Do you think storms tonight will be bad?

[Anonymous]

We just moved here right before the last storm and resulting power loss. I'm feeling nervous this will happen again. The loss of power thing was unnerving, as our family has rarely lost power but I'm told it happens a lot around here. Am I being a wimp? Are we expected to get storms as bad as last week?

[Anonymous]

No idea. But I hope I don't lose electricity again, I just got it back on Wednesday night!

[Anonymous]

I hope not. We just re-filled the freezer and frig.

[Anonymous]

Pepco is a nightmare. If you live in a pepco-serviced area in MD---get out now. They lose power when the wind blows--frequently and for great lengths of time.

PEPCO averages a 5-day turnaround on something Dominion (with same number and severity of outages can get back up and running in ~29hrs). See WashPost article today about this.

I would never live in MoCo. I lived in NW and then Nova for the past 10 years and have only lost power once and only for a couple hours. We never lost in any of the major snowstorms or thunderstorms--yet coworkers lose it as a matter of right multiple times a year. There is no way I could handle it that. The few hours we did lose it--my a** was already in a hotel down the street.

[Anonymous]

Not that I want a severe thunderstorm. On the radar they're just west of me (Kensington) going south with nary a drop here. I just want some rain. Our grass is turning brown. I get bit up by mosquitos trying to keep my few flowers watered in the evenings. Rain, I just want some nice soaking rain sans wind and lightning. Too much to ask, I know.

[Anonymous]

We had storm for about 20 minutes.

And we just lost power about 30 minutes ago and it's still out. We're in North Reston. Not stressing much yet, but I wish I had gotten dinner out of the fridge already, I was grilling tonight.

[Anonymous]

I have PTSD about the power outage. I really don't want to deal with this again so soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have PTSD about the power outage. I really don't want to deal with this again so soon.

Me too.

[Anonymous]

Is anyone doing anything special to prepare? For example, did you get gas for the car, battery powered fans or flashlights?

[Anonymous]

Are the storms over? Here in Bethesda there was a little rain, no wind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have PTSD about the power outage. I really don't want to deal with this again so soon.

Me too.

Me three. And like a dummy, I went to the supermarket to try and regain some semblance of normalcy since my kids haven't had a home-cooked meal since last Thursday. Didn't get our power back until this past Thursday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have PTSD about the power outage. I really don't want to deal with this again so soon.

Me too.

Me three. And like a dummy, I went to the supermarket to try and regain some semblance of normalcy since my kids haven't had a home-cooked meal since last Thursday. Didn't get our power back until this past Thursday.

+4

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have PTSD about the power outage. I really don't want to deal with this again so soon.

Me too.

Me three. And like a dummy, I went to the supermarket to try and regain some semblance of normalcy since my kids haven't had a home-cooked meal since last Thursday. Didn't get our power back until this past Thursday.

+4

I really don't understand the hysteria over losing power particularly when most stores and gas stations were replenished quickly. First, get a small generator to run your fridge, always have a spare gas tank for grilling, and take cool showers or play in the sprinklers to stay cool during the day. I had guests (one handicapped) and we didn't miss a beat. We didn't eat out much and we stayed cool by staying in the shade and running fans inside.

So many of you seem rattled extremely easily if this storm is causing this much stress. No wonder so many need pills and wine just to get through the week. Geesh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really don't understand the hysteria over losing power particularly when most stores and gas stations were replenished quickly. First, get a small generator to run your fridge, always have a spare gas tank for grilling, and take cool showers or play in the sprinklers to stay cool during the day. I had guests (one handicapped) and we didn't miss a beat. We didn't eat out much and we stayed cool by staying in the shade and running fans inside.

So many of you seem rattled extremely easily if this storm is causing this much stress. No wonder so many need pills and wine just to get through the week. Geesh!

Very annoyed poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have PTSD about the power outage. I really don't want to deal with this again so soon.

Me too.

Me three. And like a dummy, I went to the supermarket to try and regain some semblance of normalcy since my kids haven't had a home-cooked meal since last Thursday. Didn't get our power back until this past Thursday.

+4

I really don't understand the hysteria over losing power particularly when most stores and gas stations were replenished quickly. First, get a small generator to run your fridge, always have a spare gas tank for grilling, and take cool showers or play in the sprinklers to stay cool during the day. I had guests (one handicapped) and we didn't miss a beat. We didn't eat out much and we stayed cool by staying in the shade and running fans inside.

So many of you seem rattled extremely easily if this storm is causing this much stress. No wonder so many need pills and wine just to get through the week. Geesh!

PP, I agree. Good grief people how do you manage your lives?