Everyone ok?

chriscoli · 06-29-2012, 11:57 PM

Wow, that wad a bad storm! I just finished hooking up my azoo battery air pumps and unplugging the canister filters. Pepco is saying well be out till the 1st. I'm not sure how accurate that really is. A tree is down across the street and I heard a lot more wood cracking in the neighborhood before that, too. I'll be out with the pushbroom tomorrow, for sure.

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jonclark96 · 06-30-2012, 12:17 AM

Power flickered a bit, but never went out for more than a few moments.

Hope everything is okay Christine.

Andrewtfw · 06-30-2012, 12:24 AM

Drove home in it. Rain fell in sheets in all directions. Lots of dark intersections and branches in the roadway. Lost power for a minute but it's on now.

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Nathan · 06-30-2012, 12:24 AM

Same as john, although the fire department went out about a half dozen times during the storm.

Leffler817 · 06-30-2012, 12:37 AM

Its on the Shore now. We've had no problems so far, knock on wood! Although, I had a 10x10' canopy on my back patio but its become a pretzel in the yard.

mchambers · 06-30-2012, 7:01 AM

I'm not expecting power for several days. For those of you in similar circumstances, here's a link to Frank Cowherd's article on what to do in an outage.

http://aquaticlifefarm.com/web_pages...icple_pwr.html

JasonC · 06-30-2012, 8:34 AM

No power here... "luckily" I get to spend the day at work. With almost 600k people out of power for BGE... most in Howard county, and with restoration times being listed in days, this is making me rethink my non-plan for my tanks surviving a power outage. I did a heavy dose of prime this am before leaving for work to help with any waste, but I am hoping that they dont go oxygen starved before I can do something about it. maybe I should be looking at battery air pumps after all... *facepalm*

chriscoli · 06-30-2012, 8:44 AM

Y'all heard about the water restrictions for all WSSC customers? Their power is out, too.

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mchambers · 06-30-2012, 8:53 AM

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Originally Posted by JasonC

No power here... "luckily" I get to spend the day at work. With almost 600k people out of power for BGE... most in Howard county, and with restoration times being listed in days, this is making me rethink my non-plan for my tanks surviving a power outage. I did a heavy dose of prime this am before leaving for work to help with any waste, but I am hoping that they dont go oxygen starved before I can do something about it. maybe I should be looking at battery air pumps after all... *facepalm*

I'd go easy on the Prime. Think it reduces the oxygen. Don't get me wrong: definitely use if you're doing a water change, but don't overdo the dosage.

turfboss · 06-30-2012, 9:09 AM

OK here - Severna Park (half way between Annapolis and Baltimore) got about 10 power out flickers but came back on again within a minute or so each time - lots of downed branches - - thought the winds were going to blow the house away but all OK here.

Am not sure I could afford all the battery powered pumps I need but am putting in one large luft pump attached to one of my APC computer back up batteries (which after last night I will now run a line to the outside to my old gas powered generator). I think we dodged a bullet here last night - this appears to be a disaster for lots of folks and I think we were just lucky not to have a lot more damage and power out for the next 3 days or so.