The wrath of Ike

**jaypeesmith** · 09-15-2008, 04:09 PM

09-15-2008 02:49 PM

I usually don’t talk a whole lot about the weather but, today is no ordinary day.* Part of the reason that I live in Ohio is because, for the most part, we don’t get a lot of tornadoes and we don’t live close enough to a coastal area to get a hurricane.

Well, yesterday, I was just expecting to get some rain as the remnants of Hurricane Ike came rumbling through.* But, I, like hundreds of thousands of others, was caught flat-footed.

Here in the Cincinnati area, a 40 mph wind is a big deal.* Well, what was left of Ike cut a path through the Midwest and I was looking out my window as 70 mph winds blew past for a few hours.* When it was all said and done, communities were dealing with a lot of falling trees and cleanup but, that’s not the worst of it.

Nearly 1,000,000 customers of our local energy company were without power at some point.* Over 24 hours later, about 600,000, including myself, are still without power (I am submitting this post from one of the places in town that still has power).* If I’m lucky, I’ll get my power back tomorrow morning but, some people are being told it may take a week for them to get theirs back.* Schools and businesses are closed.* Good luck finding an open restaraunt, gas station or grocery store.* Ice and gas are premium commodities.* If I can find extras of any of those things, I’ll pass some on to a neighbor.

I have an even deeper respect today for people who have been through a hurricane.* In just dealing with the side effects of one, we are having our lives put on hold.

Hopefully, my posts for tomorrow will be from the comfort of my own home.

**Phoenix** · 09-15-2008, 11:55 PM

I was in a hurricane once that knocked power out for over a week. It's shocking how quickly we can be returned to cave man days.

Things down there in Houston seem rough. Katrina II or Katrina lite?

**BISHOP** · 09-16-2008, 07:08 AM

JP, you know I feel ya. I know this up here don't compare to the folks down south but, I watched large trees fall Sunday. Wires all over the street and even now 500,000+ folks with no electric. All schools are closed. It's crazy. On top of all this....now the stock market is F'd up.

**sista** · 09-16-2008, 09:28 AM

day 2 w/o power... luckily one of my sisters got power yesterday, just in time for MNF

.... and the branch on one of my trees on my property snapped like a twig.... luckily it did no damage to my house or my neighbor's house... I wish i had a camera on my phone, I'd take pics of the damages.... man, trees down over streets and roads.... utility poles snapped in half... that's part of the reason why I have no power....

hopefully, we'll get light today....

**cc5k** · 09-16-2008, 12:27 PM

Damn... I wasn't expecting the hurricane damage reports on BFRU to be coming from Ohio.

**KHARMA** · 09-16-2008, 02:07 PM

I see y'all's power outages and raise you no lights, water and a house thats split in half with a big ass oak tree sitting in the middle of it..no gas, food is rationed out...need I go on?

**sista** · 09-16-2008, 03:18 PM

at least you're ok Kharma.... what about our other Texas BFRU fam?

**KHARMA** · 09-16-2008, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sista

at least you're ok Kharma.... what about our other Texas BFRU fam?

I am so thankful for that..I pray that the rest are ok...more than likely its a no electricity thing with them, and not something more drastic...I hope.