anyone else without power? [Archive] - North East F-Body Association

DavidS

11-02-2011, 01:07 AM

4 days now. Granby ct was looking like a war zone with loads of trees down. The droid still works though. The generator too....but starting to sound like its got marbles running around in it. Will get a new one when things clear up. Not sure when the power will be back on. Hopefully by the weekend. Gas shortages are everywhere and it took about an hour to find gas. Even with conserving generator usage, we've been going through 3-4 gallons a day.

ebs

11-02-2011, 01:52 AM

was out from saturday until last night. but my classes are cancelled till monday bc westfield state is being used as a shelter. blah

BadBird505

11-02-2011, 02:54 AM

still out in my town,i have trees down everywhere, lost all my food in the fridge, no lights, no heat for 4 days now and doesn't look like power is going to be restored any time soon with so much wide spread devastation. thank god my work has heat.

DavidS

11-02-2011, 11:26 AM

For gas yeserday I tried bloomfield, hartford, west hartford and granby. No luck until I tried southwick, ma. I heard torrington ct has gas.

It's starting to feel like the mad max movie around here.

ILuvPizzaTimes10

11-02-2011, 01:06 PM

damn best of luck to you guys! we barely even got any sow near me. light dusting and its almost all gone now.

bottledbird68

11-02-2011, 01:26 PM

For gas yeserday I tried bloomfield, hartford, west hartford and granby. No luck until I tried southwick, ma. I heard torrington ct has gas.

It's starting to feel like the mad max movie around here.

That's it, time to paint one of the camaros flat black, put some spikes on the front bumper, and a clutched blower poking through the hood!

Most of our town is out but we never lost it. Living across the street from the sub station ftw. Shop never lost it either but a good chunk of Grafton St in Worcester, which is a fairly major rd, still didn't have power yesterday either.

DAWG

11-02-2011, 01:46 PM

For gas yeserday I tried bloomfield, hartford, west hartford and granby. No luck until I tried southwick, ma. I heard torrington ct has gas.

It's starting to feel like the mad max movie around here.
yes torrington has gas.
itll be another week plus for power with me.
I dont have a generator BUt a whole house unit is going in very soon!
im tired of this crap!
work finally got power last nite so im using the internet from there.

DavidS

11-02-2011, 04:08 PM

My workplace in bloomfield ct still has no power. I went there yesterda
y afternoon and saw this lovely tree next to the building, across the power lines.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/pratt1/z28/2011-11-01_10-29-54_537.jpg

Camaro9969

11-02-2011, 05:06 PM

Ya what a disaster no power till Thursday 11pm earliest. My town is still 90% without power. This shit is unbelievable

irockidz28

11-02-2011, 10:59 PM

i didnt have power for three days...just got it back last night.

the main street near my house had three poles and a bunch of trees down. that just got opened up yesterday too.

LSX-Nation

11-02-2011, 11:32 PM

I feel bad for you guys, my power went out for only a few hours sat. The School and shopping plaza located 1 mile on each side of my house both don't have power. I'm lucky i guess.

DavidS

11-02-2011, 11:53 PM

I took the cover off the generator and my guess is that the bearing on the end is making all the rattling noise. It's sounding like a garbage disposal but thankfully is still working. The wife and kid are getting cabin fever and todays big trip was to Tractor Supply in Mass to buy a chain sharpener for the chainsaw. What fun. NOT.

DemonWithin99

11-03-2011, 01:01 AM

actually a bit lucky this round. only had a few flux in power on Sat. maybe 4" of the slushy muck. had no cable for a few days, but most people I know didn't get it back till today, others might not till the weekend.

Weak trees, heavy slushy snow and loose soil. Friend of mine has a tree service company and has been loaded with work since Irene. We can live without power, but not heat so glad I got a fresh delivery of seasoned firewood 2 weeks ago.

Formula413

11-03-2011, 01:06 AM

I was lucky, only lost power for one day. Been cleaning up various properties at work this week and haven't even scratched the surface. Springfield got hit really hard. Here's some pics from work:

http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t95/atd413/Storm%202011/

DAWG

11-03-2011, 10:33 AM

DavidS

11-03-2011, 11:06 AM

ya should have asked me!
I got one that is a powered sharpener that uses your vehicles 12 volt battery!
I would gladly loan it to ya.

