Missing a few boys tonite

[belgian]

Well, what'd you guys get?

I got jack squat. A little bit more than a breeze. I live in a little sheltered draw, and I haven't seen other areas, but we didn't get hit much at all from what I can see.

LOL, first time I see someone a little disappointed the storm did not do his place. :hmm3grin2orange: Hey, fishing ain't that bad...

 

[GASoline71]

Well, what'd you guys get?

I got jack squat. A little bit more than a breeze. I live in a little sheltered draw, and I haven't seen other areas, but we didn't get hit much at all from what I can see.

We got 40mph winds last night, and the lights stayed on... Keepin' fingers crossed for a while longer.

Gary

 

[B_Turner]

We are still without power (on generator right now) and only got internet access a few minutes ago. WInd tore up the area pretty good. Trees and powerpoles down everywhere around here still. Never seen damage to the electrical grid like this before.

WIth no power I can't work in my shop so I have been bringing home trailer loads of doug fir firewood everyday.

It's late and I haven't read any posts in the last week, so I'll try to catch up tomorrow. Good to be back on the web, confess I missed it. Bill

Comon! After the week I've had and I finally am connected back to the net, I was hoping someone would publicly welcome me back to the outside world!

Just kidding, I did get some PM's although I couldn't read them until last night.

We are still without power and have down lines for blocks all around us. Right now I am on my laptop on batteries with the modem drawing power on an extension cord running into the garage into an inverter plugged into the car cigarette lighter because it is too late to run our POS generator which could wake the dead. And the POS generator quits every hour and I half to pop off the carb bowl (which contains the floats) and drain it to get it to run. I thought at first it was water in the gas, but that has been the behavior for the whole week with many cans of gas gone through it.

 

[04ultra]

Comon! After the week I've had and I finally am connected back to the net, I was hoping someone would welcome me back to the outside world!

We are still without power and have down lines for blocks all around us. Right now I am on my laptop on batteries with the modem drawing power on an extension cord running into the garage into an inverter plugged into the car cigarette lighter because it is too late to run our POS generator which could wake the dead. And the POS generator quits every hour and I half to pop off the carb bowl (which contains the floats) and drain it to get it to run. I thought at first it was water in the gas, but that has been the behavior for the whole week with many cans of gas gone through it.

Welcome back...

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[B_Turner]

Welcome back...

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Thanks, it is good to be back. :blush:

 

[SawTroll]

Me too.

Yep, I believe they have done something to slow down the reps.......

 

[SawTroll]

Comon! After the week I've had and I finally am connected back to the net, I was hoping someone would publicly welcome me back to the outside world!

Welcome back!:rockn:

I hadn't noticed were you are living, but now I have....

More bad weather expected in the near future??

 

[Lakeside53]

Comon! After the week I've had and I finally am connected back to the net, I was hoping someone would publicly welcome me back to the outside world!

Just kidding, I did get some PM's although I couldn't read them until last night.

We are still without power and have down lines for blocks all around us. Right now I am on my laptop on batteries with the modem drawing power on an extension cord running into the garage into an inverter plugged into the car cigarette lighter because it is too late to run our POS generator which could wake the dead. And the POS generator quits every hour and I half to pop off the carb bowl (which contains the floats) and drain it to get it to run. I thought at first it was water in the gas, but that has been the behavior for the whole week with many cans of gas gone through it.

Check your fuel filter - if you have one replace it... next time it fails, try bypassing your low oil switch and see if it immediately comes back - if so, you need to replace that. You can bypass it, but watch your oil. And like a saw, make sure you tank vent (usually in the cap) is working).


It's 8 days for us now - took me two hours to get home last night - normally 20 minutes. Good news is that there must have been 20 ulility trucks working the road, so they are getting close to us now. The the tree services were working with head lamps - no flood lamps...

 

[Lakeside53]

It's OUR FAULT!!!

I live at Lake Tuck - upper center.

more pics:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/zoom/html/2003488304.html

 

[disandat]

Well, at least they asked permission and obeyed the wishes of property owners. I'd rather see some power lines down than worry that Big Brother could be on my property w/o a formal invite.

 

[Lakeside53]

There is some BS in their statement... they might have asked a few property owners for permission, but not the many thousands of properties around lines.. In any case, they would have to clearcut 150 feet each side of the lines in most places to avoid tree strikes, and a good deal of trees fall within "sensitive areas" - like within 200 feet of water - seasonal or not, so they couldn't even get permits without restoration plans... (god forbid an eagle ever perched on one of those trees). Welcome to King county, WA...

 

[disandat]

If PSE spent as much on upgrading their equipment and personnel as they did on their PR campaign, they might have fared better through this storm.

:bang:

 

[disandat]

PUD went through our area about 4 years ago and cut all the trees down that were interfering with the power lines. Well, that was 4 years ago and they are all back.

 

[B_Turner]

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In regard to the saws being busy lately, here's how I spent yesterday. It is like this everywhere around the area. You can't tell from the picture, but I am toward the skinny end of the trees. The rootball is on the other side of the "building." A case of double the wind sail on a single rootball just couldn't hold.

The angle of the pic is misleading, as from me to the building is around 35 ft.

I've got the logs blocked from below, and chained while I cut the first one to keep them from giving me a surprise.

The first attachment is me isolating the top of the tree, boring to keep it from splitting.

 

[Lakeside53]

Sure looks familiar!

 

[fishhuntcutwood]

Supposed to be a little more on the way. But I think now after all of this, any little storm that comes along is going to touted as a big one because it's good news to get everyone on edge.

I just got around to cleaning up my "storm damage" yesterday....picking up the little branches in my back yard and putting them on the burn pile.

 

[SawWitch]

<br>
In regard to the saws being busy lately, here's how I spent yesterday. It is like this everywhere around the area. You can't tell from the picture, but I am toward the skinny end of the trees. The rootball is on the other side of the "building." A case of double the wind sail on a single rootball just couldn't hold.

The angle of the pic is misleading, as from me to the building is around 35 ft.

I've got the logs blocked from below, and chained while I cut the first one to keep them from giving me a surprise.

The first attachment is me isolating the top of the tree, boring to keep it from splitting.

Oh gosh! I never seen anything like that here there we live, I quess we have a little more stabile weather here. But it has happend on the coast. Some years ago the storm took the roof off my brothers shop, and toppeld a few trees close to our cottage.

It seem like the weather is becoming warmer, but more hostile each year..........

 

[rbtree]

That's a wolfy codom fir there, Mr Turner!!

Now try this puppy on for size; also in Renton....this appx 42 inch dbh butt rotted cottonwood totaled this dwelling, trapping a lady in her bed. She had to be cut out by the paramedics, and escaped with only a nasty head cut, and, most likely major psychological trauma. There were other occupants as well, the neighbor broke into the house and got them out.

The other leaning trunk will be removed. I'll set a guy line behind its lean, then rig out the lateral limbs, pull some, then pull over the trunk. My new storm chasing subs, the "Storm Troopers" from Colorado, will bring their self loading log/trash truck, and skidsteer to load all the debris. I hope I bid it high enough. my guess is it won't take that long. There will need to be an asbestos abatement crew there hosing down the house and wood as we work, I hear.

 

[fishhuntcutwood]

That's from two weeks ago Roger?

Man, I'll say it again, we didn't the damage you guys did on your side of the Sound. We got some trees down, but power back on the next day.

 

[GASoline71]

Still got work over here Jeff. I will be out on New year's day removin' two 30"+ dbh Doug's over in Edmonds. It's still a mess in places. Guess you were "lucky".

Gary