Safe.
Minimal Damage(s) personally
It got a wee bit hairy at 0130 when the surge came 5 feet up the driveway.... THAT TBH was scary AF seeing a lake where my street was. 20+ years here and NEVER had anything like that before
TONS of branches down and trees stripped bare.
No generator set up yet. Waiting until daylight, unlike the neighbors who busted them out as soon as the storm went past... Those folks have NOT set up security on them either.
Power I think is going to be down a looong minute.
Already made contact w/the former DotMil neighbors who, like me were doing BDA at 0530 (battle damage assessment).
Having a backup cell phone if only for power is a REALLY good idea, as the lil chineseum back up powerpack I -had- (of course) took a shit and was/is inop.
This also meant the lil LED USB lights were/are worthless as no place to plug the USB gizmo into
Kenny if you could let the folks know I'd appreciate it. It's gonna be a minute B4 I poast as far as I know
An interesting experience so far.
Drinking water -might- become an issue per the radio. Which also: get a small AM/FM/SW1-2 Radio w/a hand crank.
Never realized just how quiet this place is without the civilizational noises around....
More Later
Billy/BCE
Thank you for passing that on
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ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that.
ReplyDeleteNone of us are really prepared for this. It’s just survival at its best. Just need to stay calm and collected while no one else is.
ReplyDeleteNews up here said that it wasn’t as bad as it could have been, but it still sounds like a mess. Glad to hear you and yours are ok.
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Thanks for the heads up, stayed up till 2am watching the big H go right over his ass. A little verklempt at the relatively great news.
ReplyDeleteThanks for giving us the update, Kenny
ReplyDeleteGlad you are ok, yeah it'll be a minute or two before electric is back up, I was without the grid for a month after Ida..... Be safe
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Thank you Mr. Lane for the public service announcement. Knuckledraggin is my first cyber stop in the morning and I was hoping to see his site had been updated with good news.
ReplyDeleteWell that’s certainly some good news. BCE will be helping others shortly I bet. This is what we do.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that "quiet"...I love that quiet after the storm when the buzz of electricity is down and I can hear the voice of God again.
ReplyDeleteHad a Radio Shack "Realistic" AM/FM/SW radio I purchased about 25 years ago, back when they made some decent stuff. Worked OK last year, but when I pulled it out before Helene, it was DOA. And no, I never stored batteries in it.
ReplyDeleteNew one arrives today via Amazon, with added NOAA Weather channels and a digital display.
I've always insisted on SW bands because you never know when you'll need news with a different (maybe even honest) slant.
Glad to hear, might need to make a beer run. How did the Hair Diva make out?
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Glad to hear you are ok, enjoy the view of the stars for the next couple of weeks while the power is out
ReplyDeleteYou can’t kill bad grass. Thanks for the update Kenny.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear he's OK!!!!
ReplyDeleteHooah. Delighted to hear the lad came through OK. And what he said about quiet. I still remember growing up on our ranch in the California gold rush country. We would lose power now and then during winter storms, only for a matter of hours. We had wood heat, and would just break out the oil lamps and flashlights. The pace of life just slowed down. When the power came back on and everything spooled up again, it felt like a treadmill being turned back on.
ReplyDeleteVery good to see this update. Sounds like BC pulled through with minimal damage, which is excellent news indeed. Never trust those portable power/jump packs. If it's the type I'm picturing, typically has a cheap ass 12V 7A gel cell in it, and notorious for dying under load when you really need it.
ReplyDeleteI’m here in coastal west Florida, it’s bad! The east coast took a hit
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update. Our local street crown is 18" below finish floor of our home. 5 feet of water (60") would put about 42" of water inside our home. Damn ! That is some mean storm surge there. I'm glad to hear BCE home and family survived the storm, hope the recovery back to normal is done as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteGood to here you are OK. Helena was a wakeup for me. I was prepared for a couple days without power but not a week. I contacted the niece's husband for a backup generator and transfer switch. I found my Weather radio with crudded up battery compartment, a new radio is on order. I also found I needed canned meats and a camp stove.
ReplyDeleteGet a Grayl water filter (and a few spare filter cartridges) per person:
ReplyDeletehttps://grayl.com/
They will work on the most contaminated water (including sewage) and will provide around 65 gallons of safe drinking water until the cartridge becomes too clogged to work in a reasonable time frame. Unlike a Berkey filter, they can be carried if you need to bug out. They work.
Phil B
My sisters place in Venice is fine. They're very happy
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