smokeybandit Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 There are several national articles about how this storm was just a bunch of hype. There are a ton of Marylanders and others begging to disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 There are several national articles about how this storm was just a bunch of hype. There are a ton of Marylanders and others begging to disagree. I'm sure those same websites and/or newspapers were the ones hyping it up to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I'm sure those same websites and/or newspapers were the ones hyping it up to begin with. A lot of it is the scale.. this covered a gigantic piece of real estate full of tons of people. Most places took low-mod impact I think... some localized more severe as always and even mod impact is rate further north. If this was a cat 2 running into LI CT would be totally out of power with parts of the forested areas there heavily leveled. We all know the NYC scenarios... which this certainly was not. This was about the "best" outcome we could have gotten if you don't like super disasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Lost my power around 1:15am but got it back at 7am. Eyeing up my rain guage I have over 3 inches!!!!! Quite a comeback for Carroll after a slow start. 3.15 to be exact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 A lot of it is the scale.. this covered a gigantic piece of real estate full of tons of people. Most places took low-mod impact I think... some localized more severe as always and even mod impact is rate further north. If this was a cat 2 running into LI CT would be totally out of power with parts of the forested areas there heavily leveled. We all know the NYC scenarios... which this certainly was not. This was about the "best" outcome we could have gotten if you don't like super disasters. I completely agree with you on all counts. I suppose my comment was directed more at the media in general that likes to build things up and then tear them down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
09-10 analogy Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Surprised at the winds. They really kicked in last night, I'll admit. This was definitely a memorable storm for around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I completely agree with you on all counts. I suppose my comment was directed more at the media in general that likes to build things up and then tear them down I don't think there's been a recent hurricane landfall where the phrase 'dodged a bullet' didn't appear in the articles immediately after... like Galveston dodged a bullet after Ike, etc. The cycle of hurricane coverage is really predictable. Of course, Katrina and Andrew made them eat their words, but even in all the other hurricanes, it's just plain short memories. How can every single hurricane be "not as bad as predicted?" Maybe that should lead to reflection that the coverage of the storm ahead of time needs to be altered so there's not this notion that the max winds/surge/rain is somehow supposed to appear in every single community in the hurricane's path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 PEPCO has made a little progress today but still 173,000 out of power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 PEPCO has made a little progress today but still 173,000 out of power. BAck up to 174,000 - probably a combo of continuing gusty winds and having to cut more power to restore others. I think they are still in the damage assessment phase for hte most part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 BGE still has 467,000 out. I'm one of them. It sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 BGE still has 467,000 out. I'm one of them. It sucks. BGE the new PEPCO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 BGE still has 467,000 out. I'm one of them. It sucks. I was out since midnight, then on my way over to the office to do some stuff my daughter called and said power was back I'm in shock because the BGE guy down on the road where the 4 trees fell across the wires that service our community said it would be 3-4 days! I got lucky, assuming it stays on at least my back up sump pump worked w/o a hitch, though I was up 5-6 times during the night to make certain the battery wasn't dead in short, this storm sucked just like I thought it would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacindc Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Brother's power went out in Kensington around 4 am, and just came back on. Considering he was without power for multiple days during all the big recent events (and I think almost a week during Isabel), he considers this a victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 well, can't have everything I called my daughter back and power is still on but no TV or internet (Comcast-if I had fios I would have service) not complaining though good luck everyone who remains w/o power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 My mom in Annandale, Va had a tree come down on the lines on her street. It is those areas that will go to at least tomorrow before getting addressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master of Disaster Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 MD Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue Team is deploying to New Jersey. Anyone heard of significant damage there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Powers back up here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 BGE doesn't seem to be making much progress against its posted outage numbers. Gotta feel for those guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Power went out this morning at 7 and is still out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Somehow the power stayed on here. Winds didn't seem too impressive in N. Bethesda. I've seen a couple of small branches down, but nothing like Isabel here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 MD Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue Team is deploying to New Jersey. Anyone heard of significant damage there? MCFRS Twitter page says that MDTF-1 are now "returning to Mont. Co." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Sunny and perfectly calm out...what a contrast from 24 hour ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 PEPCO still 150K Out? Wow they really do suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 PEPCO still 150K Out? Wow they really do suck. BGE still has 422,423 out and 219,816 restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 BGE still has 422,423 out and 219,816 restored. Wow BGE got pwned...220K restored already? PEPCO can't get off their lazy azz at fix anything, still (presumably) live wires down in many places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Wow BGE got pwned...220K restored already? PEPCO can't get off their lazy azz at fix anything, still (presumably) live wires down in many places. I spoke with a family friend whose husband works for PEPCO - the issue right now is that there are a lot of outages that cover only one or two homes. Obviously it's going to take a while to get the number to go down when you are working house by house like that. Not all of the outages are ones that cover 4000 people and can simply flip a switch after one repair and have the number drop significantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 I spoke with a family friend whose husband works for PEPCO - the issue right now is that there are a lot of outages that cover only one or two homes. Obviously it's going to take a while to get the number to go down when you are working house by house like that. Not all of the outages are ones that cover 4000 people and can simply flip a switch after one repair and have the number drop significantly. Yeah but shouldn't they focus on the bigger outages first? There are kids all over this neighborhood and there are live wires laying in the grass/on the roads...Haven't seen one Pepco truck yet. Also looks like my street is one of the few that has power (locally), most houses are dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Still no power in my part of NE balt. Was hoping the fire house one block down from us would help speed things along. Guess not. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master of Disaster Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Got a sad and somewhat pathetic story about PEPCO. Every activation they send a rep to the EOC. Yesterday our DOT rep had a wire clear request and turned around to ask the PEPCO rep to prioritize it. The PEPCO rep looks at the DOT guy and says "just call the customer service line, that's what I do". We were like why the hell are you sitting in the EOC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master of Disaster Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Yeah but shouldn't they focus on the bigger outages first? There are kids all over this neighborhood and there are live wires laying in the grass/on the roads...Haven't seen one Pepco truck yet. Also looks like my street is one of the few that has power (locally), most houses are dark. They had 150 out of state crews staged at the Fairgrounds when I left the EOC at noon. We prioritize from the EOC. Priority 1 are Hospitals, Prisons, 911 center, EOC and the Potomac water treatment plant. Priority 2 are feeder lock outs and then from there it moves into the neighborhoods. We have always noticed a quick response from BG&E and still to this day cant figure out why PEPCO is so delayed with response units already in county from the Southeast and Ohio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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