Power outtage and Storm

[Miss Kitty]

Rain? No comprende.

 

[Mango]

I can't hurt an animal, but I do have a sling shot :funn: Not fond of deer meat, rather gamey for me. I did try deer meet chili once, and it wasn't bad.

 

[DD]

I can't hurt an animal, but I do have a sling shot :funn: Not fond of deer meat, rather gamey for me. I did try deer meet chili once, and it wasn't bad.

Deer meat/venison=

 

[Allifunn]

I love a good thunderstorm!!!!!! We had some rain here last night...not a big storm, but a nice down pour.

 

[DD]

I love a good thunderstorm!!!!!! We had some rain here last night...not a big storm, but a nice down pour.

Bragger...............

 

[Lady D]

There was a whole thread on the moth hummingbird. I am on dial up, so I can't post a pic. It Looks like a mix between a bumblebee and a hummingbird.
Mine was green.

The correct term is actually hummingbird moth! I had to look that up to be sure!

 

[Allifunn]

Here is a moth hummingbird.

they really do look like a HB...plus they move almost as fast!

 

[ktmeadows]

Last night around 5:30 pm we had a lightning storm like no other I have seen here in 13 years except when we built our house, had just put $600 worth of grass seed down, and watched it wash down our driveway and cry.

It came down so hard early evening and the winds really picked up, and little tornados. Hubby and I sat in the garage with doors open watching. I got soaked cause I knew it was coming and I was staking my gladiola garden. But it was refreshing after the heat we had. Lost power, lightning caused our car alarms to go off, etc. It was pretty wild. Almost like a tropical storm.
Power finally came back on sometime this morning, fortunately we have a built in generator and hooked up fans, able to watch some TV.

High speed cable out AGAIN.

Sounds like the storm we had here about a week and a half ago :shock: Lots of downed trees and powerlines. Some homes were without power for as long as ten days! Then we had a repeat storm last Saturday night that blew out even more power. To top it all off, once most of the power was restored, the power overload caused by all the ACs running in the homes caused even more outages. I can't remember a summer with so many power outages. Our local power company says the storm that occurred a week and a half ago were the worst in their history

Glad to hear you're safe Mango. Smart moving having that generator handy. We're considering buying one just in case we have another lengthy outage like the last!

 

[Mango]

Sounds like the storm we had here about a week and a half ago :shock: Lots of downed trees and powerlines. Some homes were without power for as long as ten days! Then we had a repeat storm last Saturday night that blew out even more power. To top it all off, once most of the power was restored, the power overload caused by all the ACs running in the homes caused even more outages. I can't remember a summer with so many power outages. Our local power company says the storm that occurred a week and a half ago were the worst in their history

Glad to hear you're safe Mango. Smart moving having that generator handy. We're considering buying one just in case we have another lengthy outage like the last!

Thanks luvthebeach. Just came back from dinner and we had to take an alternate route due to the huge trees that went down. :shock:
My sister is on her way over with the kids for baths etc. since her power is still out. I was watching the news and they said that the reason there are so many outtages too is because the power cables underground etc. are so old and they need serious updating. Apparently England issues fines to power companies if they go down. Japan has 2 minutes of lost power a year. We have 360 minutes average! and I think this year the most I ever heard of too.
10 days is a long time. Hope you weren't out that long.

 

[Lady D]

they really do look like a HB...plus they move almost as fast!

Very different and colorful. Love the pink color on the one above.