Ca storm

[Charley Lillard]

Weather is kinda ugly today. Rain and winds at about 50 mph. Running on a generator that won't run the well. Roof of my shop is barely holding the solar panels for my swimming pool. The pool that is a safe haven for the lawn furniture that now resides in it. http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309400-P1010009.JPG

[Charley Lillard]

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[Charley Lillard]

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[ORIGLS6]

Looks like a bad day to fly a kite.

Hunker down and stay safe Chas.

[Mr70]

How are the dogs handling it?

[Salvatore]

Man that is a shame! Hope all things work out. Weather seems extreme all the time, all over. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif Stay safe! Sam

[Z-11 396]

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+++ Lillard ++ Good thing you don't own a Corvair, it would have been blown into the pool too... Take care, Objects, and things can be replaced, people not so ...Kasey

[Late BrakeU2]

I have a buddy in Mammoth,NWS stating 140-200 mph wind gusts possible there tonight http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

Getting ready for 1" per hour rainfall and 80mph winds down here,whole place burned in Nov gonna be interesting.

[Xplantdad]

Crazy Charley....we're supposed to get the bottom edge of the storm

[Canuck]

Bruce
Usually that storm waits until Auction week so Westworld becomes a mud pit.

Paul

[Xplantdad]

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Bruce
Usually that storm waits until Auction week so Westworld becomes a mud pit.

Paul

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You're right...though I put in an order for good weather this year, Paul!


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[427TJ]

I just flew from Seattle to Burbank and back to Seattle and the winds at Sacramento, Oakland, and San Francisco airports were all southwesterly at about 40 gusting to 60 knots. We were glad we were going to Burbank where the wind was light and variable. Ride was lousy until we got up to 39,000 southbound and 40,000 northbound.

[Xplantdad]

Are your arms tired? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Eddie M.]

Not bad here so far

[kwhizz]

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[Charley Lillard]

Lost my weeping willow on my little island. You can still see it standing in a earlier pic from today. Storm has subsided. http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309462-P1010002-1.JPG

[Jeff H]

They were just saying that the next storm is even stronger with low pressure like a Hurricane! Good luck out there guys. Those fire ravaged areas are gonna turn into mudslide areas with this much rain.

[Charley Lillard]

Solar panels are still up there... http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309465-P1010003-1.JPG

[Charley Lillard]

Lots of water http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309466-P1010004-1.JPG

[Charley Lillard]

Down the street my neighbor gets to look up at two power poles . http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309467-P1010009-1.JPG

[Charley Lillard]

Walnut orchards are minus a few trees. http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309470-P1010012.JPG

[Charley Lillard]

This is the roof of a barn. http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309471-P1010013.JPG

[Charley Lillard]

Another barn...the roof survived but the walls didn't. http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309473-P1010015.JPG

[Charley Lillard]

another barn http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309474-P1010020.JPG

[Stuart Adams]

Your barn sure looks good compared to the neighbors. I guess golfing at Yolo Flyers is out!!

[Verne_Frantz]

Geeez Charlie, what a storm! I'm glad your place didn't have more damage! Hopefully, no leaks or water damage in the buildings...

Verne

[bashton]

Whoa...hang in there Charlie, this one looks like a bummer! We're all thinking about you!

BA

[Tommy]

Hope you all are okay out there. Maybe Round 2 won't materialize and the clean up can begin. be careful.

Tommy http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[Eddie M.]

Dang Charley I didn't realize it would do that up your way we been real calm here compared to that

[Xplantdad]

Charley...you can borrow my jet skis if you want!

Seriously...that looks crazy. We are waiting for our turn now... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[Charley Lillard]

News just said there are still 6 power poles down in my town that they hope to have fixed by tomorrow. I have a generator but no well water except what is in the two tanks.....

[ORIGLS6]

I guess someone could find irony in your situation; surrounded by water but yet..............
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Hope you're through the worst of it, with no damage or harm to livestock................. especially the human type.

[JChlupsa]

Thats a nasty storm and hopefully it will be the end of it and repairs can be completed.

Not fun, we went through 65-70 MPH winds a few weeks ago and some folks are just now getting their power back. Our phones at work are still out from them

[Mr70]

Geez,this is some serious weather.
Next to the Iowa caucus results,it's on every major/independent network.
On Telemundo,it's all they talk about..
Charley since you've lived there,have you ever seen it this bad?..Don't you have a stable of horses near that rooted island willow tree too?

[69LM1]

Wow. Sorry to hear about the storm, prayers your way.

Rich

[VintageMusclecar]

This is a bad-a$$ storm, no doubt about it. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

More than 1M people lose power in Calif. Storm (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080105/ap_on_re_us/winter_storm)

100+ mph winds. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Better batten down the hatches.

