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March 1-2 wind event


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44 minutes ago, dukeblue219 said:

The wind has really dropped in the last hour here in Silver Spring. Still gusty by "normal" standards but the trees aren't bending over anymore. So far not a lot of power outages in our immediate neighborhood, but it looks like outages are much worse over towards Potomac.

Still plenty of wind in our area of SS (slightly north of downtown). 

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15 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Unless it's a Ryan home. ;)

Man, please don't use that stupid "wicked" term in this forum.

So true! We had a Ryan townhouse built in 2009. We've had issues with shingles and shutters flying off the house almost any time we get a powerful winter cold front or powerful winter storm. Today appears to be by far the worst though. For the side that faces w/nw, we've probably lost almost a quarter of the shingles and there is a few rows of them at the very top currently flapping up and down and constantly slamming against the roof. 

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5 minutes ago, osfan24 said:

So true! We had a Ryan townhouse built in 2009. We've had issues with shingles and shutters flying off the house almost any time we get a powerful winter cold front or powerful winter storm. Today appears to be by far the worst though. For the side that faces w/nw, we've probably lost almost a quarter of the shingles and there is a few rows of them at the very top currently flapping up and down and constantly slamming against the roof. 

I don't know if it's because they've built so many homes or if it's because they are an "affordable" builder, but I know many friends that have been inconvenienced by their work. But today is an extreme day.

 

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9 minutes ago, osfan24 said:

So true! We had a Ryan townhouse built in 2009. We've had issues with shingles and shutters flying off the house almost any time we get a powerful winter cold front or powerful winter storm. Today appears to be by far the worst though. For the side that faces w/nw, we've probably lost almost a quarter of the shingles and there is a few rows of them at the very top currently flapping up and down and constantly slamming against the roof. 

Well if you can prove a storm ripped off the shingles... your home owners insurance should pay for a new roof

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9 minutes ago, DCTeacherman said:

All I have to say is thank god there wasn’t arctic air in place for this.  Philly to Boston would have another historic blizzard and we’d be counting flakes. 

IM just south of philly now on 95 and it’s pouring snow and sticking to everything. About an inch. So I think this might still be an unexpected something for this area.

all these coastal seem to never go south of the delaware/ md border

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36 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

3 of them too 

2 Paddleboarders Missing, 3 Rescued On Severn River In Storm

Friday, March 2nd 2018
ANNAPOLIS, MD — Three paddleboarders on the Severn River were rescued by authorities while two other paddleboarders are still missing in the nor-easter, authorities said Friday. Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police and Anne Arundel County Fire Department crews are searching the river near Yantz Creek and Boone Trail for the missing water enthusiasts.
Shortly before 3:30 p.m., the Natural Resources Police tweeted that it had three paddleboaders safely on board a patrol boat. The search is still on for two more, the department said.
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16 minutes ago, Kmlwx said:

PEPCO now is showing 212,064 without power in their service area. It just keeps going up...

Question is how many of these are main feeder lines that can be fixed and drop the number substantially vs smaller outages. 

Not many...we've been trying to work that for most of the day..

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19 minutes ago, Interstate said:

Well if you can prove a storm ripped off the shingles... your home owners insurance should pay for a new roof

Apparently someone tried to call their homeowners insurance company about it and they referred them to the HOA, which does not pay for it.

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6 minutes ago, MiddleRvrwx said:

2 Paddleboarders Missing, 3 Rescued On Severn River In Storm

Friday, March 2nd 2018
ANNAPOLIS, MD — Three paddleboarders on the Severn River were rescued by authorities while two other paddleboarders are still missing in the nor-easter, authorities said Friday. Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police and Anne Arundel County Fire Department crews are searching the river near Yantz Creek and Boone Trail for the missing water enthusiasts.
Shortly before 3:30 p.m., the Natural Resources Police tweeted that it had three paddleboaders safely on board a patrol boat. The search is still on for two more, the department said.

Why in God’s name would you go paddle boarding in this weather?

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2 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

I am flagging. Slept horrible last night. Trying to nap and the winds have gotten bad again. May have to break out the cocktails tonight to put me out. 

Got a little head start of you here. 

And not directed at Mrs. J, but why does Fox News in Bmore have "Wicked Weather" as their banner headline? Come on! Don't be lame and use some other area's verbage. Especially New England.

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9 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Not many...we've been trying to work that for most of the day..

MoCo hit the 80K number you were watching for. I'm beginning to think BGE just gave up and doesn't care about fixing their reporitng system anymore. 

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2 minutes ago, baltimoreguy said:

Is there any evidence that BGE is under-representing outages? Never lost power at home in Towson, or at work in Lutherville ...

Yes. Their website says the outage numbers are inaccurate. Also if you look at the Maryland outage map - the numbers in their zones are all unrealistically low. 

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