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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 8:14 pm
Aw Pamy, sorry to hear about the leak. Hopefully, we will have sunshine by Wednesday!?
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 8:32 pm
Pamy, hope you got everything moved or covered.. and take it from me.. punch some holes in that ceiling to let out the water (well it didn't save me from having the ceiling fall in, but.. worth a try.) So far no new leaks here. Mark was back up on the roof yesterday for one of the neighbors two doors down (same roof, different section). I'm just lucky that where my ceiling fell in was in the back bedroom. I still have to go thru there to get to my bathroom but I can keep the room shut off so a certain curious cat can't wander in there. But the rain has been steady ALL DAY here, still going strong. Water flowing thru my garaged, too, Eggie.
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Spygirl
Moderator
04-23-2001
| Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 8:52 pm
Costa, yes, those limbs had fallen because of the weight of the ice. It almost looks as though they were cut and strewn there, but no, they fell. Many, many trees have been destroyed from this storm and those that weren't destroyed in the storm will die over the coming months due to disease. My in-laws live about 40 minutes NW of here and have lived here for several decades. My fiance's grandfather has lived there his entire life and he said that this is the worst ice storm he's seen in at least 20 years, if not longer.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 9:03 pm
Sea! where have I been?? I had no idea your roof caved in!!! Hope your ok and that it gets fixed soon. Bill bought some stuff to fix roof and it seems to be wking, leaks stopped.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 9:04 pm
I'm so sorry for all of you here in SoCal who have to contend with leaks! Fortunately, I haven't have any--I don't know how--but I know what it's like. I don't know whether I can wait until Wednesday for this rain to stop. I've been hibernating for too long already. I just heard that some guy was buried in a mudslide and died. Just terrible. This yuckiness makes me appreciate our almost-always excellent weather that much more.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 9:29 pm
Well no, my ROOF didn't cave in.. but the ceiling in one of the upstairs rooms did.. and the roof was fixed between storms, so that is good. Yes, Tisha, I certainly do appreciate our weather most of the time. Glad your leak is fixed, Pamy!!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 9:35 pm
Sea, I am glad to hear it was fixed! Hang in there CA ppl!!!
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 9:53 pm
The roof was fixed.. the ceiling still has a gaping hole 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 10:17 pm
I've got two new leaks. One over the laundry room, and one in the living room where it's never leaked before. Considering the steady pouring of rain, neither leak is bad (just single drip drip drips.) Darren told me tonight when these started that they didn't cover most of the living room and den since we hadn't had any problems with them. Tomorrow (if it's dry!) he'll have to go up and try to patch those spots if he can find them, if not they're going to have to put the plastic sheeting over the rest of the house. Our street was flooded out most of today. City had redone the drain pipes around here a few years ago and til today we haven't had much flooding. The back yard is under a couple inches of water now, and this rain has not stopped all day, it's kept at a steady (at times light) flow. This is really sucking! Kids go back to school tomorrow and while they won't be able to play outside there either, at least they'll be with their friends and getting some energy out! Over the past two weeks, they have been stuck in the house for all but about two days, they are going nutty, lol.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 8:46 am
They cancelled school! We got a call from the principal about 20 minutes ago (so did everyone) that our school district had closed because of the rain and flood warnings. Called my neighbor to let her know in case she didn't, she said her oldest had ridden his bike to school, crossed through knee high water at their schools corner only to be told to go back home. Her second oldest had never made it out the front door at least. Kids are tickled to death. Dakota's already back in bed watching tv (in my room) and Caleb has declared he's not getting out of his jammies all day long.
