You guys surviving the ice storm?

[TheHumanAlphabet]

How bad is it? Mrs. THA is in Yukon with her parents and has been in since Saturday...

[Petro-Sooner]

I've been up since four listening to trees snap. Green hue from transformers lighting up. Jones high school is totalled.

[1stTimeCaller]

I wish I had the OKC news channels. I get stuff out of Sherman/Dennison and they haven't said much about it. Down here in mountain/lake/trees country there isn't any ice.

Will I be able to drive to Chickasha from Ardmore today?

[Petro-Sooner]

Be carefull if you do.

[crawfish]

My parents live just south of Norman...their electricity is out. They just fired up the coleman and bundled up...

[TopDaugIn2000]

I had power this morning, but not sure how much longer it'll be on cause the lines are pretty saggy, even bending the poles themselves.

I'm at work, we have one phase out, which means no heat and everything else is shaky

[Mjcpr]

I had power this morning, but not sure how much longer it'll be on cause the lines are pretty saggy, even bending the poles themselves.

Go on.....

Oh, wait.

[Newbomb Turk]

no work for me. We still have power in NW OKC, but I don't see that being the case all day. The ice is really bad here.

[FirstandGoal]

I have to leave for work in about an hour.

I have to go from Edmond to MWC. Anybody know what kind of shape I-35 is in?

[OUDoc]

No, but MWC is a mess. A lot of broken tree limbs and power lines. My office has power (on Douglas), but the hospital is on generator power only.
I-40 is slick, but passable.
Hefner Parkway has a ditched car every 1/4 mile.


BTW, my power at the office just fluttered and came back on. :eek:

[Mjcpr]

The roads aren't bad in Tulsa but the trees are covered in ice. They keep snapping and dropping in my yard. Yay! :mad:

And it's raining again.

[TopDaugIn2000]

I35 in norman was just wet this morning, but the further into OKC I got the worse it got. I'm close to the capital and most places are w/o power. ours keeps flickering, can't keep my internetS up :mad:

[M]

I woke up to hear a huge snap - a giant branch from my pecan tree fell on the unoccupied house next door. I'm scared I'll be next! :(

[Mjcpr]

Oh, snap!

[SteelClip49]

Interstate 35 sucks already and when there is ice added on then well, pray.

UCO cancelled today and perhaps on Tuesday which means I may not have to take my final for that day!!!! I can only hope.

Up here on Penn and Memorial is ghostly; hard to imagine since it is one of the busiest intersections in the damn city.

I got me my Swiss Miss hot chocolate, Life cinnamon cereal, other foods stocked up and Ninja Turtle episodes in the DVD going.

[Mjcpr]

I got me my Swiss Miss hot chocolate, Life cinnamon cereal, other foods stocked up and Ninja Turtle episodes in the DVD going.

So I guess your parents had to work today?

[FirstandGoal]

Just got a call from the pharmacy and they told me not to even bother getting out since the power is out. Which is good because I don't have to get out in this but bad because I don't get paid to sit at home and some of my poor co-workers are sitting there in the cold. Meanwhile up here in south Edmond, the power still continues to hold.....
:(

Man, this week is gonna succ.

[Jerk]

Expect a baby boom 9 months from now.

There ain't much else to do.

[SoonerObsession]

I live in West Edmond and we were without power from 11:00 P.M. till 5:30 this morning. It got a little chilly and very quiet.

[M]

Expect a baby boom 9 months from now.

There ain't much else to do.


Damn. I'm here all by myself.

:pop:

[RacerX]

I drove to work. Sequoyah building.

No power. Met with some of my employees in the parking lot. Disbanded.

Went home.

Roads are fine.

[TopDaugIn2000]

still no heat at work. if I was home at least I'd have a fire

I have on long johns, jeans, a long sleeved polo, TWO sweatshirts, gloves, sock cap, and the hood on from the sweatshirt, 2 pair of socks and my work boots.

[Rhino]

I have a new appreciation for the soldiers at the Battle of the Bulge. I can imagine this is just a very, very, very small portion of what they went through. I probably only got three hours of sleep last night because branches kept snapping.

Two big limbs have hit the house - just some gutter damage and a little shingle damage. Our pool cover is torn. The back side of our patio table is crushed. We're going to have to replace our back fence (but we were going to have to do that anyway). It's gotten a bit worse since I took these pictures, but mostly just a bunch of limbs in the yard.

Other than that, we're healthy and warm - at least we have power.

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This last pic is of my neighbors' back yard. That pine tree next to the outdoor building has like two branches left.

