. Seems bulk of storm is going west of us.
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Post by hpeterson1951 on Aug 4, 2020 18:02:05 GMT
glad everyone is safe
We had a pretty good downfall here. Small streams and creeks are flooding. But I think it's stopped now
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Post by DebDoesWW on Aug 4, 2020 18:32:55 GMT
fullmahina I could not love that picture and story any more. ❤️ So glad everyone is safe!
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Post by bbbearsmom on Aug 4, 2020 19:06:50 GMT
We lost power and have the generator running. Transformers are blowing, utility poles and trees/branches are coming down. One of the streets by our house is mostly closed in both directions and we got hardly any of the storm.
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Post by fullmahina on Aug 4, 2020 22:16:09 GMT
We lost power too and we have a whole-house generator that kicked in within 5 seconds. I love that thing.
There is no estimate for restoration of service for our area. The outages are massive here.
Two of the chickens busted through the bird netting lol---I guess I didn't space the clothespins closely enough. I went down there to check and one was lying next to her flockmates but OUTSIDE the fence panels and the other trotted up behind me. Their pen now has a big sheet over it in addition to the bird netting.
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Post by borntexan on Aug 4, 2020 22:25:31 GMT
Prayers for all of you in the path and hang in there bbbearsmom and fullmahina.I love your picture.They are being taken care of so they need to chill.LOL.
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Post by DebDoesWW on Aug 4, 2020 22:30:38 GMT
wow you guys! Sending hugs and prayers. Thank you for checking in.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Aug 5, 2020 0:06:18 GMT
fullmahina, They were left unsupervised. We couldn't even report our outage there is something wrong with electric company's website and telephone system. Others are having the same problems and are posting about it in a local Facebook group. Our generator is still going strong. An outage with 1,300 customers was marked on the outage map down the street from us. I'm assuming we are part of that outage. What is strange is we haven't heard any electric company crews on our scanners. The police are still calling in wires down calls.
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Post by pbnj on Aug 5, 2020 2:25:35 GMT
All is well in Massachusetts... strong winds, very little rain. Thinking of all who are without power and have storm damage. 2020 sure is being hateful.
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Post by finreporter on Aug 5, 2020 3:32:36 GMT
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Post by fullmahina on Aug 5, 2020 14:18:59 GMT
Thanks, and they are much happier today, out in the sun and enjoying the nice breezes back in their little home! Power is still out, generator is still going, and there is no estimate of when the power will be back on. Out of about 300,000 customers almost 135,000 lost power and they have only restored a little over 10,000. I think it might be some time before we see power again but who knows---no predictions are available.
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Post by finreporter on Aug 5, 2020 18:28:50 GMT
wow the without power issue would be rough! good thing you have a generator. all my fridge food would have to be thrown out if that happened here! i don't have a generator.
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