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Wapland
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 8:57 am
Bless you War....sounds like a crappy start to another crappy week of rain. I hate the feeling of wet and damp and know exactly how tough it is to have kids inside who would much rather be outside. I hope that the weather thing turns around for you soon and that the kids will be able to go back to school. I will also pray that your roof gets fixed. You are in my thoughts. Fondly Wappy
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 9:07 am
LOL, War!! I thought of that last night, that a school cancellation was actually likely, but saw no purpose in bursting your bubble!! Still raining and soggy and grey here too.. supposed to be dry on Wednesday or Thursday.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 10:02 am
LOL, I am catching up here. I JUST read the thread where Wardog was prepared at NOON the day before for the kids to go back to school today. ((Wardog))
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 10:06 am
for my SoCal friends. Hope St. Peter has mercy on you soon.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 10:13 am
Well, the last time we were in Vegas, as many of you remember, it was 110 degrees every day. 6 months later, it wasn't just snowing, it was snowing SNOWBALLS and around 90 degrees colder. It ain't right. Palm trees covered in inches of snow wasn't QUITE what we had in mind when we booked a pre-honeymoon spa weekend.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 11:18 am
I'm so sorry for everyone who's having a rough time with the weather lately. Hope things clear for you all soon. There was an awful ice storm in my area too - my mom said the state officially declared it a disaster zone. The storm began Wednesday night and continued through much of Thursday. My house lost power (no lights, heat, or water) at 2 o'clock Thursday morning. It was finally restored late last night. Brrr! What a very nerve-wracking night. I was awake until at least 5am and ultimately only got a few fitful minutes of sleep here and there until it was time to get up. There was constant LOUD snapping, groaning, and crashing from the ice-covered tree limbs and branches. Often there'd a huge snap...and then a few excruciating seconds where I'd involuntarily tense...and then finally the crash. And while my own heart was pounding, my poor cat Spencer was at least as freaked as I was. His eyes were so wide. My fear was something was going to hit the roof because I have some very tall trees. And as it turned out, there were a few times that something did smash onto the roof but I realized this was from ice that had broken off a snapped branch. But I didn't figure this out until I wandered (with a flashlight) outside at 3:30am to investigate the first loud bang on my roof. I discovered a huge limb sticking upright just outside one of my bedroom windows but couldn't see anything on the roof. The ground was covered with massive, broken chunks of clear ice. I've never seen anything like that before. And then there a giant snap right above me and I instinctively ran. It wasn't that easy, because the ground was uneven and slippery plus there so many tree limbs blocking my path. The branch crashed just behind me - I actually felt a breeze from it. After that I decided not to venture outside 'til daylight came! All in all, I was lucky. I'm so sad about losing all those tree limbs (and am not looking forward to the clean up) but I only lost my clothes line (the steel poles survived) and the power line to my shed. They were actually knocked down by a large limb from my neighbors' tree. My dad's area wasn't hit as bad but he had a beautiful tall elm tree that was very badly damaged. I hope it can be saved but it doesn't look promising. I took these pictures on Saturday, a couple days after the storm and most of the heavy ice build-up had already melted. I used a Polaroid camera which stopped working for some reason so I didn't get pictures of the front yard at all. And now my scanner isn't cooperating so I've only been able to scan five pictures. Seems like this just hasn't been my week for technology, LOL.

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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 11:28 am
I have a really dumb question, Calamity. What do you do when you lose power and it's frickin' freezin' outside? Do y'all have fireplaces? I've always wondered about that (fortunately, when we lose power here, due to storms, it's only for a few hours -- I'm in an area that's considered vital for emergency services and always back up right away). Then again, we don't have ice! Ever! That's a lotta cold lookin' ice. And all those poor trees.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 11:29 am
P.S. I think I need to quit whining about all the incessant rain (which is starting again!). Compared to the pix y'all have posted with the ice storms, and knowing how much snow friends of mine got in the Sierras, I guess the fact that we are getting a "little" rain is relatively minor in the scheme of things. <grin>
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 11:37 am
Costa...we had hydro out here a couple of years ago from a ice storm..it was "frickin freezin' I was preggers at the time..so I guess it was more than a couple of years, because I didn't have any other kids then. I woke up and it was 6 degrees C. in the house which converted is 42 F. I had a few sweaters on. I used the bbq to warm up water to have instant coffee and cook some food. Used water coming out of the down spouts to fill a pail to flush the toilet. We went into town in the afternoon to get some things and when we came home the house chill was gone. they hydro had gone off again, but it was on sometime while we were gone and I had the heat cranked just in case. That night we went so sil's to shower etc. The next day around noon we got it back. also wanted to add...I can really relate to those pictures..it brings back many memories to some of the bad ice storms we have had in the past. We have been very fortunate to have not hydro out for more than 2-3 days. I couldn't imagine having it out any longer than that
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 11:41 am
Dang, Calamity...that looks like my backyard! Where do you live? I don't know if we have had ice or snow or anything because I'm in Munich where it is unusally warm and was sunny on Saturday! I'm getting a sinking feeling that we had ice in Illinois, as my Mom emailed and said that "the ice is melting off of the trees!" Gads, I hope I don't have a mess to come home to! Costa! We get out LOTS of blankets and snug up in one room, preferable with a fireplace. Some people will have oil or kerosene burning heaters for emergencies. Some people even have gas powered generators (not TOO many!) Or you go to a friends house who has power because sometimes the outage isn't widespread. We had now power for three days during an ice storm in Des Moines (would have been in the 80s, as I was married then). Boy was there a run on firewood!
