storm damage

Kenna · 04-05-2011, 03:16 AM

Blade just called to say there are power lines down over several major highways and standing water in places where its hard to see. If you are heading out, please be careful!!!!! Thank goodness for cell phones and flashlights!! BE SAFE!!!

Miss Scarlett · 04-05-2011, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweet

Blade just called to say there are power lines down over several major highways and standing water in places where its hard to see. If you are heading out, please be careful!!!!! Thank goodness for cell phones and flashlights!! BE SAFE!!!

Thanks Punkin' - this is going to be an interesting drive for sure! Looks like every route available to me out of town to Concord is blocked in one fashion or another. Guess i'll be leaving early and arriving late. From the way things sound Cabarrus County is a mess. (Sticking my phone on the charger...)

We really got nailed over here on my side of Charlotte. How is everything out your way?

Lighting candles of protection for everyone in the path of this storm.

Kenna · 04-05-2011, 04:22 AM

Mecklenburg. Union and Anson got/are getting slammed. Duke power noted 200,000 without power. Ours went out 2 hours ago. I can't find clear route to work on news/traffic site. Called in to say I will wait till daylight. HEAVY WINDS!! BE CAREFUL!! ...... lucky u, I can't charge phone or take shower. KEEP YOUR EMERGENCY KITS HANDY!!

Miss Scarlett · 04-05-2011, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweet

Mecklenburg. Union and Anson got/are getting slammed. Duke power noted 200,000 without power. Ours went out 2 hours ago. I can't find clear route to work on news/traffic site. Called in to say I will wait till daylight. HEAVY WINDS!! BE CAREFUL!! ...... lucky u, I can't charge phone or take shower. KEEP YOUR EMERGENCY KITS HANDY!!

It's crazy - the TV news says go to their web site for traffic updates...try to navigate that! i dare you! Heck, i double dog dare you!

So frustrating!

Blade · 04-05-2011, 02:00 PM

Yes it was an ugly ride to work. Power line was down on HWY 200 north and at the intersection of 74 and 200. A tree was across our road on the other end. I didn't have any trouble going to work. Oddly enough I slept threw the whole storm until I got up to get ready for work and the power went off. LOL

Funny thing was I got up and went potty, then asked Sweet did she have her alarm set. Then I said did it ever storm last night? She said yes it's storming right now....then crack snapple pop and the power was out.

girl_dee · 04-05-2011, 02:09 PM

my family in New Orleans got hit hard... power outages and major hail.

sheesh

wolfbittenpoet · 04-05-2011, 02:14 PM

My brother was still cleaning up from thursday so was I. It rained more and nasty wind this morning. The last of tree that took greenhouse went down. As did the greenhouse itself.

DomnNC · 04-05-2011, 02:20 PM

I got woke up at 2:30am by a 60 pound baby laying shivering on top of me. I was trying to breathe and laugh at the same time, then here come the 20 pound one just a shivering too, he was pacing all around the house til he sawwwww, Daddy's awake!!!!! yippee!!!! Finally I had to put them in their kennels, which oddly enough, is where I think they wanted to be in the first place cuz they ran right in, lil shits, see if I'm nice next time there's a storm brewing. Damage wise - all it did was blow a few old limbs out of a few trees and blow my flag pole out of the bracket. I know the area was hard hit and we were lucky down here in southern Union County. My heart goes out to those who lost homes due to large trees coming down on them and the injured.

morningstar55 · 04-05-2011, 02:32 PM

wow........ just now reading all this ....... glad you all are safe and sound.
miss scarlett .. please stay safe out there.........
and Blade......

Kenna · 04-05-2011, 07:49 PM

So happy to see all my friends and family made it through safe... things/items/cars can be replaced, but friends and family can not....

Miss Scarlett · 04-05-2011, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweet

So happy to see all my friends and family made it through safe... things/items/cars can be replaced, but friends and family can not....

Amen Sis!

Interesting drive home - the traffic lights that were out this morning were still out this evening. Fortunately the one up at University that was literally hanging by a single wire had been repaired.

