Violent U.S. storms

[Rocky]

I just watched the supper hour news and was stunned by the devastation done by wind storms in the north central and eastern US states. It's as if a hurricane swept through.
Many lives have been lost and millions are without electricity in the searing heat and humidity.
I hope any of our TT members there are OK - and everyone else of course!

 

[The Seeker]

12 dead last I heard. Many, many more injured. It was like a hurricane on land and without the warning!!

Millions are without power, telephone, or cellphones. Washington DC is blacked out and will be for days. Ohio got hit hard and many have no power or clean water....with the extreme heat, they are heading to public places with Air Conditioning.

 

[keystiger]

Just found this. Happy to say none of my family in North Eastern Ohio where very affected. But there are MANY who are certainly suffering. ALmost Hurricane force winds and rain in an area not really used to that sort of pounding makes quite a mess.
http://news.yahoo.com/summer-storms...n-without-122338995--abc-news-topstories.html

 

[CarlS]

I wonder about DSChief. Dave lives in Maryland as does Keith Holt.

 

[DaveM]

This is bad and once again as we don't get extreme weather or side it is very hard to comprehend

 

[CarlS]

I sent Dave, DSChief, a PM.

 

[The Seeker]

This is bad and once again as we don't get extreme weather or side it is very hard to comprehend

Ohio isn't a place where one would expect much more than a heavy thunderstorm and the occasional heavy snowfall. That's what took people by surprise in this instance.

 

[DaveM]

Shame it must be hard on them

 

[CarlS]

The North American Continent has some of the most violent weather in the world.

 

[Rocky]

It's been quite warm and humid here for the past two days.
Yesterday, in the sun, it was 35C (95F) and 30C (86F) in the shade. That's very warm for here.
We just had a storm warning for thunderstorms and possibly hail this afternoon. Very unusual for us.
It's probably the tail end of that system that did so much damage in the US, but no high winds are expected.

 

[hemibee]

We have line crews headed to the region to help restore power. This time of year it's usually crews in that area headed to the Gulf Coast to help restore power. Our crews usually get sent north during ice storms instead of getting to go up there in above freezing temperatures.


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[Rocky]

The storm I mentioned didn't amount to much.
It came and went in a hurry with only a short dumping of rain and no hail.

 

[CarlS]

Glad it was minor for you all, Rocky.

Tony, there are also a bunch of crews from Florida up there, too. Florida is usually on the receiving end of power crews from other states.

 

[Rocky]

The US and Canadian power companies have a great working relationship.
When one or the other needs help they only need to ask and the crews are there in double time.
We have crews from the provinces of Ontario and New Brunswick south of the border helping out too.
Lets hope things get back something resembling normal soon.