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Spygirl
Moderator
04-23-2001
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 11:43 am
Costa, it depends. I don't have a fireplace, so if I had lost power, I would have been at either my office on campus (provided it had stayed lit), at a friend's house, at a hotel, or in a shelter. For those with fireplaces, they can possibly stay at home and try to keep their homes warm enough to prevent an even bigger disaster (pipes bursting being the leading). Some people also have gas generators. Since I have none of that, I was told that I could use my propane BBQ grill down in the basement to keep the pipes above freezing. My co-worker and his family stayed with me for a couple of days until their power was restored. There are still thousands and thousands still without power...so they are all over the place.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 11:49 am
I was just thinking the same thing Costacat! This rain may suck big time, but it's nothing like the ice storms that have been going on in other places! Calamity (and SPy or anyone else hit by the ice storms) when this happens and there are tons of trees and branches down, is your cities good about helping with the cleanup? I know when we had that horrible wind storm this past year that downed trees and branches/limbs the city came and helped to clean it up, and they did pickups for several weeks following for the debris. Not that it made it any better, but it was a big help to have them coming out to pick up the debris. I do have a new worry though. A new leak has sprung up in the living room. It's right where the ceiling meets the wall, so water is running down the wall. The leak itself isn't too bad, but sitting directly in the path of the running water is an electrical outlet. So I called my bil who's off work again, explained what was happeneing and asked what to do. Following his advice, I duct taped a towel up there (it's not even enough water to soak through, but at least I won't have water running into the outlet.) He told me he'd be over to check it out as soon as he got out of the shower and could make it across town. Flooding out there is horrible, I guess. It's been raining steadily since I got up. Ever so often it starts to pour heavily, and I realize why they did cancel school. I'm glad they did, I can just imagine the mess the school and streets over there are like. The water out front was already over the curb this morning and it's only gotten worse. Like I said somewhere on the board last night, since the city redid the drainage system here a few years ago we haven't had this type of water in a long time. If it's this bad here, I can't imagine what city's near the burn areas or those prone to mudslides and flooding are like!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 11:50 am
Costacat: Many people do have fireplaces and/or generators. I have neither so I packed a bag, got my cats and some perishable stuff from the fridge & freezer, and stayed with someone else! I left my answering machine plugged in so I could call it to see if power had been restored. I was in elementary school during Ohio's January 1978 (I think that was the year) blizzard - one of the worst ever. My family was out of power for over a week, we slept in the below ground family roof because it was warmer than the upstairs, and my mom cooked over our fireplace. There was a long snowdrift in the front yard that was so tall it reached the second story of our house! My dad, my brother, and I dug a tunnel through it that even adults could walk upright through. As a kid, I thought that blizzard was one of the greatest things ever, LOL. This past Saturday, I drove by a girl - she looked to be in her early teens - who was putting the finishing touches on two huge snowmen. They were at least six-feet tall. Cars were slowing down to wave and she was laughing and smiling at everyone. It was such a fun sight and gave me a warm, happy glow, LOL. Eta: Schoolmarm: Sorry, I type slow, LOL. I'm in northern Ohio.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 11:57 am
Wargod: Some communities help with cleanup, especially for elderly homeowners. Not usually in rural areas though, which is where I live. But often neighbors pitch in to help each other out.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 12:16 pm
LOL Calamity! A kid WOULD think a major blizzard is "fun"!!! <wink> I'm glad to know you packed up the kids and took off for a warmer house!
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