That's the kind I bought. Thanks for the offer though. Do you have power at home yet? My inlaws in Canton and my mom in New Hartford got theirs on last night.

84ta406

11-03-2011, 11:45 AM

I had no power for about a day here in Fitchburg and my dads place got power back monday morning. Some parts of worcester still have no power. My work has power but if we lost it we have diesel generators.

DAWG

11-03-2011, 02:47 PM

5th day without power or water or land line!:pee:

Grovlet

11-03-2011, 04:00 PM

Got power back yesterday supposedly. We made the decision to move up our trip to CA and flew out a day early.

Managed to get a shower in @ the firehouse, on Mon. But I did see they set up the decontamination showers on Tues. as well.

Definately nuts with the amount of trees down...

Power/water/heat here :hititbag:

DavidS

11-03-2011, 06:20 PM

Power is supposed to be restored here by Sunday, but I haven't seen any CL&P people in granby. Hopefully they'll arrive soon.

DavidS

11-03-2011, 06:33 PM

A few pics I took today within 500 ft of my house
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/pratt1/z28/2011-11-03_09-57-22_818.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/pratt1/z28/2011-11-03_09-59-03_160.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/pratt1/z28/2011-11-03_09-59-20_407.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/pratt1/z28/2011-11-03_09-56-15_150.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/pratt1/z28/2011-11-03_10-19-52_236.jpg

DAWG

11-03-2011, 06:47 PM

looks like the trees at my house lol.
So im told by sunday midnite ill have power!

Grovlet

11-03-2011, 10:28 PM

Power is supposed to be restored here by Sunday, but I haven't seen any CL&P people in granby. Hopefully they'll arrive soon.

I also heard the center of town was up, so they must be in the area:smileybreasts::Tigger:

BadBird505

11-03-2011, 10:55 PM

got my power back on today, THANK GOD! 5 days without heat and lights and no sleep i was getting very snappy with people.

ILuvPizzaTimes10

11-04-2011, 01:31 AM

damn that looks like a tornado went threw there!!! glad no one got hurt. no power and heat... shit better then a tree ripping threw your house!!

frankzlt1

11-04-2011, 01:42 AM

I've still don't have power yet, I got lucky and grabbed one of the portables from work and wired it to my panel. half my town Does have power. I've been going crazy with generator services just about around the clock, I'm so fkn tired, you've be surprised on how many people don't take care of there generators home stand by or portables. My company has so many surveys for generator installs. If it wasn't for these generators half my company would be laid off instead we are getting so busy that we may have to hire people. I'm hoping to have power by tomorrow.

DAWG

11-04-2011, 10:34 AM

word is there is a CEO of CL&P that lives in westport CT and people are going to camp out in front of his house.
(of course he has power)!
and I did see the power co. working but once it started getting dark they left?????
Arent they supposed to work around the clock?

frankzlt1

11-04-2011, 10:50 AM

I think there not paying much overtime. I herd that they didn't start earlier fixing the lines because there looking for disaster money.

84ta406

11-04-2011, 11:51 AM

Idk how its working down in ct but I know up here they're working crews around the clock. I do know that we have motorhomes down in ct for basic logistics

DAWG

11-04-2011, 11:13 PM

well Im on propane standby generator now for the time being.
borrowed from a friend that doesnt need it now since his power came on.
took the meter right off the box and feeding into the house. (isolated from the street of course)
nice to heat up the home and take a real hot shower for a change!

frankzlt1

11-04-2011, 11:46 PM

Nice one.

DAWG

11-05-2011, 01:24 PM

my electric company
http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab157/dawg50/279998860-03140355.jpg

DavidS

11-05-2011, 01:54 PM

Glad you have some power back Dawg. A hot shower is always nice, especially when you're wife is not smelling so nice. Ha!

My generator died out yesterday. Motor was running strong but I think the bearings on the generator part siezed up. Thankfully I was able to borrow a generator.

As of today it has been one week without power and I finally saw a utility crew on my street yesterday. I am hoping power will be back today or tomorrow.