i'm ok....

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Registered: 11-10-1999
i'm ok....
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Wed, 10-18-2006 - 2:47pm
i'm sure buffalo, NY/ western NY made the news with our (thunder & lightning) snow storm that hit oct 12th-13th.

 

lake effect rain turned into wet & heavy snow and since the trees didn't loose their leaves, the weight of the snow brought down a lot of limbs/branches, and in some cases, whole trees. and as a result of that, wires were torn down, and we experienced power outages.

 

we had a big tree fall on our street. we thought at first it was struck by lightning....but later on, we found out it was just too unstable due to the gas company cutting the roots when they dug up a couple of times over the summer, and the tree was rotting as well. so with the weight of the snow, it fell. no one was hurt, but it did crush a pickup truck.

 

our power went out about 6:15pm oct 12th and we just got it back today (oct 18) at about 12:30pm. it wasn't too bad without power, just boring since we obviously had no TV, internet etc. the nights were cold, but tolerable. it would have been worse if it were the middle of winter with freezing temps.

 

so i just wanted to let everyone know that i'm doing OK....

 

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Registered: 01-13-2006
Wed, 10-18-2006 - 2:55pm
WOW!! What a storm! I'm glad that you're ok. 2 dsys w/o power is quite a while, especially in the cold. BRRRRRRR!!
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 10-18-2006 - 4:43pm
{{{Kimberly}}}
So glad you are
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Registered: 08-30-2004
Thu, 10-19-2006 - 1:07am
im glad to see that your all ok...wow


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Registered: 09-01-2003
Thu, 10-19-2006 - 1:37pm

kim

so glad to hear from you and everything is good. that was quite the storm and waaaaay too early in the season for that much!! it looked quite the mess on the news. good it wasn't freezing temps.

hope you don't see that for awhile now.

have a great day

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Registered: 09-12-2003
Thu, 10-19-2006 - 3:54pm

Ok Kimmie, I wondered whether you were affected being in buffalo.....

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Registered: 11-10-1999
Thu, 10-19-2006 - 5:42pm

yep - 6 days without power!


i'm unemployed, so i'm always off from work :oP
but on friday, there was a driving ban since there were trees & wires down all over, and roads were unplowed as well. so tim & my parents didnt go to work.


i'm not too sure if rochester was affected by the storm or not. sorry!

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