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January 14, 2007
Hunker down
We lost power this Friday night about 8:30pm. We tried to go stay in my husband's office at the church, since it still had power & couches to sleep on, but we had to leave because the church was running a shelter and they brought people from the Family Violence Center over, so they had to clear & lock down the building. Last night we went over to a friend's house that still had power, but trees were breaking left and right in their backyard. One fell really close to the power line, so he was trying to cut it with a chainsaw and accidentally hit the powerline. Somehow he didn't get electrocuted, but the power was cut to their house. We went home adn slept with lots of blankets, and the dog snuggled with us. This morning we tried to go buy some batteries and/or candles, but Wal-Mart was all sold out. Now we're up at my office, which amazingly has both power & internet (but nowhere to sleep).
There's supposed to be "third wave" of storms coming through this afternoon, but we decided we'd rather brave icy roads later today than be stuck with no power in the house all day. So far we haven't had too much damage to our trees and none to our house, but LOTS of tree limps are down all over town and they're saying 90% of Springfield and the surrounding areas are without power. It probably won't be restored until sometime next week (Tuesday at the earliest).
Posted by zarah at January 14, 2007 11:23 AM
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Our power went out about 7 Friday night. My parents had power so we went there. Their power is sporadic at best now. So now we are with my in-laws in Galena. Good luck. Stay warm. I posted pictures of my parent's neighborhood. Ours is worse. We had damage to our house. We lost our fence, siding and all our fish. Ice sucks! Stay warm. If you need anything let me know - Joplin has power and more supplies at the moment.
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at January 14, 2007 2:11 PM
Yikes! Take care of you and yours... we're thinking of you. Missed us here in St. Louis this time, though. I've got plenty of room if you really get desperate.
Posted by: Ann Konzen at January 14, 2007 6:16 PM
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