Damage reports

John A. Birdsall · 10-30-2012, 09:46 AM

Peggy's Cove and Merrymeeting Cove had high winds in the trees, but no problems on the ground. We lost power a few times but it came back. leaves are down, some limbs are down on the upper road. But no property damage that I could see.

JDeere · 10-30-2012, 10:28 AM

Lake area seems to be ok

Sal · 10-30-2012, 10:44 AM

Here, near Buzzell Cove, small branches down but nothing serious. Power went out 5PM Monday and it's still not back. Neighborhood generators, including ours, have been humming. Propane companies must be happy.

Seems strange that electric power goes down but cable tv and internet
keep running. They must use stronger wires.

Slickcraft · 10-30-2012, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Sal

Here, near Buzzell Cove, small branches down but nothing serious. Power went out 5PM Monday and it's still not back. Neighborhood generators, including ours, have been humming. Propane companies must be happy.

Seems strange that electric power goes down but cable tv and internet
keep running. They must use stronger wires.

Power lines are always the top wires and take the blow shielding the lower tv and phone cables from many of the branch and tree hits.

NickNH · 10-30-2012, 11:04 AM

We heard from our Plow guy that a tree came down on our Power lines and pulled the electric box + off the house......fortunately no damage to the house or shed and we're closed up now so no rush for them to fix.....NH Elec Coop has their hands full....

Decent of him to check for us......he's going to take care of the whole thing....

DickR · 10-30-2012, 11:22 AM

Power went out on Long Island (at least my part on the northeast side) around 8pm, came back on around 10 this morning. There had been some flickering of lights for an hour or so before they went out for the night. Damage here is mainly tree pruning by the wind.

PaugusBayFireFighter · 10-30-2012, 11:22 AM

The cable and phone lines are usually fed power from a different source than the utilities. It's possible that the distribution point your cable company uses may still have power. Same reason why you might sometimes have electricity but your cable is out.
I can't tell you how many hours I have spent "babysitting" a downed wire during or after a storm on a fire truck. Sometimes we would sit there for the whole 24 hour shift waiting on the utility truck. I hated those days...don't miss it at all.

BroadHopper · 10-30-2012, 11:27 AM

All is quiet here, power out yesterday between 2:30 and 3:30, the pond did not overfill like Irene, and no noticeable damage.

Belmont Resident · 10-30-2012, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by John A. Birdsall

Peggy's Cove and Merrymeeting Cove had high winds in the trees, but no problems on the ground. We lost power a few times but it came back. leaves are down, some limbs are down on the upper road. But no property damage that I could see.

Power is out on the back side of Merrymeeting Lake.

fatlazyless · 10-30-2012, 01:47 PM

I still have a 17' row-canoe, 13' sailboat, & outboard boat on my dock and boatlift so I flipped the canoe upside down, threw some extra lines around all the boats to secure them to the dock, plus raised up the boatlift and raised up the outboard so's it would be up out of the water. Last night was definately the windiest, blowiest, big white-water, roller waves coming directly at my location from the south, that I have ever seen in 20-years, since 1992. It was one windy night, with white cap waves rolling in all night, and the whole cottage was shaking from the wind and rain.....but....thankfully there was absolutely no damage what-so-ever except for some tree blow-down branches....big healthy oak trees probably have roots that run deep.....plus I removed an outside 10x10' Wal-mart canopy cover otherwise that would have got shreaded as a similar one did last year.

Right now, that big yellow ball called the sun is back, and the lake has calmed down....

I was at least a little worried that my 16' aluminum outboard boat would get shaken off its perch on the boatlift, but that never happened!

.........

And, two hours later, it is once again dark grey clouds, wind picking up, and raining, plus the electricity is still out.

..........

4:30-pm ...and the power is back on........probably totally due to my recently paying my past due electric bill ...

... !

BroadHopper · 10-30-2012, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

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And, two hours later, it is once again dark grey clouds, wind picking up, and raining, plus the electricity is still out.

I'm surprised you did not camp out on the WalMart parking lot and hook up your electricals to the light post.

