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Tuesday, August 11. 2009

Tornado

We had a tornado yesterday (yes, they do sometimes occur in New England), leaving us without power, internet, phone, etc. at Maggie's HQ.


My chat with the broadband guys working on the wires told me that a tree knocked the primary power line into the cable line and started a fire in the cable. They had to replace a long section of cable.

Posted by Bird Dog at 21:08 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Well then, glad you're back up so soon. Those utility guys are graded to what level of those LL.B, or whatever, guys. Which is more useful?
#1 Luther on 2009-08-11 22:36 (Reply)
I had a tornado pass over my apartment when I was in Salt Lake. The glass door to the small balcony was open but not a thing inside was disturbed. The trees across the street were knocked down and up the hill was a total mess. It was a weak tornado, thank G*d, it could have been worse. But I did have a chance to use my axe after all those years and the church people were out with reinforcements and beverages.
#2 chuck on 2009-08-11 23:03 (Reply)
I lost power here for about three hours after a particularly strong storm and met neighbors I hadn't seen before ;-).
#3 Retread on 2009-08-12 10:27 (Reply)

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