[Denis]

Snow is really coming down here in South Lake Tahoe. Expecting 5-10 feet. Can't wait til morning -- powder day!

Sign in town:

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[budnate]

crazy weather for sure, we were hammered a few weeks ago bad people are still trying to get back to fix there places that went under water, flooded the I-5 hwy for days taboot.

Denis when ya getting some trick Polaris sleds for us to beat on in the snow down there?? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif nothing like a midnight ride with a boto bag of the good stuff and a fast sled. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[Eddie M.]

Well its coming down pretty steady here now at the rate its going we'll have fire up the pumps in the morning to keep the cows from floating away http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif oh well we do need it just not all at once http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[Charley Lillard]

Horses are fine. Not even raining right now. Just getting sick of listening to my 500.00 Coleman generator.... We have had alot more rain than this but the winds were some of the worst I have seen. This is nothing compared to the Hurricanes etc that happen to others.

[ORIGLS6]

Hey Eddie, be sure to put those cows on stilts before you hook up the milkers. We don't want any watered down moo juice. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Seriously though, I hope everyone stays safe. Looks nasty out there.

[Canuck]

Charlie
I recall the storms of Feb 1986,that flooded everything in your area. My wife and I had visited the Napa region and then headed to Palm Springs. Cut the trip short because of Weather and headed north. Got stranded in Santa Rosa. Next day we headed to SF to head east to I5 so we could take that north. Everything was flooding around Sacramento so we kept moving until we got to higher ground.
Bought a Honda EU6500 generator this year. Super quiet and puts out 5500 watts. Can run the main rooms in the house off it.
Hang in there!!
Paul

[Charley Lillard]

Got on the roof this morning between rains... http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309677-P1010001.JPG

[Charley Lillard]

A little time with a sawzall and a couple motorcycle tiedowns and it is almost perfect. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309678-P1010003.JPG

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Lost my weeping willow on my little island. You can still see it standing in a earlier pic from today. Storm has subsided. http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309462-P1010002-1.JPG

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The weeping willow will continue to grow (upwardly ) where it lays. Or, you can partially bury almost any size cutting from that tree to make more.

Trees grow back. People don't.

[mbxlesney]

Hey Charlie......Might be a good investment to get a transfer switching station. Living FL. I went through the hurricanes from 2004 and being without a Well for a week was unbearable, I swore I would never go through that again. I have a 6000 watt generator thats not powerful enough to run central A/C, so I installed a window unit for the bedroom and can switch to whatever curcuits I need at the time so If I need water I can switch it to the well and if I want to run the fridge I can do that without overloading the generator. etc. The stations are sold at LOWES for around $500 and well worth it.And you can do all this right inside your Home or Garage whichever you prefer. The trick is to map out all of your existing circuits at your fuse panel and figure all of your wattages for the size of your Generator. A licensed electrician is a must though. Good luck and Hunker down as they say here in the Sunshine state. I will attach a pic of what they look like. The brand name is Reliance.

[mbxlesney]

Here is a Pic of the Transfer Station.

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I've got one of these (http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=582&source=shopping) GenTran's in my office for a free standing portable generator we drag from the shed. Easy plug-in and we can bring on a choice of six circuits.

[rich p]

Amateurs out there in CA..Looks like a little drizzle where we live.. Its party time http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[mbxlesney]

Yes that is very simular to mine. I chose to have the remote outlet option mounted outdoors as thats where the Generator is, running 50 ft. away from the building Iam powering IE: no fumes. I built a small insulated watertight large dog house sized enclosure with a hinged roof that also cuts down on the drone of the generator.

[Stuart Adams]

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A little time with a sawzall and a couple motorcycle tiedowns and it is almost perfect. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309678-P1010003.JPG

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You are too old to be on the roof!!

[Charley Lillard]

I have a master switch to switch to the generator but I have two meters and the well is on the other meter. We are adding another switch to add the well to the generator at the same time.

Stuart...I agree...

[Stuart Adams]

You sure have a very nice setup. The dogs are cool too.

[Charley Lillard]

I'll ship em to ya....

[Mr70]

You really should move.

[Denis]

We live two hours east of Charley, and a little over 6K feet higher in elevation.

Here's the front yard, yesterday around dinner time:

http://www.corvettes-musclecars.com/yenko.net/IMG_4278.jpg

Twenty-four hours or so later (check out the wife's car in the LHS of the photo):

http://www.corvettes-musclecars.com/yenko.net/IMG_4284.jpg

For many people, this kind of storm can be a nightmare. Others, like yours truly, consider it Utopia:

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[Xplantdad]

You lucky dog http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif!

