http://blog.sav2880.net/2008/09/24/hurricanes-without-rain-a-storm-only-the-midwest-could-love/ Scott's Personal Blog & Thoughts Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:08:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.sav2880.net/2008/09/24/hurricanes-without-rain-a-storm-only-the-midwest-could-love/comment-page-1/#comment-32707 sav2880 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:07:53 +0000 http://blog.sav2880.net/?p=431#comment-32707 My parents said that at the height of the storm, about 90% of Cincy had no power, but somehow my dad's place was one of the lucky ones who was still doing okay. Probably because the place is in the downhill slope of the Devou Park area, it was shielded. My parents said that at the height of the storm, about 90% of Cincy had no power, but somehow my dad’s place was one of the lucky ones who was still doing okay. Probably because the place is in the downhill slope of the Devou Park area, it was shielded.

]]> http://blog.sav2880.net/2008/09/24/hurricanes-without-rain-a-storm-only-the-midwest-could-love/comment-page-1/#comment-32240 Doug Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:59:03 +0000 http://blog.sav2880.net/?p=431#comment-32240 My experience with the windstorm started at 2:15 on Sunday. My cousin and I decided to hit up BK by wal-mart on colerain for food. On our way there we saw a few downed trees but nothing major. We get to BK. All the employees are standing outside saying there's no power. Great. Decide to roll over to the one on Pleasant ave in Fairfield. Same thing. Tried the one near the Theaters on RT 4. Same deal. By this time traffic was starting to get a little chaotic at major intersections. Took a chance and ended up at Tri-county mall which appeared to be the only place that had power. With the crazy traffic and power outages we didn't get to eat until 4ish. Getting back home wasn't a big deal. My cousin stayed till the winds died down which was about 8ish. Didn't really get any damage to my house but neighbors had large tree branches breaking and roofing shingles coming off of theirs. Our power outage lasted from 2:30pm Sunday until 6:15pm Monday. My work has a backup generator so they didn't call off work. There were major retail areas that didn't have power until Wednesday or later. My experience with the windstorm started at 2:15 on Sunday. My cousin and I decided to hit up BK by wal-mart on colerain for food. On our way there we saw a few downed trees but nothing major. We get to BK. All the employees are standing outside saying there’s no power. Great. Decide to roll over to the one on Pleasant ave in Fairfield. Same thing. Tried the one near the Theaters on RT 4. Same deal. By this time traffic was starting to get a little chaotic at major intersections. Took a chance and ended up at Tri-county mall which appeared to be the only place that had power. With the crazy traffic and power outages we didn’t get to eat until 4ish. Getting back home wasn’t a big deal. My cousin stayed till the winds died down which was about 8ish. Didn’t really get any damage to my house but neighbors had large tree branches breaking and roofing shingles coming off of theirs. Our power outage lasted from 2:30pm Sunday until 6:15pm Monday. My work has a backup generator so they didn’t call off work. There were major retail areas that didn’t have power until Wednesday or later.

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