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[Mjcpr]

Ah, the joys of home ownership, eh Rhino?

In January my mom had tons of damage in Muskogee from her pine trees. My grandmother had a huge pine tree behind her house and it was stripped. It looked like a totem pole afterwards.

I guess pine trees don't hold up so well in ice storms.

[TopDaugIn2000]

tree trimmers will have a good christmas this year

[Mjcpr]

Wow, TIA is without power and probably closed until Wednesday.

[colleyvillesooner]

Please keep us updated. those pics are amazing, keep em coming...

[critical_phil]

i was out and about at 4 am because one of our patients lost power and didn't know how to use her portable O2 tank. i tried to step her through it over the phone, but it was tough sledding because she didn't even have a flashlight.

probably half of my case load is without power. i made 3 other visits to my highest priority peeps and now i'm just gonna sit by the phone for the rest of the day.

[Mjcpr]

There are electric enema givers?

[tommieharris91]

I'm on campus in Norman. The roads are fine, except for the limbs that are blocking the road. Some trees have blocked the entire road in a few spots and they are still snapping around here. I would say OU doesn't have finals Tuesday, as well. It's gonna take awhile to get this cleaned up.

[TopDaugIn2000]

i plan on taking some pics when i get home. if i have power i'll post em

[critical_phil]

There are electric enema givers?


sure. i'll be right over.



you got your own jumper cables?

[SOONER STEAKER]

The city is re-doing the drainage ditch in the backyard so they cut down all the trees in June but the front yards in the neighborhood are all drooping and snapping. I'll think I'll go to Home Depot and get a chain saw and help the neighbors.

How much does a good chain saw cost? I'd just like to break even on the cost of a chain saw. I'd think neighbors would rather pay me something than paying those tree trimmers who charge out the wazzoo.

[Tailwind]

You guys need to wear hardhats if you go outside.Wouldn't want to hear of ayone gettin beaned by falling branches.

[mikeelikee]

We're one of 153,000 PSO customers (residences and/or businesses) without power in the Tulsa area. Ours went out about 9:15 last night. PSO says it might be 8-10 DAYS for everyone's service to be restored. :(

[Mjcpr]

Hmm, there's something you don't see every day. A pickup driving down the street pulling a huge tree limb behind it.

[M]

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...and it continues to rain.

[SicEmBaylor]

I hear it's a tad bit nipply up there. It's going to be up to 70 here tomorrow.

[M]

awww, VK just dropped by my house with a big ole bag of fresh chocolate chip cookies.

I <3 you, VK!!!

but next time, remember the beer! ;)

[tommieharris91]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/DixieChickMissy/CIMG3874sm.jpg

You had to post this one for c_p, didn't you?

[M]

You had to post this one for c_p, didn't you?

The peak on that knob is mighty nippy.

[tommieharris91]

The peak on that knob is mighty nippy.

It sure is, but with all their talk about electric enemas here...

[C&CDean]

So, I was planning to take the whole week off to harvest pecans - even went out shaking trees and picking up limbs all weekend. No need to waste leave now.... so here I am back at work.

Our power went out at home in the middle of the night. Still isn't up. We had ham and eggs cooked on top of the fireplace insert I bought momma last year. It's our only heat, but it does a damn fine job keeping la casa toasty. At about 7:30 a big limb fell across our PVC fence and broke the hell out of it and knocked a rain gutter off the house. I stood on the porch and it sounded like rifle shots everywhere with limbs breaking in all the woods that surrounds the house.

Speaking of rifle shots, at about 8 or so I'm standing in the kitchen looking out the back window at a brand new calf (why do cows always drop their calves in the ****ty weather?) and right there about 50 yards from the calf is a coyote. I grab the ol' .22-250, and when I opened the door the coyote froze. I dropped his felonious *** right where he stood.

Now if we could just get the power on before all the meat in the freezers goes bad...

[tommieharris91]

Just put the meat in freezers outside and kill anything that comes near. I'm surprised you haven't though of that yet, Dean.

[C&CDean]

Just put the meat in freezers outside and kill anything that comes near. I'm surprised you haven't though of that yet, Dean.

The freezers are outside in the garage. As long as it stays this cold we'll be alright. But reading about the possibility of 7-8 days without power (us hillbillies are always the last to get power turned back on) worries me a tad. I supposed I could just fire up the generator, but I'd rather not.

And now the power is off at work in Norman. I'm on battery power on the laptop. They better send us home soon or I'm gonna go postal.

