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winds r romantic too some time,

i like the work

posted by khyal on September 15, 2008 at 4:54 PM | link to this | reply

CANDLE LIGHT DINNER TIME...THIS TOO SHALL PASS!!!

posted by sunsirae on September 15, 2008 at 3:57 PM | link to this | reply

elysianfields, thank you :)

posted by shelly_b on September 15, 2008 at 12:39 PM | link to this | reply

Lustor, especially 75 mph winds!

posted by shelly_b on September 15, 2008 at 12:38 PM | link to this | reply

TAPS, lobster bisque??? LOL

thankfully, my house has power.  We were lucky!

posted by shelly_b on September 15, 2008 at 12:37 PM | link to this | reply

Sunny, most of the city is without power.

This includes our daycare.  Us teachers are being shipped to other centers (who have power) to help out.  They say it might take 7 days to restore power.  UGH!

posted by shelly_b on September 15, 2008 at 12:36 PM | link to this | reply

we are going without power now

For going on 18-20 hours now, with no telling how long we will be without...again.

The last time it was 3-4 days.

We have several large trees and branches down, on our property alone...one, roots and all. And have seen many many more on surrounding properties and neighboring towns.

You can't even get in touch with the electric company.
My mom got an answering machine that said 150,000 were without power and now is down to thirtysome thousand...but I don't believe that. If they were able to repair that much damage overnight, we would have power by now. Unless they don't give a shit about us in the country...which may be the case.

posted by Sunnybeach7 on September 15, 2008 at 12:18 PM | link to this | reply

Shelly_b, do you have emergency equipment ready--flashlights, candles, bottled water, lobster bisque, stuff like that?

posted by TAPS. on September 14, 2008 at 10:16 PM | link to this | reply

I hate the wind

posted by lustorlove on September 14, 2008 at 8:53 PM | link to this | reply

Shelly, Hang in there...God bless you all ~ Elyse  (left much damage in Texas at its full strength)

posted by elysianfields on September 14, 2008 at 7:52 PM | link to this | reply

Sam, according to the news..it has caused a lot of damage!

posted by shelly_b on September 14, 2008 at 5:16 PM | link to this | reply

I hope it passes through uneventful!  sam

posted by sam444 on September 14, 2008 at 5:06 PM | link to this | reply

Hang on love -----literally

posted by Kabu on September 14, 2008 at 4:34 PM | link to this | reply

Bel, hahahahaha...to the photo!

posted by shelly_b on September 14, 2008 at 3:57 PM | link to this | reply

JanesOpinion, I heard about that.

The storm being as big as Texas.  Imagine?  Brings shivers down my spine.

I'm just happy I don't have any huge trees around my townhouse.  Just the lamp post that's holding out despite the winds.

posted by shelly_b on September 14, 2008 at 3:56 PM | link to this | reply

Oh my, sounds scary!

I hope that's all the damage your property sustains -- i.e. a crack in the garage door!

We've had a boatload of rain here in Michigan, with quite a lot of flooding.  I'm thankful to report no damage personally, but I know a lot of folks here live in flood zones . . . . 

speaking of flooding, I was amazed to read that the eye of the storm (Hurricane Ike) was 49 miles wide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Wow!  And what, at one point the entire storm was the size of the state of Texas.  Hello!

posted by JanesOpinion on September 14, 2008 at 3:49 PM | link to this | reply

There's no place like home, there's no place like home!

posted by Bel_ on September 14, 2008 at 3:42 PM | link to this | reply

People are walking their dogs out in this. WTF?

posted by shelly_b on September 14, 2008 at 3:36 PM | link to this | reply

Bel, stay inside just in case!

you don't want to be blown to Kansas or anything.

 

posted by shelly_b on September 14, 2008 at 3:33 PM | link to this | reply

Just checked the weather for lower Michigan

they have flood warnings and wind advisories.  Their wind is only expected to get to 45 MPH.

posted by Bel_ on September 14, 2008 at 3:30 PM | link to this | reply

I can imagine Shelly

at our old house we had a HUGE box elder in the front that was half dead.  Because of the power lines we couldn't risk taking it out ourselves and consumers energy never got around to taking it out.  I heard it came down last summer during a storm and had we been living there it would have taken out both vehicles with it.

posted by Bel_ on September 14, 2008 at 3:26 PM | link to this | reply

Bel, I don't think I would even want to be near the woods right now..

it's bad enough with the trees we have now around our place.  The wind took down two...roots and all.

posted by shelly_b on September 14, 2008 at 3:25 PM | link to this | reply

Yep

Think I'll keep my happy little self right here in the woods where it's nice and safe.  I wonder what it's like in the lower part of the state.

posted by Bel_ on September 14, 2008 at 3:21 PM | link to this | reply

gapcohen, yeah, really!

posted by shelly_b on September 14, 2008 at 3:21 PM | link to this | reply

Bel, I just watched the news..

trees and powerlines are down all over the place!  Some of the winds have been getting up to 75 mph.

posted by shelly_b on September 14, 2008 at 3:19 PM | link to this | reply

Stay safe and keep away from flying objects!  Mal

posted by gapcohen on September 14, 2008 at 3:17 PM | link to this | reply

wow Shelly that is not sounding good

We have rain today, but it's not too bad round these parts.

posted by Bel_ on September 14, 2008 at 3:16 PM | link to this | reply