ravensrule Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Not going to happen. Maybe you will get struck by lightning then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAOS Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Maybe you will get struck by lightning then. And perhaps the models will trend north....LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Not sure why but BGE has not updated their outages in almost an hr...hard to believe no one has lost power in the last hour Maybe BGE lost power in the past hour? Ever considered that? Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXW176 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Have had only two instances of lights flickering here in Gainesville. What I'd like to know is why is my Directv still on after all this wind and rain when it only takes a moderate rain and some inconsequential wind to take it out any other time. I was wondering the exact same thing my Directv has not missed a beat since the storm started, usually in any heavy downpour i lose service for a few minutes. Skinny raindrops. The fat ones block the signal. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Skinny raindrops. The fat ones block the signal. Seriously. If that is true that is hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 BGE finally updated there are 211K outages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Directv signal is,most affected when rain comes from the SW (or wherever your dish points) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakat Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 The power has flickered a few times this evening/early morning. Thankfully and luckily, we still have electricity. That being said, we still have the rest of Tuesday to get through before things calm down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I manage to keep my power and the winds have died down so maybe I lucked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Obviously there are a lot w/o power today, but I think many woke up and said "wow, I still have power" Surely the number of outages is a lot lower than expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Obviously there are a lot w/o power today, but I think many woke up and said "wow, I still have power" Surely the number of outages is a lot lower than expected. Wow still have power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Power on, but no Internet. After the Derecho we didn't have power for 24hrs but no Internet for 4 days. Dominion > Cox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Anyone know how downtown Annapolis fared, flooding-wise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 7.06" of rain so far here in Clarksburg. Temp is 39.5°F with a DP of 39. Winds are from the WSW at 11mph and the last gust was from the WNW at 49mph over 3 hours ago. Things have really calmed down. Peak 10-min sustained winds last night were from the WNW at 44mph and the peak gust was from the NNW at 61mph, achieved twice. Most gusts were in the 55mph range and for around 3 hours. Edited to add: the lowest pressure I saw was 28.66", 970Mb at 11:20pm. We're at 29.11Mb now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I have some friends who live in sparrows pt near the water and they are under water this morning. Their house is built up, so their living space is dry. Would need a boat to egress, though, or swim/wade, until water recedes. Sent from my DROIDX 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Sandy's winds were near expectations... Maybe 5 mph less or so? A forecast of 55-65 mph would have been right on for most of the region. We did see some reports of over 70 mph and we did seem some severe damage like roof off in Alexandria. So it was bad enough and the gusts regionwide were higher than Isabel. Probably three factors prevented the massive outages everyone was preparing for: 1) Derecho already knocked down the weaker trees; 2) the wind direction was from the typical high wind direction behind cold fronts; 3) fewer leaves than during the summertime. I'm particularly surprised by how few Pepco outages there were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyHolt Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I think the ground dry before the event started, and lack of leaves, largely spared me living deep among tall trees in Mont County. The peak winds did not seem as sustained as they were during Irene to me, and were much less frequent. I was much more scared during that event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 had one flicker - but never lost power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Still got mine and didn't lose power at all during the worst of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grhqofb5 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Lights are out in Odenton, MD. At the intersection of Rt. 3 some power is restored as of 930am. Additional lights going north on Rt. 3 towards I-97 are out. Annapolis, at least the area near the mall, appears to have power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Lights are out in Odenton, MD. At the intersection of Rt. 3 some power is restored as of 930am. Additional lights going north on Rt. 3 towards I-97 are out. Annapolis, at least the area near the mall, appears to have power. My side of Odenton never lost power. I was surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Power went last night around 8. BGE automated service says it'll be back on by 3pm. We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grhqofb5 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Power went last night around 8. BGE automated service says it'll be back on by 3pm. We shall see. Good to hear. My wife packed up our two infant children and headed out to her parents' house. I'm thinking power outages are underreported due to the sheer volume (it's my understanding that outages are not counted unless someone actually reports it), so who knows at this point. Sump pump isn't running so not looking forward to what I find when I return home after work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 The linemen of Potomac Edison ROCK! Only 17hrs. out way better than I expected. They heat is running and will take a shower soon. Then hope to take a nap, last night was rough with two scared kidos and quite frankly one anxious mom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Good to hear. My wife packed up our two infant children and headed out to her parents' house. I'm thinking power outages are underreported due to the sheer volume (it's my understanding that outages are not counted unless someone actually reports it), so who knows at this point. Sump pump isn't running so not looking forward to what I find when I return home after work. I'm not sure what's going on regarding reporting. When I called they were already aware of my outage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakat Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 The power has flickered on and off more today then yesterday. The last flicker was about 90 minutes ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I'm not sure what's going on regarding reporting. When I called they were already aware of my outage. Same here. Doesn't inspire confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 never lost power, never flickered, had 2 small surges when some near by transformer exploded. direct tv never went out the entire time, very impressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Still out here (including Comcast). The automated line now just says they know there is a problem, but have no estimate on when it will be fixed. I expect to be out until the weekend. I drove around the area today and saw no trees down or damaged lines or any other indication a storm even occurred. There is clearly another deeper issue with the local grid here as this is the third multi-day outage in the last year or so. My suspicion is that the local substation is a Thomas Edison v1.0 model from 1890. Kingsville is a very old community with many historic buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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