[TopDaugIn2000]

the boss man just brought in some gas powered heater and they are running a line from the HW heater to power it. we may all get blowed up

[Rhino]

They better send us home soon or I'm gonna go postal. *rimshot*

[SicEmBaylor]

The freezers are outside in the garage. As long as it stays this cold we'll be alright. But reading about the possibility of 7-8 days without power (us hillbillies are always the last to get power turned back on) worries me a tad. I supposed I could just fire up the generator, but I'd rather not.

And now the power is off at work in Norman. I'm on battery power on the laptop. They better send us home soon or I'm gonna go postal.

I thought the motto of you people was something like "Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor hurricane, etc."

[Fiatil]

I spent a fun half an hour chipping the 3/4 of an inch ice off of my car so I could get in it and see. It's extra fun because my car has no real heater to speak of. Still have power on my side of town though, so I'm weathering it fairly well.

Roads in town are fine, but most everything's shut down because of power outages and all that fun stuff.

[Boarder]

Power went off last night and when I went to plug in the neat new generator cord I got the generator had a 30 amp end and the box had a 20 amp end. That means two different plugs. Walmart didn't have one and everything else was closed.

I'm about to go home and rewire with the new plug I got at Lowe's this morning. The roads in Norman (and south) are all perfectly fine, but man, trees everywhere. And I bet half or more of the stoplights are out in Norman. Atwoods only had lights this morning so if you went there you had to wait for someone to escort you through the store and write down the prices of what you bought. (I went to Lowe's instead).

And I haven't even really looked out the backyard. I have a ton of blackjacks so I'm sure that now I had a ton of blackjacks. Which honestly doesn't break my heart. I better go get some more chain oil.

You might as well pick up a couple extra cans of gas on the way home, Dean.

[r5TPsooner]

WOW! I couldn't get from drive-way to the mailbox. I had to go out the front door, then walk on the grass until I got the curb and put my mail in, via the wrap around method.

I can't even imagine trying to drive on this crap right now. Thankfully, the family is at home safe and sound watching TV in front of a hot fire.

[TopDaugIn2000]

will someone please 'splain to me how even though the temp is below freezing the rain is still coming down as large drops and not sleet? not that I'm complaining, I'd rather it be raindrops, but I'm a little :confused:

[Chuck Bao]

The air-con in my living room went out last night. Luckily, the repairman came by early this morning and fixed it. Besides that, I'm doing fine.

[mdklatt]

I made it through the night. The power went out for about four hours in the middle of the night. That's a scary thing because you have no idea if it's going to be hours or days before it comes back on. I could hear sirens, exploding transformers, and falling trees all night. One sound I didn't think much of until it stopped was water running off the roof as the ice melted. When it got cool enough in here for the ice to really start accumulating on the roof I started to worry. All is well now, though. I'm amazed there are still trees standing after all the ruckus. Right now I'm not feeling too eager to ever buy my own house.

Stay safe, everybody. We might get a respite this afternoon, but more is on the way.

[mdklatt]

will someone please 'splain to me how even though the temp is below freezing the rain is still coming down as large drops and not sleet?

The cold air is very shallow and the rain doesn't have enough time to freeze on the way down.

[SicEmBaylor]

http://bestweekever.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/more_you_know1.jpg

[rufnek05]

we still have power, but the dish is out. I'm guessing it broke off or is covered in ice hence why it's not working. good thing I guess, I have finals I should be studyin for.

[Howzit]

There are electric enema givers?

It's called a Sybianema.

[TopDaugIn2000]

i just had a bowl of luke warm chili. apparently our power isn't strong enough to operate a crock pot at full power

[r5TPsooner]

The lights are starting to flicker, so it's probably only a matter of time. Our house is gonna be a sauna by the time it goes out though.:D

I'm surprised that we haven't lost power by now because it coming down hard.

Stay safe everyone and good luck.

[Mjcpr]

My two big maple trees in the front yard just keep dropping giant limb after giant limb. Sure glad I always try to keep them trimmed up so there aren't any dead limbs and whatnot. :rolleyes:

My neighbor across the street with the exact same trees has zero limbs down though. So there's that. :mad:

[TopDaugIn2000]

the sicamore (sp?) in my front yard has lost several large limbs.

[Mjcpr]

There went another one.

[rufnek05]

the neighbors truck just got messed up by a huge limb. I bet it is totaled. completely smalled the cab. but at least the tv is working again.

[KC//CRIMSON]

You hillbillies are just now getting ice?

Welcome to the party from four days ago!