DomnNC · 04-05-2011, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweet

So happy to see all my friends and family made it through safe... things/items/cars can be replaced, but friends and family can not....

You're so right about that!

Blade · 04-10-2011, 09:14 AM

Peeps out........is everyone alright again......I missed the storm last night was above Concord, but could hear the rumbles from inside the mall, and watched the news and saw the damages. Ahhhhhhhhhhh spring time in the south!

Miss Scarlett · 04-10-2011, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Blade

Peeps out........is everyone alright again......I missed the storm last night was above Concord, but could hear the rumbles from inside the mall, and watched the news and saw the damages. Ahhhhhhhhhhh spring time in the south!

Oh but it was soooo much fun - NOT....i drove home during the early part of it...poor Barbie was tossed all over by the wind...the lightning was unbelieveable! i know better and should have gotten my sparkly tail home before the storms...

Kenna · 04-10-2011, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Blade

Peeps out........is everyone alright again......I missed the storm last night was above Concord, but could hear the rumbles from inside the mall, and watched the news and saw the damages. Ahhhhhhhhhhh spring time in the south!

You forgot....another storm hit over our heads when you were getting ready for bed... remember? I made you fill a bucket of water so we could flush toilets if the power went out again.

I hope all our peeps are safe, dry and cozy....I worry so for everyone.

Blade · 04-10-2011, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweet

You forgot....another storm hit over our heads when you were getting ready for bed... remember? I made you fill a bucket of water so we could flush toilets if the power went out again.

I hope all our peeps are safe, dry and cozy....I worry so for everyone.

oh yes, I will never again forget to fill up a bucket of water for toilet flushing again.........shakes head while walking off mumbling something about shittin in the woods, and bears and squirrels and

Miss Scarlett · 04-10-2011, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweet

You forgot....another storm hit over our heads when you were getting ready for bed... remember? I made you fill a bucket of water so we could flush toilets if the power went out again.

I hope all our peeps are safe, dry and cozy....I worry so for everyone.

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Originally Posted by Blade

oh yes, I will never again forget to fill up a bucket of water for toilet flushing again.........shakes head while walking off mumbling something about shittin in the woods, and bears and squirrels and

Ummmm...Blade...flushing is very important to ladies...and for doing certain things out in the woods...when Mother Nature gets indoor plumbing...well, you know how i feel about that...

Kenna · 04-16-2011, 06:57 AM

Listening to the news this morning.... and sitting here watching the storm roll our way.... I'm worried about all our friends again.

Hope everyone is safe?

The news made me so sad. Especially about that poor father with his baby daughter and mother with her young son. It breaks my heart to see the old man cry as he told the news he'd lost the home he lived in for 40 years.

All our BFP Family are in my thoughts and heart.

Blade · 04-16-2011, 08:46 PM

While at Griswold's today we learned that the roof was ripped off of the building at the fair grounds and it looked like a road trailer on the grounds was flipped, they say it was a tornado. If it was and I believe it was, it skipped all the businesses from the fair grounds out to the highway and bounced around in the Lowes parking lot and distroyed all but 2 of the little buildings in the parking lot then it jumped out in the county and tore the roof off of some poultry houses.

Miss Scarlett · 04-16-2011, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Blade

While at Griswold's today we learned that the roof was ripped off of the building at the fair grounds and it looked like a road trailer on the grounds was flipped, they say it was a tornado. If it was and I believe it was, it skipped all the businesses from the fair grounds out to the highway and bounced around in the Lowes parking lot and distroyed all but 2 of the little buildings in the parking lot then it jumped out in the county and tore the roof off of some poultry houses.

But y'all are OK out there tonight?

