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Cyndee_Lou_Who Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 12:24 PM
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Who else was hit hard by yesterday's storms?
Power at my house has been out since 6:30 yesterday afternoon, WE energies says it could be up to 3 DAYS!!! :mad:

And I lost a big hunk of a tree, too... my whole neighborhood is a total mess! Thankfully... no one is hurt and no major damage, just messy.

Everyone else OK?
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 12:29 PM
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1. Manitowoc county seems to be okay,
haven't seen today's paper though.
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 12:46 PM
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2. There's a couple of street lights out on the East Side, but
nothing too bad...Glad everyone's OK!
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bugslsu9 Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 12:54 PM
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3. We had wind
No damage that I noticed in Franklin.
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 12:55 PM
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4. No wind here
just lots of rain...1.6 Inches of rain in about an hour and a half.

Hope you get your power back soon. :hug: :hi:
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Jimbo S Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 02:04 PM
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5. Waukesha
Went for a run after the storm and noticed traffic on X heading south out of town was backed up along with the continous wail of sirens.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 02:31 PM
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6. I have no idea.
I drove though some nasty wind early yesterday evening. Had to struggle to stay on the road between Waupun and Juneau. (I'm at my parent's place in Whitewater - I hope my kitties are OK at home!)

What really struck me, besides the darkness that forced me to turn on the lights at 4:30, was the clouds racing across the sky. It looked like a fast-motion camera. I began looking for the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. :scared:
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shoelace414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 02:32 PM
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7. lost a huge branch off my tree
well.. it wasn't lost.. it was on my sidewalk. I have to start cutting it up maybe this weekend.
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Viking12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 04:11 PM
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8. Lost some branches, but not power.
Thank FSM, because we just got done vacuum packing tons of vegetables, berries, and fruits to freeze for the winter.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 01:55 AM
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9. Just got my power back an hour ago
Tomorrow, I dig through the fridge on a 'search and recovery' mission.

And yes, I'm just as pissed as you.
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Serial Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 04:16 PM
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10. Our screen gazebo on our deck (3 months old)
it a twisted pile of canvass/cheap metal!

And we lost the top (entire foliage) on our cute little tree (an arborist said we should cut down cause people who planted it hacked it, but it was still growing and cute), so now it will have to go.

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Cyndee_Lou_Who Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 05:58 PM
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13. I know...
;)
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Sabriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 04:52 PM
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11. We lost a huge limb, which we didn't have many of
It's going to cost $200 to remove it, too. Crap! Anyone know a cheap tree service in the Fox Valley (Oshkosh)?
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gizmo1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 05:54 PM
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12. I just got power back
late last night,wednesday,So today is the 1st time in 3 days could get one the computer.Sheboygan was hit pretty hard.I watched from a kitchen window and I can say that was the strongest storm to hit Sheboygan in a long time!I have a 30 foot ash in the back yard and it was nearly bent in half touching the ground.The neighbors willow came down on the power lines and a maple came down on the neighbors truck.Back to normal now though.
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Cyndee_Lou_Who Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 05:59 PM
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14. I got mine back at 1:30 this AM!!
:bounce:

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gizmo1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 07:25 PM
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15. isn't it like the best most
exciting thing when you get it back? I wanted to hug my TV!
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Cyndee_Lou_Who Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 08:42 PM
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16. It was 1:30 and I was sleeping (alarm goes of at 4:30).... my 14 y/o
woke me "MOM! MOM! THE POWER'S BACK ON! THE POWER'S BACK ON!"

I simply groaned and continued sleeping. I hugged my coffee-maker first, the TV a few hours later.
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