[r5TPsooner]

My two big maple trees in the front yard just keep dropping giant limb after giant limb. Sure glad I always try to keep them trimmed up so there aren't any dead limbs and whatnot. :rolleyes:

My neighbor across the street with the exact same trees has zero limbs down though. So there's that. :mad:


I guess that I'm lucky that I live in a new construction neighborhood. None of the trees are even close to being mature yet.

[RacerX]

I'm watching the 1978 Gator Bowl.

[OklaPony]

This is all a good news / bad news scenario for moi. I've been out of town for the weekend and all the damn flights are cancelled into OKC so I can't get home! That, of course, is the bad news. The good news is that it's a beautiful day in Burbank, CA today!

Anyone know when Will Rogers is supposed to re-open?

[rufnek05]

Malcome in the middle.

[1stTimeCaller]

just finished a cold beer. Headed to the gun store now.

[StormySooner-IN]

The cold air is very shallow and the rain doesn't have enough time to freeze on the way down.This is True.

[ChickSoonerFan]

Our mailman just drove on our side walk and yard because there is a huge tree branch now blocking the road.

At least I know how to get off my street now if I need to.

[colleyvillesooner]

Dean's not a very good postman...

[Rhino]

City of Norman to the rescue! Clearing the streets! Pushing it into my yard!

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[C&CDean]

Dean's not a very good postman...

Dude, all that "neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night" bull**** is for the working stiffs. I'm an executive dammit.

Back in the day though let me tell you, I took that **** seriously. One time a tractor/trailer rig carrying mail hit some ice between Tucson and Phoenix (yes, it did ice there one time in about 1980 or so), flipped over, and tore the side out of the trailer - disgorging and shredding a **** pot of Christmas mail down Interstate 10.

What'd we do? We took a bunch of trucks up there and spent about 10 hours picking up every damn piece of mail, shreds and all, and hauled it into Tucson. Then, crews went to work piecing mail together until they could determine an address, then putting those remains in a body bag and getting them delivered before Christmas. We were delivering some of that mail for almost 30 hours straight.

When I worked in Vehicle Maintenance later on, I've towed mail carrier's vehicles out of rain-swollen ditches who got stuck - and went ahead and hand-carried the customers' mail on that side of the creek - sometimes miles away.

Yeah, I was pretty badassed back in the day. Now? Not so much. **** y'all, I wanna go home now.

[walkoffsooner]

just finished a cold beer. Headed to the gun store now.
tell em your a tree trimmer.

[rufnek05]

Its kind of funny to watch my dog walk on the back patio to go to outside.

[TopDaugIn2000]

lucy hits the doggie door full blast and then slides about 6 feet on the deck, it's hilarious

[C&CDean]

I probably shouldn't even tell this story.....

yesterday afternoon we were out in the pasture cleaning up limbs under the pecan trees with a 16-foot trailer. My youngest son and the two dogs were riding on the ice-covered trailer. They were having fun kind of slip/sliding around a little, so, when we were heading across the pasture I thought it'd be funny to pick up a little speed and then slam on the brakes.

All I saw in the rearview were one kid and two dogs with sheer panic looks on their faces as they came flying forward and disappeared between the truck and trailer. The kid managed to hang on to the rail, but both dogs just shot right out under it. I was cracking up.

Then, the dumbasses trusted me enough to get right back on the trailer. I immediately hit the gas, and they all went sliding right off the back end of the trailer. It was great entertainment. For me.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

Well, I lost power about 11:30 last night. At about 3, I woke up to see part of the tree in the front yard had fallen. I was afraid the rest of the tree would crash onto my car. This morning I was going to move it, but the doors were frozen shut. About 20 minutes later, the tree fell on it. Thankfully there was no body or window damage. The tree cracked the ice on my car, so I could open the door and move it.

I'll post pics later. This is the same tree that survived May 3 tornado, so I'm hopeful it can be salvaged.

I regained electricity about 2:00, but Father Winter can still **** off.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

Ok so since that last post, some college kid came to the door saying he would remove the tree. Earlier this morning a dude said he'd do it for $250. WTF? It hasn't even thawed out yet.

[The Maestro]

It got so cold here in Gilbert, AZ, last night I had to turn off my ceiling fan.

BRRRRRRR!!

Sorry for all you guys...I sure don't miss Winter.

[rufnek05]

Ok so since that last post, some college kid came to the door saying he would remove the tree. Earlier this morning a dude said he'd do it for $250. WTF? It hasn't even thawed out yet.


Thats a good idea, I should tell my Landlord I'll clean up the yard if he doesn't make us pay rent.

BRILLIANT!

[Mjcpr]

My suggestion: don't let some college punk mess with it.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

I heard Dean was handy with a chainsaw.