04-05-2011, 03:16 AM	#1
Kenna Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Fiery, Sassy, Tough As Nails, Femme Tomboy Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: I am your favorite hello and hardest goodbye. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NC & CO Posts: 4,784 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,613 Thanked 12,108 Times in 3,757 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	storm damage Blade just called to say there are power lines down over several major highways and standing water in places where its hard to see. If you are heading out, please be careful!!!!! Thank goodness for cell phones and flashlights!! BE SAFE!!! __________________ **************************** She has been through hell, so believe me when I say, fear her when she looks into a fire and smiles. ~E.Corona~

04-05-2011, 04:22 AM	#3
Kenna Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Fiery, Sassy, Tough As Nails, Femme Tomboy Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: I am your favorite hello and hardest goodbye. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NC & CO Posts: 4,784 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,613 Thanked 12,108 Times in 3,757 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Mecklenburg. Union and Anson got/are getting slammed. Duke power noted 200,000 without power. Ours went out 2 hours ago. I can't find clear route to work on news/traffic site. Called in to say I will wait till daylight. HEAVY WINDS!! BE CAREFUL!! ...... lucky u, I can't charge phone or take shower. KEEP YOUR EMERGENCY KITS HANDY!! __________________ **************************** She has been through hell, so believe me when I say, fear her when she looks into a fire and smiles. ~E.Corona~

04-05-2011, 02:00 PM	#5
Blade Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: TG Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: once in a while someone amazing comes along...and here I am! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Down on the farm Posts: 5,492 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,850 Thanked 14,400 Times in 4,049 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Yes it was an ugly ride to work. Power line was down on HWY 200 north and at the intersection of 74 and 200. A tree was across our road on the other end. I didn't have any trouble going to work. Oddly enough I slept threw the whole storm until I got up to get ready for work and the power went off. LOL Funny thing was I got up and went potty, then asked Sweet did she have her alarm set. Then I said did it ever storm last night? She said yes it's storming right now....then crack snapple pop and the power was out. __________________ Yeah so what if I'm triple dipped in awesome sauce? The best way to predict the future, is to create it.

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04-05-2011, 07:49 PM	#10
Kenna Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Fiery, Sassy, Tough As Nails, Femme Tomboy Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: I am your favorite hello and hardest goodbye. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NC & CO Posts: 4,784 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,613 Thanked 12,108 Times in 3,757 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	So happy to see all my friends and family made it through safe... things/items/cars can be replaced, but friends and family can not.... __________________ **************************** She has been through hell, so believe me when I say, fear her when she looks into a fire and smiles. ~E.Corona~

04-10-2011, 09:14 AM	#13
Blade Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: TG Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: once in a while someone amazing comes along...and here I am! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Down on the farm Posts: 5,492 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,850 Thanked 14,400 Times in 4,049 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Peeps out........is everyone alright again......I missed the storm last night was above Concord, but could hear the rumbles from inside the mall, and watched the news and saw the damages. Ahhhhhhhhhhh spring time in the south! __________________ Yeah so what if I'm triple dipped in awesome sauce? The best way to predict the future, is to create it.

04-16-2011, 06:57 AM	#18
Kenna Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Fiery, Sassy, Tough As Nails, Femme Tomboy Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: I am your favorite hello and hardest goodbye. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NC & CO Posts: 4,784 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,613 Thanked 12,108 Times in 3,757 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Listening to the news this morning.... and sitting here watching the storm roll our way.... I'm worried about all our friends again. Hope everyone is safe? The news made me so sad. Especially about that poor father with his baby daughter and mother with her young son. It breaks my heart to see the old man cry as he told the news he'd lost the home he lived in for 40 years. All our BFP Family are in my thoughts and heart. __________________ **************************** She has been through hell, so believe me when I say, fear her when she looks into a fire and smiles. ~E.Corona~

04-16-2011, 08:46 PM	#19
Blade Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: TG Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: once in a while someone amazing comes along...and here I am! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Down on the farm Posts: 5,492 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,850 Thanked 14,400 Times in 4,049 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	While at Griswold's today we learned that the roof was ripped off of the building at the fair grounds and it looked like a road trailer on the grounds was flipped, they say it was a tornado. If it was and I believe it was, it skipped all the businesses from the fair grounds out to the highway and bounced around in the Lowes parking lot and distroyed all but 2 of the little buildings in the parking lot then it jumped out in the county and tore the roof off of some poultry houses. __________________ Yeah so what if I'm triple dipped in awesome sauce? The best way to predict the future, is to create it.