It started raining down here in Salisbury a little after 8 A.M. and looking out the window right now, it is raining very heavy. So far the winds are not very strong, but I am sure that is going to develope as the day goes on.
smyrna report: just started raining, not heavy 10 winds.
Camden has waves or rain, and a little wind. nothing major yet.
11:30 AM sat. first drops of rain in new castle, very light wind. more to come. i got gassed up for the car and a spare 5 gallon jug for the tools later. now i think i need a propane refill for the que. dang, its right down nead the bottom, hard to say how much is left. hope walmart has refills left.
rain has begun in wilmington…good luck everyone
12:30pm…rain has let up some and the wind has picked up. Had our first power glitch, off and then right back on. I have my generator all set up with extension cords going into my house, should be able to run some appliances along with my main tank and frag tank with this 5000 watt gen. Don’t have to worry about using alot of the watts now with the addition of the new LED setup.
the worst should be about 11PM to early AM tonight. the winds will come from the NE and then about 11 PM start to swing from the north, and then from the NW by morning. the weather forecast doesnt look too bad. maybe 40 MPH max. Here is the AOL extended hourly forecast for today, tomorrow and next day. gives all the factors, wind speed and direction from.
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Hourly.aspx?location=USDE0042&begHour=0&begDay=240
John you can change the location by selecting your town in Md. . its just a little higher wind tonight.
constant moderate rain in smyrna, about 1.25 as of 2:30. light winds.
4:00pm…Constant very heavy rain now with some very strong wind gusts.
Camden update…
Steady wind, with moderate rain falling.
Down in felton a friend had a large tree fall in her back yard.
wind and rain in spurts stronger, and constant. high gust 17.
5:30 pm, new castle, rain getting heavier. about 1.5 inches so far. wind picking up a bit from the NE making the tall trees dance a little. so far , so good. the forecast says we should get the strongest winds in the mornig on the back side of the storm, coming out of the NW.
I refilled my humming bird feeder, because at least one of the little guys has been still hitting it, even in this rain. hope hes got a good place to hide. oh, there it is now out at the feeder having a sip. got to keep its tank full.
Just heard Smyrna power is out!
power just cut out twice now my apex is reading 2 modules and my lights are not working they work off the phantom module. this sucks now i gotta figure this out the apex is reading two eb8’s and 4 displays wtf
Thats why i prefer good ole analog controls over digital electronics. I mean like, Who can figure out their software? An on/off switch, Now I can figure that out every time. When in doubt, just put both wires on your tongue at the same time. If you wake up and smell something burning… the power is working.
Power is out in north Wilmington, I am on generator power now.
power flickered twice, but came back on within seconds.
Several quick blips in the power for Camden. Rain is slacking for a few minutes as is the wind. It will be back soon.
I was just talking to a fishing bud i n Milsboro, and his power had been out for a while. but came back after an hour. northern New Castle just got a tornado warning . one spotted in pensville heading to north wilmington. ERS alert on TV.
then i checked my rain bucket out back on the barbeque. got 5 inches of rain so far. When i opened the back slider door, the cat made a mad dash outside to escape cabin fever. She will be back. its pouring rain out there.
Guess we are on the same circuit moliken