[Cam]

Lost power for good around 3pm today. posting from my cell phone. Playing games by candle light with the kids#was quite the adventure. We've been watching movies with the kids on laptops. once the batteries are done we'll go to sleep. Thankfully we have a gas fire place, so we're still warm enough.

Just went outside and took a walk down the bloc. Other than our neighbors generator, it's pretty peaceful out. Kind of strange that the ice is still melting when it's so cold.

[Cam]

Yea, power's back. We're still gonna sleep by the fire, don't think it's going to last.

[bluedogok]

I just called my parents and they haven't had too much trouble, the neighbors tree dropped a small branch on my dad's pickup so he moved it to the other side of my mother's car after that. My sister on the other hand has lost a couple of trees and a neighbors tree took out their fence. Her power has flashed on/off but has mostly stayed on.

Y'all stay safe up there.

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Well it is Tuesday morning here is Wales, it is "Frosty" as they say...0 degrees C and frost on the ground, then again, the wind blows about 40 mph and it is cold as heck wth the wind...

[RacerX]

Raining this morning.

Going to head to work in a little and see if there is any power.

[Newbomb Turk]

We still have power in NW OKC, but I don't see that being the case all day.

shouldn't have posted that. Lost power at 9:30am Monday and it's still out. No telling how long it will be.

[OklaPony]

I just hope they open Will Rogers today. Not that being stranded in Southern Cali is all that bad but I got to get back home!!!

[OU4LIFE]

We've been without power since about noon yesterday. I hope it comes back on soon or we are gonna lose a decent amount of meat in the deep freeze.

We're pretty lucky though, we have a fire place, and I have a little portable propane heater, plenty of candle and a good book. We had a nice evening by the fire. Was able to set the alarm on the cell phone to get up for work this morning.

All in all, it could be a lot worse. Going to have plenty of limbs to clean up once it clears up.

Ya'll take care of yourselves out there.

[OU4LIFE]

except you, Bruce.

[OUDoc]

My power went out in NW OKC last PM about 8:30.

[Mjcpr]

We have barely even had a flicker since all of this began......until this morning. Opened the gargae door to leave for work and the power went out. Hopefully it will come right back on but I doubt it. It will be next week for a lot of people.

Thankfully, my building is one of only a few downtown that have power. :rolleyes:

[nmsoonergirl]

Believe it or not, this thread actually makes me homesick.

Be careful everyone, and enjoy the craziness that is Oklahoma weather.

[SOONER STEAKER]

Lost power yesterday at about 12:30 and nothing sense. Staying with my sister until OGE comes thru. The weird part of this deal is, my neighbors accross the street have power, but my side of the street doesn't, kinda funny how these things work.

PS: If you see an OGE truck, send them my way. NW Hiway & Independence

[GrapevineSooner]

Take care you hillbillies.

We'd gladly trade you our schizophrenic weather for yours. And by that I mean on Saturday, it was in the 70's when I was putting up Christmas decorations outside.

Cold front moves through on Sunday and it's cold and drizzly through this morning when I wake up to temps in the 60's because the cold front backed up and came back across as a warm front. Tomorrow, that same front is supposed to move back across as a cold front and drop temps back into the 30's.

[Mjcpr]

We'd gladly trade you our schizophrenic weather for yours. And by that I mean on Saturday, it was in the 70's when I was putting up Christmas decorations outside.

Cold front moves through on Sunday and it's cold and drizzly through this morning when I wake up to temps in the 60's because the cold front backed up and came back across as a warm front. Tomorrow, that same front is supposed to move back across as a cold front and drop temps back into the 30's.

I think most of us would take that trade.

[C&CDean]

Another day with no power at the Deanarosa. Hooked up the generator last night so we could run the fridge/freezers and a TV and the blower on the wood burning stove.

What sucks though is no water when you're on your own well. If you have to take a dump you take a gallon jug of water in there with you to flush. Everybody pees outside. No showers, etc. We've been cooking on top of the wood burning stove. It all kind of reminds me of my youth, and also makes me really appreciate the conveniences of a modern world. The kids are still stupid about it though. This morning, one of the boys keeps jamming the garage door opener to shut the garage. I just look at him and he goes "the batteries must be dead in the remote." I go "boy, are you really that stupid?" He goes "oh, you have to have electricity to shut the garage?" I go "yes, you really are that stupid."

Same thing last night with the TV remote. Mashing buttons wondering why the TV doesn't come on.

And now it's raining like a big bitch. Buckets and buckets of it. At least it's melting the ice, but I don't know when we're gonna get power back. Good thing there's a shower at the gym here at work...

