Wind Storm - Ike Remnants

Yesterday, we experienced hurricane strength winds. There wasn’t rain to go with it…just lots of wind. In North Dayton, there were wind speeds reported near 70 MPH. In the Dayton area (DP&L), there are still approximately 200,000 customers without power. They are expecting some of the outages to last through the weekend. Our friends and neighbors near Cincinnati (Duke Energy) are also experience a high number of outages. At last check, the number of Duke Energy customers in Ohio without power was approximately 600,000. These outages could last at least one week.

The only damage that we had was some shingles from our roof blew off. Nothing major though. There were a few times that our power had flickered but I was had the generator ready to go if the power did go out. As we went out last night and today, we found that many of the neighborhoods in our area are without power. Gas stations are without power. This is causing a supply shortage in some areas. Bags of ice are another item that is becoming hard to find.

I have family that was without power. I passed our generator on to them and offered other family members our other generator. I’ve also offered to make dinner and give them a place to stay that has electricity. None of my offers were taken. I can understand them not wanting to stay here but why not the warm dinner offer?!?

The wind storms have proven to be very difficult for many families – here in Ohio and other paths of the hurricanes. Many families are without power while others have begun the process of making insurance claims, cleaning up the debris, and/or adding up their losses. My prayers are with those that do not have power and hope that no one was injured as result of the extreme weather that pass through here. I know this was a real wake up call for us.

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Snow, Sleet & Whatever else is falling from the sky

Well, we didn't get quite as much snow as they predicted. I was really hoping this would be that one good snow before winter is gone. We barely had any snow. Roads weren't bad on my commute this morning. Most of my commute is on the highway, today was no different. There was one exception - the "I'm scared to death" drivers. I came across plenty of them this morning. There was one lady that game over right in front of me, nearly missing the front in of my vehicle. She may not have seen me when she came over but she saw me when I passed her! I think she went into panic mode when the snow turned to sleet.

Now, they are just calling for more snow and sleet with the snowfall totals drastically being cut to 4 inches. Some people may think I'm crazy but I would really like to see a BIG snow accumulation before winter ends. Sleeping in and spending a day at home versus coming to work sounds like a great idea to me!