Well, we are finally back on line. The power came on overnight Wednesday morning and the internet this afternoon. We had no real damage to the house or property but neighbors had trees down across decks and yards, no actual house damage. The main Street up from my house, Juanita drive had at least 5 - 70+ foot tall trees blown out over the wires and street and only held up by the wires. The county only closed the road Sunday, 3 days after the storm. Those trees have now been cut down to make the road passable but all the broken poles and downed and stretched wires (about a miles worth) are still on the side of the road tonight waiting to be replaced or restrung. The worst hit area is out east of me about 10 miles in Woodinville where another S train friend of mine lives. There were literally 100's (if not 1000 or more) of trees blown down in that area blocking all the main roads.
Eric Reis Kirkland, Wa. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Nulton Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 11:05 AM To: s-scale; Richard Karnes Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Seattle storm Here in the "South Sound" we didn't have it so bad. The power went out for about 20 hours Thursday night to Friday evening. Jami and I have gas fireplaces and gas hot water, so we were not cold. We cooked on my propane camp stove and used propanre lanterns for light, also. The greatest hardship was internet service being down until yesterday, so I have just now completed wading through 400 emails. And driving around is scary since all the traffic lights are/were out. If you find 4 way stops confusing, imagine them with 6 lanes of traffic. Kinda hard to remember who has the right of way! Lots of wiring got done on my layout once the soldering iron began cooking again, since shopping and internet was put on hold. Roger Nulton North East Tacoma ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Karnes To: s-scale Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 5:15 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Seattle storm OK, maybe some of you are interested in this off-topic topic. Last Wednesday night a 100' Douglas fir toppled onto my south living room bearing wall and came to rest on the end of the ridge beam. No internal house damage -- the tree just sheared off the 3' overhanging eave. The root ball was at the back of our property, which is 95' deep. The top of the tree overhung my neighbor's driveway, which is about ten feet from the front of our house. This tree was removed on Thursday; a crane was required. Thursday night my neighbor's 70' Douglas fir fell straight north, alighting atop the end of my garage's ridge beam. On its way down it knocked the tops off three of his alders; these sheared the gutter off my garage. The fir also knocked over his 50' spruce, sending it down at 45 degrees across our cul-de-sac and blocking access for three of the six residents. Our neighbor up the hill had half of a madrona tree fall across the driveway on Thursday night, winding up atop another neighbor's bedroom. This sort of finished off any hope of getting a car in or out. Fortunately we had parked our car up on the street so the crane could get in on Thursday, so we at least had transportation -- such as it was. Most roads here on Mercer Island were blocked with trees, downed wires, smashed utility poles and transformers, and wires holding up trees precariously. We took a drive around to survey the damage. It was like finding our way through a maze full of unexpected dead ends. No railroading got done in the last four days. (Note the obligatory e-list topic here...) There were no lights (except battery-powered) and no heat. Can't build models with bare fingers in a 40-degree room. We stayed warm with three layers of clothing, earmuffs, scarves, and heavy bathrobes. Reminded me of my Boy Scout days, sleeping in a tent pitched on a frozen lake near High Point NJ. Didn't like it then, didn't like it now... We got power back last night. Before that, we cooked over Sterno and on the charcoal grill outside. And we ate out a lot! As of today, the trees blocking our residential access have been cut and moved. But there are still massive piles of branches and tree-trunk sections lying around here. Fortunately our frozen food stayed frozen and our electric hot-water heater retained its heat. We used the outdoors to store the contents of our refrigerator -- it got down to 29 degrees here. Dick Karnes Mercer Island, WA (2 miles from Seattle) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