[olevetonahill]

All I can say is Good Luck peeps . and stay safe and warm .

[OUDoc]

Apparently, my wife acquired someone's generator for us. Sweet.

Is hooking up the PS3 and TV to the generator considered poor form?

[Lott's Bandana]

Is hooking up the PS3 and TV to the generator considered poor form?

Depends on what da wiffs hooking up to it...;)

[r5TPsooner]

I've gotten lucky in more ways than one during the storm. I was out with my sledgehammer and ice pick breaking up the ice on the driveway and walk area last nite. I saw at least 3-4 families staying with someone in our neighborhood because they had no electricity but all seemed to be in good spirits.

[sooneron]

Stay safe fellow Okies! Warm too.

[Boomer.....]

I just made it to Borders for the wife to study. What's up with the $9.99 a day internet here? We have had no power since 2:00 a.m. Monday morning and it is a balmy 56 degrees in the house.

[SoonerBOI]

heartfelt prayers to all of you affected by the ice storm...
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[Soonrboy]

Got our power back this morning about 9:30...kids went to spend the night at their godparents who had power. Loved sleeping under the down comforters last night. It was a good sleep, but dreaded walk across tile floor in bathroom.

Now, Im hoping we have school tomorrow so we dont have to make it up in May.

[Sooner_Bob]

Kudos to Cimarron Electric for getting our power back on yesterday afternoon. Hopefully it will last . . . and here's hoping the rest of you get your power back sooner rather than later.

[M]

I think I need a chainsaw like Fergie's

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/DixieChickMissy/fergie__oPt.jpg

Looks like someone went nuts with the bedazzler.

[Lott's Bandana]

I just made it to Borders for the wife to study. What's up with the $9.99 a day internet here?


Back when wireless 'hotspots' were a new and kinda cool thing, T-Mobile got Borders, FedEx/Kinko's and S'bucks to get on board with their pay-as-you-go wireless.

It would be hard to believe that the continued fee-based wireless at these major retail outlets will continue once their contract expires with T-Mob...although, that is complete wishful thinking.

When I am in T, I like the coffee shop on Cherry Street to do some free wireless'ing...not sure it is big enough to be a good study place tho. Another really comfortable and quiet place is the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel...nobody bothers ya, restrooms available and a bar!

[Boomer.....]

Is there free wireless internet at the Renaissance?

[Oldnslo]

Hey, y'all.
Day 2 without power at the house. Good thing we've got the menorah lit up. we lit candles all over last night. nothing like going to sleep with a sweater (and sox) on.
At least we have hot water.

I'm supposed to go to OKC tomorrow for a seminar. Can't get a straight answer from the hotel or CLE provider on whether it's still on.

No internet at the office.
:(

[SoonerStormchaser]

The missus and stepdaughter finally got back into OKC this morning...only 48 hours late. Luckily, Southwest was running on time with their flights between here and there.

[Fugue]

Hey, I hope y'all are getting along ok. This kind of icing happened up here in W'tittay the day of the game of....speak and I know it sucks. Prayers for you.

[Fugue]

And one more thing. If you are thinking of chopping up a fallen Elm branch to burn in your fireplace, don't. That wood is full of stank.

[KC//CRIMSON]

I think I need a chainsaw like Fergie's

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/DixieChickMissy/fergie__oPt.jpg

Looks like someone went nuts with the bedazzler.

Fergie never gets cold. She just pees her pants to stay warm.;)

[Oldnslo]

As of 6:00 tonight...

I am electrified.

What a wonderful Hanukkah present for night 8. Thanks, AEP!

[critical_phil]

Apparently, my wife acquired someone's generator for us. Sweet.

Is hooking up the PS3 and TV to the generator considered poor form?


sweet, i'll be over in a bit.


sure, i have power here - but i also have a house full of in-laws.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

So the mailman didn't deliver the mail today. I think he was ascared of sticking his hand betwixt the fallen tree branches into the mailbox.

Looks like he would have come to the door though.

[soonerboomer93]

you guys stay safe and warm

i'll take a freakin blizzard over those ice storms any day of the week (but it's raining here, but thankfully, not cold enough to freeze)

[bluedogok]

Lost power yesterday at about 12:30 and nothing sense. Staying with my sister until OGE comes thru. The weird part of this deal is, my neighbors accross the street have power, but my side of the street doesn't, kinda funny how these things work.

