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Straight line winds last night - unprepared...

hoosieroriginal — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 15:43:50 GMT

We had a horrendous storm last night - straight line winds probably 70 mph or over - the trees were almost laying down in the wind. Lots of huge trees down or snapped off this morning. Horrible lightning and thunder the entire night. Went without power for 5 hours, then on for 2, then off again for 2. God bless all of the utility workers out in it trying to get our power restored, and they are back out on my street again today. We don't give these men and women enough credit for their hard and dangerous work. All of my neighbors came outside once it passed to check on each other. I am blessed with good neighbors! During the storm I could flashes in the distance - power poles going down or blowing. Scary stuff! Hope everyone in this area is okay. Prepare east coast, it is headed your way - more expected here this afternoon and evening. I didn't have my phone charged, couldn't get on my computer to see what was going on, had no candles available - be prepared!

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Bri36 — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 15:47:52 GMT

@hoosieroriginal, stay safe. Hope it calms down for you there.

It's always a good idea to check on batteries and other power sources this time of year. You never know when a storm will hit...

Good neighbors are a blessing!

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Kachina624 — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 15:50:52 GMT

@hoosieroriginal Your storm sounds horrendous but it's kind of meaningless unless we know where this occurred.

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CareBears — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 15:53:30 GMT

@hoosieroriginal So glad to hear you are safe, storms are very scary and those straight line winds can be very damaging, we had two 30 foot Maple trees that the wind uprooted fall onto our roof one year, hundreds of dollars of damage.

Be safe everyone!

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goldensrbest — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 15:53:59 GMT

Aperson living in the south,and mid west, really should have a basement ,so many new homes do not have them.

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Krimpette — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 15:54:35 GMT

Puts me in mind of a dreadful storm we had several years ago - a "derecho" is what they called it. We were several days without power. Trees down all over the place. Hope we never have to go through that agaiin. Good luck to you, OP. Hope you don't have to go through that again any time soon!

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goldensrbest — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 15:54:39 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@hoosieroriginal Your storm sounds horrendous but it's kind of meaningless unless we know where this occurred.

INDIANA.

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golding76 — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 16:30:23 GMT

hoosieroriginal, so glad you and your neighbors are doing okay after this storm. About five years ago, our area learned a new meteorological term -- "derecho" -- that tore through our neck of the woods. It was characterized by the same features as the storm that tore up your area.

Did your local newscasters use this term to describe the weather occurrence you experienced?

Never heard of it before the night it hit us in Northern Virginia.

ETA: krimpette, only by reading hoosieroriginal's response to you did I realize that you already brought up the "derecho." That's what I get for not reading all previous posts, but I typically don't like to do that.

Excuse, please...

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Oznell — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 15:57:26 GMT

So glad you're OK, hoosieroriginal.

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hoosieroriginal — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 16:13:46 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@hoosieroriginal Your storm sounds horrendous but it's kind of meaningless unless we know where this occurred.

@Kachina624 - Indiana and surrounding states.

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hoosieroriginal — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 16:15:40 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
Aperson living in the south,and mid west, really should have a basement ,so many new homes do not have them.

@goldensrbest - I do have a basement - the storm came so quickly. My greyhound refuses to go down basement stairs - usually I let her out and take her around to basement door but didn't have time so we all stayed upstairs - wasn't going to leave her upstairs by herself - if she goes, we all go!

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hoosieroriginal — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 16:17:57 GMT

@Krimpette wrote:
Puts me in mind of a dreadful storm we had several years ago - a "derecho" is what they called it. We were several days without power. Trees down all over the place. Hope we never have to go through that agaiin. Good luck to you, OP. Hope you don't have to go through that again any time soon!

@Krimpette - this was similar - I've seen it only one other time in 14 years here in my part of Indiana. Handyman called and said he had to take three different routes home there were so many power lines and poles down. I just walked my dog and saw a beautiful huge tree snapped in half.

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IUredhead — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 17:21:52 GMT

Don't know if you are close to me or not (I'm in Indiana too), but we had heavy rain, severe lightning and the power was off for 5-6 hours, then came back on for an hour or so, then off, then back on. It was a sleepless night. Not fun talking to Duke Energy at 3am and then the cable company before 7am. Fingers crossed we don't have a repeat tonight.

Stay safe @hoosieroriginal

--Jeri

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goldensrbest — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 17:57:13 GMT

My mom and brother lives in gibson county, i have not talked to mom today,don't know if they had it or not.

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hoosieroriginal — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 18:03:00 GMT

@IUredhead wrote:
Don't know if you are close to me or not (I'm in Indiana too), but we had heavy rain, severe lightning and the power was off for 5-6 hours, then came back on for an hour or so, then off, then back on. It was a sleepless night. Not fun talking to Duke Energy at 3am and then the cable company before 7am. Fingers crossed we don't have a repeat tonight.

Stay safe @hoosieroriginal

--Jeri

@IUredhead - yes, I hear you, but we may be in for another round tonite. I got no sleep either between lightning strikes, thunder, duke energy chainsawing and their trucks with the flashing lights all night long.

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hatetoiron — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 18:11:13 GMT

hoosieroriginal Glad your ok and your home wasn't damaged.

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happycat — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 18:26:47 GMT

I'm glad you are ok and got your power back on.

I'm in Arkansas, we are suppose to have storms tonight, and up to 6 inches of rain by tomorrow night. The wind is starting to really pick up outside, but nothing like what you had to go thru.

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Perkup — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 19:10:45 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
Aperson living in the south,and mid west, really should have a basement ,so many new homes do not have them.

I don't disagree with you, BUT those of us who live in the greater New Orleans area can't do basements. It's why we bury above ground - when you dig down, you hit water. You might be safe from the storm, but you'd drown.

I miss the old "root cellars" we used to have in Georgia. Seemed very safe.

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candys mine — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:15:10 GMT

@hoosieroriginal I'm glad you are all OK no matter where you are. Straightline winds can make it seem like the End is near! Scary stuff!. You are right about the emergency crews deserving of more notice than they get. Hats off to them!

@Perkupthanks for the explaination. It doesn't make sense to not have a cellar to those of us who grew up with them. But some places it seems it's just mecanically impossible to do. I did see a T.V.clip of someone who had no basement so they built a little cement shelter about the size of a sideboard in the diningroom. Just enough for the family to squeese into. the house was blown away but that cement shelter was still there on the foundation slab and they were all O.K. Tornados would scare the heck out of me! If I ever end up in Tornado alley I'm investing in concrete!

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SilleeMee — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:33:48 GMT

Stay safe @hoosieroriginal.

As I'm writing this, I'm looking at about 3 inches of snow on my deck and more snow is falling. Temperature is only 27, windchill at 18. Burrrr.