Belmont Resident · 10-30-2012, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by BroadHopper

I'm surprised you did not camp out on the WalMart parking lot and hook up your electricals to the light post.

Ha, Ha, Ha, I can see it now.
Local who believed he could homestead in Gilford was removed to the local homeless shelter after being taken to LRGH for psychiatric evaluation.
Did I leave anything out?

10-30-2012, 09:46 AM	#1
John A. Birdsall Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norwich, CT Posts: 599 Thanks: 27 Thanked 51 Times in 35 Posts	storm Peggy's Cove and Merrymeeting Cove had high winds in the trees, but no problems on the ground. We lost power a few times but it came back. leaves are down, some limbs are down on the upper road. But no property damage that I could see.

10-30-2012, 10:28 AM	#2
JDeere Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 295 Thanks: 74 Thanked 52 Times in 25 Posts	Thanks for the updates Lake area seems to be ok

10-30-2012, 11:04 AM	#5
NickNH Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 85 Thanks: 103 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Wentworth Shores Area - M'boro We heard from our Plow guy that a tree came down on our Power lines and pulled the electric box + off the house......fortunately no damage to the house or shed and we're closed up now so no rush for them to fix.....NH Elec Coop has their hands full.... Decent of him to check for us......he's going to take care of the whole thing....

10-30-2012, 11:27 AM	#8
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,613 Thanks: 3,245 Thanked 1,113 Times in 799 Posts	Wildwood Village All is quiet here, power out yesterday between 2:30 and 3:30, the pond did not overfill like Irene, and no noticeable damage. __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

10-30-2012, 01:47 PM	#10
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,908 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 304 Thanked 1,048 Times in 764 Posts	I still have a 17' row-canoe, 13' sailboat, & outboard boat on my dock and boatlift so I flipped the canoe upside down, threw some extra lines around all the boats to secure them to the dock, plus raised up the boatlift and raised up the outboard so's it would be up out of the water. Last night was definately the windiest, blowiest, big white-water, roller waves coming directly at my location from the south, that I have ever seen in 20-years, since 1992. It was one windy night, with white cap waves rolling in all night, and the whole cottage was shaking from the wind and rain.....but....thankfully there was absolutely no damage what-so-ever except for some tree blow-down branches....big healthy oak trees probably have roots that run deep.....plus I removed an outside 10x10' Wal-mart canopy cover otherwise that would have got shreaded as a similar one did last year. Right now, that big yellow ball called the sun is back, and the lake has calmed down.... I was at least a little worried that my 16' aluminum outboard boat would get shaken off its perch on the boatlift, but that never happened! ......... And, two hours later, it is once again dark grey clouds, wind picking up, and raining, plus the electricity is still out. .......... 4:30-pm ...and the power is back on........probably totally due to my recently paying my past due electric bill ... ... ! __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store! Last edited by fatlazyless; 10-30-2012 at 04:38 PM.

10-30-2012, 10:44 AM	#3
Sal Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 311 Thanks: 103 Thanked 169 Times in 53 Posts	Here, near Buzzell Cove, small branches down but nothing serious. Power went out 5PM Monday and it's still not back. Neighborhood generators, including ours, have been humming. Propane companies must be happy. Seems strange that electric power goes down but cable tv and internet keep running. They must use stronger wires.

10-30-2012, 11:22 AM	#6
DickR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 758 Thanks: 4 Thanked 260 Times in 172 Posts	Power went out on Long Island (at least my part on the northeast side) around 8pm, came back on around 10 this morning. There had been some flickering of lights for an hour or so before they went out for the night. Damage here is mainly tree pruning by the wind.

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10-30-2012, 11:22 AM	#7
PaugusBayFireFighter Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 837 Thanks: 361 Thanked 674 Times in 264 Posts	The cable and phone lines are usually fed power from a different source than the utilities. It's possible that the distribution point your cable company uses may still have power. Same reason why you might sometimes have electricity but your cable is out. I can't tell you how many hours I have spent "babysitting" a downed wire during or after a storm on a fire truck. Sometimes we would sit there for the whole 24 hour shift waiting on the utility truck. I hated those days...don't miss it at all.