PS: If you see an OGE truck, send them my way. NW Hiway & Independence
I used to live on Independence south of 50th, the service line between our houses was pretty weak so our power would go out on our block but the other side of Independence and Woodward (the street behind my house) would have power.

[Lott's Bandana]

Is there free wireless internet at the Renaissance?


Yes, in the lobby.

The trick to free coffee, free internet, clean bathrooms in hotel lobbies, while in a "transient" situation:

Just act like you belong. The employees could give a rip if you do. Believe me, I have a "travelin" career going on 25 years....

[Lott's Bandana]

As of 6:00 tonight...

I am electrified.

What a wonderful Hanukkah present for night 8. Thanks, AEP!


Mazel Tov!

[Octavian]

barely :stunned:

[Newbomb Turk]

power was restored at my place yesterday afternoon.

When I got home from work the lights kinda flickered a little. did not like.

[OUDoc]

sweet, i'll be over in a bit.


sure, i have power here - but i also have a house full of in-laws.
Power's back on now.

We'll expect you around 8-ish?

[Mjcpr]

Still out in my 'hood.

There's nothing like taking a shower in the morning when it's a crisp 58 degrees in the house. I'm a little surprised it was that warm.

[Boomer.....]

Lucky. I was taking a shower with a flashlight pointed at me in the brisk 55 degree air this morning.

[C&CDean]

Lucky. Y'all have water to shower with.

Our power came on last night just as we were heading out to the kid's basketball game. I cut the generator off, and when we got home, we still had power. Just having some light made it feel warmer...

[Mjcpr]

Lucky. Y'all have water to shower with.

I always thought you used lye soap and washed it off with dirt and rocks.

;)

[C&CDean]

I always thought you used lye soap and washed it off with dirt and rocks.

;)

I use gasoline and wash it off with a match.

[Mjcpr]

Well, yeah, in a pinch.

[soonersweetie]

My dad lives in Sand Springs and they have not had power since Sunday. He says the Magnolia tree in his front yard looks like someone dropped a little bomb inside of it and it exploded. He said it's really sad looking. He said the neighbor's tree across the street speared their roof, luckily no one was hurt.

He says they are doing ok, lots of candles, flashlights, blankets and thank goodness for a gas stove to cook on.

My mom lives in Coweta and just got her power on last night.

I love the winter, but man the Winter Warlock is in overdrive out there. Everyone stay safe!

[IB4OU2]

Still out in my 'hood.

There's nothing like taking a shower in the morning when it's a crisp 58 degrees in the house. I'm a little surprised it was that warm.

No power on Yorktown yet but we do have hot water so no turtlehead issue for me.

[Boarder]

Dean, didn't you wire up the water pump where you can plug it in? I gots me one of those boxes that lets you wire up a few circuits to hook to the generator and the water well was one of them.

[C&CDean]

Dean, didn't you wire up the water pump where you can plug it in? I gots me one of those boxes that lets you wire up a few circuits to hook to the generator and the water well was one of them.

Just another one of those projects I was fixin' to get to but never did...

The main thing is you have to have it wired up correctly - so that when the power does come back on it don't assplode your well and stuff.

[Boarder]

Just another one of those projects I was fixin' to get to but never did...


Yeah, I was wiring the plug in box in the dark with a flashlight. Then didn't have the right plug on one end of the generator wire. Nothing like necessity to make you finish stuff.

I used this one and wired the 220 circuit to the well. I can turn it on when we need some pressure.

http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/catalog/images/20216A_125.jpg

[C&CDean]

Yeah, I was wiring the plug in box in the dark with a flashlight. Then didn't have the right plug on one end of the generator wire. Nothing like necessity to make you finish stuff.

I used this one and wired the 220 circuit to the well. I can turn it on when we need some pressure.

http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/catalog/images/20216A_125.jpg

Well see now I don't have to worry about it cause we gots power again11!!1

[Boarder]

Spoken like a true hillbilly! :D


If we had gotten power before I had it all done it'd be sitting there in pieces. :D

[Mjcpr]

We have power now, my answering machine picked up.

Hopefully it stays up

that's what she said

[IB4OU2]

We have power now, my answering machine picked up.

Hopefully it stays up

that's what she said

PSO left a message btw.

[soonermeteor]

I live on the SE side of Norman and fortunately only lost power for about 12 hours on Sunday. It's really turned finals week into a mess at OU. Stress that is normally high is off the charts considering how many still don't have power. :rolleyes:

[OklaPony]

I made it back home yesterday (one day late) from The People's Republik of Kalifornia and was happy to find that my house didn't sustain any damage. I lost a few cedar branches and there were some pretty major pecan branches in my backyard, but no damage to the OklaPony hizzie! My luck must be running good because the one and only analog, AC-powered clock in the house was only 2 minutes behind every other clock... I only lost power for 2 minutes!

