-=> Quoting Mike Roberts to Richard Webb on 10-27-12 18:42 <=-   
      
    MR> Hi Richard. I am up here in Rochester NY. It looks not like we are   
    MR> going to getthe slam, but the long slow torture, Just watched the news   
    MR> and we are alreadygetting rain, so We are now being told that we won't   
    MR> actually see the windswhich are supposed to start Monday, pull out   
    MR> until sometime Thursday.    
      
   Well....  we are in the middle of things, now, and there's some wind,   
   and some rain... not really all that worse from any autumn storm so far,   
   at least here in the city proper, but the city and and the county have   
   declared states of emergency, and are shutting down everything for   
   tomorrow...  I guess it's worse up on the Lake Ontario shores, where the   
   lake is being whipped up, though... and I did hear that some people   
   south of here have already lost power...  We shall see...     
      
    MR> I personally fear in our area the wind and the constant rain may be   
    MR> the causeof downed trees, powerlines etc. Of course like for me that   
      
   Except that we've already had a number of instances this year of very   
   high winds and heavy rains... and I'd suspect that most of the dead or   
   weak branches and trees have already been culled from those storms...   
      
    MR> increases thechances of flooding the basement. And no power is common   
      
   But flooding in lower or poorly drained areas remains a problem,   
   granted...    
      
    MR> in my area since theIce Storm. I lose power for the minimum of 8+ hours   
    MR> a couple of times a year.You would think I would be smart and save the   
    MR> money for a generator. But I havenot. Trees are not stable either since   
    MR> the storm. I just hope things go well,but as I said, I have a bad   
    MR> feeling. Best I am looking at is spending most ofmy time trying to dry   
    MR> vac the basement. Worse is total loss of power in thatcase I can do   
    MR> nothing until the damage is already done. I just hope the treeshold up.   
      
   We'll all hope that things stay relatively stable despite the storm. :)   
      
    MR> Oh well I wish everyone within the path, and especially along thecoast   
    MR> the best.    
      
   I've got family and friends in NYC, NE, MD and VA... I hope they're all   
   safe...  :)   
      
    MR> background as I wasposting this, they are saying certain places in WV   
    MR> may get 50 inches of snow?Whoa!   
      
   Wonder how close that is to our esteemed MEMORIES Moderator....!?  He's   
   in WV...   
      
   ttyl            neb   
      
   ... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.   
      
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