[kwhizz]

Be Careful Denis...........9 months after the New York City Blackout the Birthrate went up......Looks like you are in the same situation.......EH!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif Good Luck with the Snow Blower.......

Ken http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

[Charley Lillard]

Last night I went to bed with power and water..This morning I wake up to no power. I want my morning coffee but noooooo...I have to go start the generator. After about 3 pulls on the rope of the 10 hp Coleman POS generator it fires and runs for maybe 5 seconds but then shuts off. This is all being done by the light of my truck. I pull and I pull and I pull on that friggen rope with that cold thick oil in that engine and keep wishing I had taken better care of my back when I was young. Pull the spark plug, bead blast it clean by flashlight..{I have air in my air tank). Still no start. Pull plug again, ground it and pull friggen rope and there is no spark from this POS Coleman. Go in house, Wife offers to go to Starbucks.....Power comes on......ARRGH !!!

[mockingbird812]

Charley - as a wise friend of mine said...

Growin' old ain't for sissies!

Enjoy your java. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Mr70]

When did Starbucks start selling generators? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif

[427.060]

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When did Starbucks start selling generators? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif

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They are having a special promotion, buy 10 cups of coffee and get a free generator. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
James

[Verne_Frantz]

You should have slept later...........problems avoided! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Norm reynolds]

Coleman POS generator yap I had one and man are they loud
paid 500 bucks for it then one day was at home depot and saw a generac 7550 exl running watts 7550 surge 13000
automotive oil filter and oil pump with an Electric start
for 600 bucks On the net they were running about 2.500 bucks ao I asked if thatr was the right price when I was told it was I bought it right there and sold the pos Coleman the Generac is a much better unit
Have it in a insulated shed and with the door partly closed the nose is not bad at all
Will run about 10 hours on a tank of gas
the best part is the Electric start pulling the rope on a 13 hp motor will tried you out quick

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They are having a special promotion, buy 10 cups of coffee and get a free generator. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gifJames

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after 10 cups of fourbucks coffee you can operate a pedal generator. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif

[SuperNovaSS]

3 days without power but I'm back. 75 MPH winds and many inches of rain. I hope the worst is over. There is more rain to come.


Jason

[Charley Lillard]

Went to Home Depot..They had one 7500 watt setup and a nice 13000 watt unit that runs on propane and automatically starts when power goes out. 3100.000 though. Went home, took the POS Coleman apart and found the stator had rusted...Sanded off the rust and the POS is no longer a POS.

[Norm reynolds]

This is the one I have Home depot show it at 1,2000 I know they had the worng price that day but hey for 600 it was a good buy
http://www.generac-portables.com/generat...ge=&order=6 (http://www.generac-portables.com/generators/generator.cfm?id=187&use=&price=&wattage=&order=6)

[JimM]

Glad to here you and yours are OK, Charlie.
Good job on the pool heater and the generator!

[ORIGLS6]

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took the POS Coleman apart and found the stator had rusted...Sanded off the rust and the POS is no longer a POS.

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Speaking of weather; Tuesday night here the overnight low was 3° and the high during the day was 12°.

Today it's 72° and I'm out mulching leaves with the mower! Can't wait to see what this next wave brings us. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[BBIGG BLOCK 396]

Well $3100.00 sounds CHEAP to me when you need POWER for MORNING COFFEE! I have been looking at systens to run the WHOLE HOUSE and run on propane also.So I think I am going to splurge and get me one before it is too late! Glad to hear everything is fine and you guys in the storms path are doing OK! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[budnate]

we need them often up hear, Mom has a Home Depot Generac 5500w, with a brigs motor on it, sips the fuel and works great half a pull and she is going. I bought a Honda 7500w elec start, I back fead into the house, shop, works great, sips the fuel,

we have a 4000w colman to, mo fo sounds like a lear jet running and drinks fuel like its hooked to a tanker truck that one is a backup only pos.

a guy has to lose power for a few days once in awhile and have to live like a cave man to appreciate how nice things are,lol.

[ORIGLS6]

Well, we knew it was comin. When the temps go from 12° to 72° in just a couple of days you know you're gonna have trouble. Severe storms and tornadoes all the way from Oklahoma through Springfield, MO up to Kenosha.

I drove home in the worst rain and wind I've seen in years. No damage at home but I'm hearing bad reports from the Springfield, MO and Boone County, IL areas.

How about some reports from you guys in those areas. Let us know everyone's OK.