I think this means that there will be a great Sooner victory in Arizona.

[sooner_born_1960]

or 24 hours and 2 minutes.

[OklaPony]

or 24 hours and 2 minutes.
lol... Yeah, I thought about that, but all the crap in the fridge and freezer is still good. Although, I didn't check for a big 'ol lump of ice where the ice cubes used to be.

[Boomer.....]

Still out of power. :(

[OU-HSV]

I just got power back! It's been off since 3 a.m. Monday.

[olevetonahill]

Ive survived , It was tuff , I had to go for beer twice .
Dayum lectric stayed On , had water and all that **** . I dont wanta hear no mo crying .:P

[Mjcpr]

There are convoys of electric company trucks from out of state on the highways around here. I saw a bunch of them when I went home last night and when I came to work this morning.

[Sooner_Bob]

Yeah, I was wiring the plug in box in the dark with a flashlight. Then didn't have the right plug on one end of the generator wire. Nothing like necessity to make you finish stuff.

I used this one and wired the 220 circuit to the well. I can turn it on when we need some pressure.

http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/catalog/images/20216A_125.jpg


I ordered one of those the other day . . . it'll support up to a 7500 watt generator. That 4-wire cord was freakin' expensive.

http://www.gen-tran.com has tons of good info about the manual switches and wiring instructions, etc. for those of you interested.

[Cam]

We lost it again Tuesday for 3-4 hours. Haven't had any more blips since it came back on. Less than two miles east, they've had nothing since Sunday.

[OU-HSV]

There are convoys of electric company trucks from out of state on the highways around here. I saw a bunch of them when I went home last night and when I came to work this morning.
Yep, I've seen a ton of them the last two days now. On the BA Expwy. last night I saw about 20 or more in a line headed toward Tulsa

[Boarder]

I ordered one of those the other day . . . it'll support up to a 7500 watt generator. That 4-wire cord was freakin' expensive.

http://www.gen-tran.com has tons of good info about the manual switches and wiring instructions, etc. for those of you interested.
I got the power cord at Lowe's, actually. I ordered the box from somewhere. It works like a charm.

[Rhino]

Be wary of all the door-to-door clean-up guys. I've had half a dozen stop by my house since Tuesday. The last one had a Texas tag.

[Sooner_Bob]

If I actually lived in a neighborhood that got hit I'd be willing to help clean up just for the firewood . . .

Hopefully nobody gets ripped off during all of this.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

Be wary of all the door-to-door clean-up guys. I've had half a dozen stop by my house since Tuesday. The last one had a Texas tag.Had a guy stop literally 20 minutes after the tree in my mom's yard fell. He said he'd get rid of it for $250. I thought that seemed a little shady, like he was preying on people. Then she had a college kid come by but we were leery of that. She finally had a guy do it for $130 who knew what he was doing. The neighbor across the street said that was a fair price.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

Oh, the Baptist General Convention has people who will cut down your tree for free.

[IB4OU2]

If I actually lived in a neighborhood that got hit I'd be willing to help clean up just for the firewood . . .

Hopefully nobody gets ripped off during all of this.

Come on up....I'll pay for your gas.

[soonersweetie]

my dad is still without power in Sand Springs. Has been since Sunday. Worried about him tonight with the snow and colder temps coming. :(

[GrapevineSooner]

I'll keep him in my thoughts for you.

[Rhino]

Be wary of all the door-to-door clean-up guys. I've had half a dozen stop by my house since Tuesday. The last one had a Texas tag. Tree trimmers from North Carolina stopped by just a few minutes ago. Geez.

[stoopified]

nyone in the Ponca City area needs a warm place to sleep,PM me.

[bluedogok]

Well, I talked to my parents today, all was well on Monday night, Tuesday morning their power went out and has been out since. All but their side of the street for about three blocks has power again. My dad walked down the back of the property (former railroad right-of-way on the back of their house) and found a tree that took out a utility pole. So they might be out for a little while. My parents and several of the neighbors went and bought generators at Grainger's so they have some power. My sister still has power. Hopefully it will be fixed by the time we get up there on Friday.

[Newbomb Turk]

gawd I feel for everyone that still doesn't have power. We only lost power for a day and a half and I couldn't stand it. It's gonna get pretty cold tonight. I pray for those without power.

[FirstandGoal]

Some coworkers of mine still don't have power. I have no idea how they haven't gone crazy yet.