[kwhizz]

We were a couple of miles from the Damage....But...another member here ...Gary...(Gwawa) had the building behind his house lose it's roof and a Garage across the sreet from him is gone, Gary seems to have gotten away without any Damage (His Generator is getting a workout though) but the rest of the houses on his street did not come out so well......Lots of Damage.....TV Crews are there filming the Damage along with Helicopters filming from the Air......Tornado went right thru and skipped his house and Garage full of Cars........Waiting for the News to come on and see the damage as the Neighborhood is Blocked off............

Ken

[ORIGLS6]

Keep us posted. Hope everyone is OK. I saw Ray Morrison was on a few minutes ago so I'll assume he's good. How about you other guys in Southern Missouri?

Still some lightning and rumbling here so it looks like there's more to come.

[Xplantdad]

Wow...hope everyone is okay!

Ken, let us know what you find out about Gary...

[kwhizz]

Here are a couple of Pic's I took of the Sky just as it was getting dark while all the Air Raid Sirens were going off..........

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a251/kwhizz/BBBenny/DSC08400.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a251/kwhizz/BBBenny/DSC08399.jpg

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Ken

[Xplantdad]

They have video running on the weather channel now...along with a still photo of the twister from a college in Kenosha

[Mr70]

Glad your safe Ken.
Around mid day they showed a Tornado touched down in Poplar Grove,Il.and was then making it's way Northeast to Kenosha Co.
I kept thinking,"what of the Mars Cheese Factory?".
They kept saying,"if you live in Kenosha,you'll soon wish you didn't".

[Chevy454]

Folks around Springfield, MO had a long, long night...last I heard were a couple of confirmed deaths, but they were still digging through lots of rubble. Took the roof clean off one of the schools in Republic, and lots of other schools in the area are closed due to damage...numerous seperate tornadoes on the ground, lots of baseball size and bigger hail...bad, bad, bad. I keep a close eye on Springfield, as my eldest daughter lives there with her mother.

Stayed pretty much west of us, though, as we just got the straight line gusts and rain/hail...hit here around 4:30am...sounded like a freight train coming across the bottom field...never heard anything like it, just a slow build of wind & noise over about 20 seconds, and then all heck broke loose. About 1/2 between our house and town a guy lost the roof off one of his shops and one end of it, framing and all, was gone, with a lot of it lieing on top of the garage next to it...they kept saying on the radio early this morning that a shop building south of Alton had lost it's roof, so everyone was calling to see if it was ours! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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[ORIGLS6]

But you guys are all OK?

[Chevy454]

Yep, everything 'ok' that I know of...got a couple more of our buildings to check out, but can't be anything major. I do know some of the railroad guys had to go out early to Willow Springs and fix some damage, but haven't gotten details on *what* though...Willow Springs would be about 1/2 hour north of Ray Morrison.

[ORIGLS6]

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[Chevy454]

Just heard on the radio, and checked the radar...looks like we're gonna get some more this morning...not as serious, but more wind & hail...is this January or July?!

[Denis]

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Be Careful Denis...........9 months after the New York City Blackout the Birthrate went up......Looks like you are in the same situation.......EH!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif Good Luck with the Snow Blower.......Ken http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

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Hey Ken. Never mind the birthrate. Here in the Sierras, people start eating each other when it snows too much!

Self-respecting Canadians don't need no snowblower...this is but a 'dusting' of snow...

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[Chevy454]

Welp, Kat & I stopped by our buddy's shops that got hit...he got hit in a bad way. He runs a home/auto HVAC business in the smaller shop in front, and his 2 sons run an autobody business out of the bigger shop directly behind...anyway, half the big shop is gone, and the majority of his smaller shop is gone...I shouldn't say "gone", as a lot of it is in tree tops down across the holler. You can see the path from across the highway, over his place, and on across the next ridge...across the highway from his place is a creek feeds the creek in our bottom field, so I'm guessing that locomotive sound around 4:30am was the wind that wrecked his place, I'd say the sound was traveling down the creek/holler. Another house between his house and mine has part of the roof gone also.

Coulda been worse, our buddy and his wife live in a trailer house not more than 25 feet from the shop, and his elderly mother lives in another small house about 20 feet on the other side of him, but they weren't touched...no insurance on the shops, though.

[ORIGLS6]

Bad deal, but understandable. Small businesses in small towns have a tough time and insurance costs eat heavily into the bottom line. Probably much more common than many of us realize.
Tough to look on the bright side when you're dealing with something like this but they DID escape unharmed. I'm betting the community steps up to help them rebuild and keep going. That's small town America at it's best. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

[Chevy454]

Welp, even though the National Weather Service never put us in a watch/warning, they *officially* declared that it was an indeed a tornado that tore up the shop & houses just up the road from us...one of 29 in southern Missouri that evening! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif