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On 2005-04-08, CATherine penned: The wind had hit the poles with hurricane force and snapped them like matchsticks. At 10:30 in the morning. Jeff had called the power company. They said they had so many poles down that they had borrowed crews from other power companies. And in many places the wires had snapped connections and were on the ground shorting out. Wow. I didn’t even notice any unusual weather here in Boulder and Longmont. DH is disbelieving that the winds could have been that strong; do you know of an article somewhere I can show him?
Well, The Colorado Springs has the Gazette on the Internet. I don’t know if the Limon Leader is online or not. But Mountain View Electric Assn. has a web site. They will be putting out a newsletter soon about all the line work they did. Maybe they will have an article online as well. I don’t know the URLs. Maybe you can Google? I don’t know how to do that, either. BTW, the Hurricane word is my own description, cause i read somewhere that any wind over 60 is hurricane force. And I am positive the wind was mmore than that out here. — CATherine
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A friend of mine lost her brand new roof. Now her insurance won’t pay for another one. CATherine Oh my goodness! I had no idea. I’m so glad it wasn’t worse for you. I’m sorry about your friend’s roof. I don’t understand insurance at all. I mean, what do you pay for???
Well, she had had a new roof put on from being damaged by a storm last year. But she didn’t want the cheap one from the insurance company. She ordered a better roof and paid the difference herself. But this wind took the good, so it was a waste. And the insurance won’t replace the good one and it hads been less than a year, so that is that as far as they are concermned. My friend is about fed up with Colorado winds and the insurance company. She wants to move back to Philly!! — CATherine
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WOW! All day Tues. I kept peering out my son’s house windows (I was over there babysitting all day) looking for the promised snow/rain weather tv had scared me with for days before….and all that happened *all day* was very strong winds from western/northern directions. Huge hardwood trees bent (not just branches, *the trees*) and I thought often of you all, CAT, out there on the prairie, where the storm must have had its full force! Explanation to rpca friends: I live in downtown Denver, which I usually refer to as "MileHigh"….CAT and family live about 80 miles south and east of here, on the Great Plains of CO, where trees are scarce and farms are numerous….. I was so grateful and happy that the storm apparently missed MileHigh completely except for the wind – no snow where I live, just a touch of rain. But the tv said it all flew by to north of here and swept through CAT’s area with its full power. Yes, CAT, daffodils and also hyacinths are blooming big here in son’s yard, also violets and those pink flowers that start with a "c" native to this area, not to mention the ‘orange lily things. And still the natives locally are telling me, the dumb former south Floridian, that this is "the usual" weather in our newer home…..Hopitus will be happy as h*** when all these weather threats and storms quit for the summer. I see what the natives meant when they said, "Ha. That lasts about 3 days!" when I told them upon my arrival in June that I had visited every season except spring…….
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger. It was hard to drive with the wind hitting the side of the car. By the time I got to work, I was tired from my deathgrip on the steering wheel. I opened the door to get out and the wind slammed the door on my foot! It was like that all day. By the time I was done seeing clients, I was tireder from fighting the wind than I was from the work. As i drove home across the prairie, I noticed damages from the wind. Signs, storage sheds and even a portapotty at a construction site were rolling in the wind. But I didn’t have too much attention for seeing things like that as I was trying to keep the car on the road. Once i got home, I just relaxed for a moment before opening the door. I was so glad the driver’s door was on the lee side of the wind. Then Jeff came out to escort me to the house. He often does, knowing I am tired. He had bad news for me. No electricity. Well, that happens some times in the country. But I said it should come back on after awhile. He said, No. Then he turned me around and said look up the hill behind the house. So what do I see? Nothing. What should I see? Poles with the electric wires. The wind had hit the poles with hurricane force and snapped them like matchsticks. At 10:30 in the morning. Jeff had called the power company. They said they had so many poles down that they had borrowed crews from other power companies. And in many places the wires had snapped connections and were on the ground shorting out. We were luckier than many people out here. We live in a very old place with a real well; not just a pipe in the ground. My son set up a block and tackle and lowered a bucket in the well so we could have water. We have a wood stove so we could stay warm and cook. And we lit a lot of candles. It was kind of like camping. But I sure missed my computer. I am glad we have the power back on. We were out for about 30 hours. They got our six poles replaced late last night. But there are still a lot of broken poles to replace. I see trailers with loads of creosoted poles sitting at sites of downed poles, waiting their turn. A friend of mine lost her brand new roof. Now her insurance won’t pay for another one. Last week I was snowed in for two days with a heavy wet snow. The next few days was 70 degrees. Then this storm hit us. Now it is 70 again. This sure is crazy weather for April. I want ot see some flowers. The redbuds and apple tree should be blooming. At least I am seeing daffodils in the city where the weather is a bit warmer than the country. — CATherine
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I am one who was brought up in s. FL, the land of killer ‘canes, wind and rain storms. The rain storms here are so lame – no thunder to speak of, and I ain’t seen lightning yet, though never say never. What I really meant with that statement was freedom from the %*IA^*(^A)($% snow, ice, and other winter crap that wafts down on us here regularly. LOL – one person’s "winter wonderland" is another’s PITA if you didn’t grow up with it and every occurrence is a new challenge in dealing w/it. My ignorance of these matters is a source of never-ending amusement to my neighbors, and sometimes to my relatives here. Often I think, but never say, "well, I’d like to plunk *you* down in the middle of a Class 5 ‘cane – common when I was a child – and see how funny that would be"….hee hee. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – On 2005-04-08, Hopitus penned: ….Hopitus will be happy as h*** when all these weather threats and storms quit for the summer. Um, you’re joking, right? Last summer, anyway, there were afternoon storms almost every day. Some were so intense that they flooded our parking lot. I had to walk through 3 and 4 inch deep lakes to get to my car. Morning: bright and sunny. Noon: bright and sunny. 3-4pm: sky is falling; cancel all outdoor plans for the evening. 5pm: bright and sunny, not a cloud in the sky. Welcome to Colorado! — monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca
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Uh, this is a little irreverent, Victor, but did the kids then have a big feast on the fallen birds? Or do they insist on
I’m sure a bunch of cats did, but mine did not partake of the banquet…. 
live prey? Personally, it sounds like the answer to a cat’s prayer to Bast……manna from heaven.
No kidding. Bad news for the birdies though… — Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
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Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger.
(snippage) Yikes! Now that’s some powerful wind! I’m glad you’re safe and got your power back. You were very lucky to be without it only 30 hours considering the damage. Several years back, I think it was in June, the Memphis area was similarly hit. I’d been at work about 30 minutes. It was about 7:15 AM when I looked up from my desk and it was literally black as midnight outside. I exclaimed to no one in particular "Oh crap!" A co-worker sitting one aisle over whose desk faced away from the window said, "What’s wrong, Jill?" Look out the window! I heard her say, "Oh crap!" The storm hit almost simultaneously and the wind was so strong (they estimated 60-70 MPH as well) the trees on those grass "islands" in the parking lot were literally horizontal with the ground. Then, of course, the electricity went out. My employer had a generator (they took up 3 of the 5 floors in the building). It powered everything EXCEPT air conditioning (aside from the server room). As the morning progressed it got warmer and warmer in the office. We had to pour water from coffee pots to flush the toilets… which (it turned out) didn’t work for very long. Turned out some of the water pumping stations had been knocked offline as well and the stench became unbearable. My apartment is surrounded by trees and I was more concerned about finding out if it was still there. The phones were out at the apartment office. They finally told us all to go home close to noon. My apartment was safe, but my power was off for 5 days. My phone also didn’t work, nor did any of the pay phones in the vicinity. I didn’t have a cell phone at the time. So I had to drive to work every day to find out if they were "open". They weren’t. But the good thing about that was the generators still powered the ice machines in the breakrooms. I loaded up bags of ice to take back for my big cooler. You mentioned it was like "camping out"; I became very adept at cooking on my grill – breakfast (bacon, then eggs cooked in the bacon drippings), a pan of cornbread, even a pot of jambalaya! Thank goodness for cast iron cookware Glad you’re safe. Purrs to everyone in the area. Jill
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They finally told us all to go home close to noon. My apartment was safe, but my power was off for 5 days. My phone also didn’t work, nor did any of
That’s something we can’t afford to have, maybe this is the year we buy a gasoline generator. We need electricity to run the filter in the fish tank, without it, in a few hours every fish would die. 
We can manage without power and the cats’ food doesn’t spoil, so we’re ok. It’s the fish I worry about. — Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
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Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger.
<snip I’m glad you came through without too much damage. Sorry about your friend’s roof. — Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat.
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Lots of purrs and best wishes for you and anyone else affected, — Polonca & Soncek
Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger.
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Wow, glad to hear you are all ok. We live in a relatively new subdivision so there are no poles or wires above ground, but we still lose power once in a while when the main generator in another part of the town goes down. The thing I miss most is the air/conditioner and the refrigerator. I gotta buy a power generator. Jazz & his mama
One of my neighbors has a wind-powered generator. I wonder how the wind storm affected it? — CATherine
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Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through.
<snip Wow – take care! That sounds scary! -L.
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place between Sac. & Placerville w/all the wierd memorabilia etc. Was it called "Sam’s" or somethng like that?
Sam’s Club, IIRC. We loved it too when we were living up there. It had a general store, arcades, a movie memorabilia and prop museum, three different types of restaurants, and more. It was so fun to visit and one could kill a whole day there without being bored. Pam S.
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Uh, this is a little irreverent, Victor, but did the kids then have a big feast on the fallen birds? Or do they insist on live prey? Personally, it sounds like the answer to a cat’s prayer to Bast……manna from heaven.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger. YIKES! Sounds scary! I guess this is the time of year for violent storms for those of us not on the coastal areas. We had a nasty hail storm a couple of weeks ago that caused over 100 million dollars worth of damage. It was so nasty it killed hundreds of birds all over the city. Purrs to you! — Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
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Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through.
How terrible, Catherine! I’m so glad to read that you’re all alright. Also very glad that Jeff is there to help you. — Marina, Frank, Nikki, and introducing: Mere! marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki
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Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger.
YIKES! Sounds scary! I guess this is the time of year for violent storms for those of us not on the coastal areas. We had a nasty hail storm a couple of weeks ago that caused over 100 million dollars worth of damage. It was so nasty it killed hundreds of birds all over the city. Purrs to you! — Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
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interesting things to say about OT– The Colorado Hurricane: Last week I was snowed in for two days with a heavy wet snow. The next few days was 70 degrees. Then this storm hit us. Now it is 70 again. This sure is crazy weather for April. I want ot see some flowers. The redbuds and apple tree should be blooming. At least I am seeing daffodils in the city where the weather is a bit warmer than the country.
Yesterday was clear and very warm in Sacramento. Today featured cold wind, overcast, sleet in some parts of the area, and even sightings of funnel clouds (we had a tornado a couple of months ago), plus clear/sunny/nice off and on. Wonder what tomorrow’s weather festivities will be like? — "The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. " – the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL
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Years ago, when we lived in Bay Area, CA, I used to visit some pals in Sacramento….its population was less than 100,000 in those days. I loved its weather and was amazed, coming from where I was born/raised, that there was an area where you can enjoy warm temps. (OK, heat!) w/o sweating like a pig and watching your makeup place between Sac. & Placerville w/all the wierd memorabilia etc. Was it called "Sam’s" or somethng like that? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – interesting things to say about OT– The Colorado Hurricane: Last week I was snowed in for two days with a heavy wet snow. The next few days was 70 degrees. Then this storm hit us. Now it is 70 again. This sure is crazy weather for April. I want ot see some flowers. The redbuds and apple tree should be blooming. At least I am seeing daffodils in the city where the weather is a bit warmer than the country. Yesterday was clear and very warm in Sacramento. Today featured cold wind, overcast, sleet in some parts of the area, and even sightings of funnel clouds (we had a tornado a couple of months ago), plus clear/sunny/nice off and on. Wonder what tomorrow’s weather festivities will be like? — "The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. " – the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger. It was hard to drive with the wind hitting the side of the car. By the time I got to work, I was tired from my deathgrip on the steering wheel. I opened the door to get out and the wind slammed the door on my foot! It was like that all day. By the time I was done seeing clients, I was tireder from fighting the wind than I was from the work. As i drove home across the prairie, I noticed damages from the wind. Signs, storage sheds and even a portapotty at a construction site were rolling in the wind. But I didn’t have too much attention for seeing things like that as I was trying to keep the car on the road. Once i got home, I just relaxed for a moment before opening the door. I was so glad the driver’s door was on the lee side of the wind. Then Jeff came out to escort me to the house. He often does, knowing I am tired. He had bad news for me. No electricity. Well, that happens some times in the country. But I said it should come back on after awhile. He said, No. Then he turned me around and said look up the hill behind the house. So what do I see? Nothing. What should I see? Poles with the electric wires. The wind had hit the poles with hurricane force and snapped them like matchsticks. At 10:30 in the morning. Jeff had called the power company. They said they had so many poles down that they had borrowed crews from other power companies. And in many places the wires had snapped connections and were on the ground shorting out. We were luckier than many people out here. We live in a very old place with a real well; not just a pipe in the ground. My son set up a block and tackle and lowered a bucket in the well so we could have water. We have a wood stove so we could stay warm and cook. And we lit a lot of candles. It was kind of like camping. But I sure missed my computer. I am glad we have the power back on. We were out for about 30 hours. They got our six poles replaced late last night. But there are still a lot of broken poles to replace. I see trailers with loads of creosoted poles sitting at sites of downed poles, waiting their turn. A friend of mine lost her brand new roof. Now her insurance won’t pay for another one. Last week I was snowed in for two days with a heavy wet snow. The next few days was 70 degrees. Then this storm hit us. Now it is 70 again. This sure is crazy weather for April. I want ot see some flowers. The redbuds and apple tree should be blooming. At least I am seeing daffodils in the city where the weather is a bit warmer than the country.
Oh, CATherine, that’s scary! Glad you are okay, and that you got the power back. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/glsummer/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website)
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On 2005-04-08, Hopitus penned: ….Hopitus will be happy as h*** when all these weather threats and storms quit for the summer.
Um, you’re joking, right? Last summer, anyway, there were afternoon storms almost every day. Some were so intense that they flooded our parking lot. I had to walk through 3 and 4 inch deep lakes to get to my car. Morning: bright and sunny. Noon: bright and sunny. 3-4pm: sky is falling; cancel all outdoor plans for the evening. 5pm: bright and sunny, not a cloud in the sky. Welcome to Colorado! — monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca
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Wow, glad to hear you are all ok. We live in a relatively new subdivision so there are no poles or wires above ground, but we still lose power once in a while when the main generator in another part of the town goes down. The thing I miss most is the air/conditioner and the refrigerator. I gotta buy a power generator. Jazz & his mama — Irulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger. It was hard to drive with the wind hitting the side of the car. By the time I got to work, I was tired from my deathgrip on the steering wheel. I opened the door to get out and the wind slammed the door on my foot! It was like that all day. By the time I was done seeing clients, I was tireder from fighting the wind than I was from the work. As i drove home across the prairie, I noticed damages from the wind. Signs, storage sheds and even a portapotty at a construction site were rolling in the wind. But I didn’t have too much attention for seeing things like that as I was trying to keep the car on the road. Once i got home, I just relaxed for a moment before opening the door. I was so glad the driver’s door was on the lee side of the wind. Then Jeff came out to escort me to the house. He often does, knowing I am tired. He had bad news for me. No electricity. Well, that happens some times in the country. But I said it should come back on after awhile. He said, No. Then he turned me around and said look up the hill behind the house. So what do I see? Nothing. What should I see? Poles with the electric wires. The wind had hit the poles with hurricane force and snapped them like matchsticks. At 10:30 in the morning. Jeff had called the power company. They said they had so many poles down that they had borrowed crews from other power companies. And in many places the wires had snapped connections and were on the ground shorting out. We were luckier than many people out here. We live in a very old place with a real well; not just a pipe in the ground. My son set up a block and tackle and lowered a bucket in the well so we could have water. We have a wood stove so we could stay warm and cook. And we lit a lot of candles. It was kind of like camping. But I sure missed my computer. I am glad we have the power back on. We were out for about 30 hours. They got our six poles replaced late last night. But there are still a lot of broken poles to replace. I see trailers with loads of creosoted poles sitting at sites of downed poles, waiting their turn. A friend of mine lost her brand new roof. Now her insurance won’t pay for another one. Last week I was snowed in for two days with a heavy wet snow. The next few days was 70 degrees. Then this storm hit us. Now it is 70 again. This sure is crazy weather for April. I want ot see some flowers. The redbuds and apple tree should be blooming. At least I am seeing daffodils in the city where the weather is a bit warmer than the country. — CATherine
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On 2005-04-08, CATherine penned: The wind had hit the poles with hurricane force and snapped them like matchsticks. At 10:30 in the morning. Jeff had called the power company. They said they had so many poles down that they had borrowed crews from other power companies. And in many places the wires had snapped connections and were on the ground shorting out.
Wow. I didn’t even notice any unusual weather here in Boulder and Longmont. DH is disbelieving that the winds could have been that strong; do you know of an article somewhere I can show him? Last week I was snowed in for two days with a heavy wet snow. The next few days was 70 degrees. Then this storm hit us. Now it is 70 again. This sure is crazy weather for April. I want ot see some flowers. The redbuds and apple tree should be blooming. At least I am seeing daffodils in the city where the weather is a bit warmer than the country.
I thought crazy weather was par for the course in Colorado. I certainly get more colds here than I did in Virginia, which I attribute to the temp fluctuations. Glad to hear that you’re doing okay and that it was just the power. — monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca
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One tiny bright spot. If the trees haven’t bloomed yet, at least now they will bloom. Those winds would have stripped the trees. Here’s to true spring. Soon. Jo
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger. It was hard to drive with the wind hitting the side of the car. By the time I got to work, I was tired from my deathgrip on the steering wheel. I opened the door to get out and the wind slammed the door on my foot! It was like that all day. By the time I was done seeing clients, I was tireder from fighting the wind than I was from the work. As i drove home across the prairie, I noticed damages from the wind. Signs, storage sheds and even a portapotty at a construction site were rolling in the wind. But I didn’t have too much attention for seeing things like that as I was trying to keep the car on the road. Once i got home, I just relaxed for a moment before opening the door. I was so glad the driver’s door was on the lee side of the wind. Then Jeff came out to escort me to the house. He often does, knowing I am tired. He had bad news for me. No electricity. Well, that happens some times in the country. But I said it should come back on after awhile. He said, No. Then he turned me around and said look up the hill behind the house. So what do I see? Nothing. What should I see? Poles with the electric wires. The wind had hit the poles with hurricane force and snapped them like matchsticks. At 10:30 in the morning. Jeff had called the power company. They said they had so many poles down that they had borrowed crews from other power companies. And in many places the wires had snapped connections and were on the ground shorting out. We were luckier than many people out here. We live in a very old place with a real well; not just a pipe in the ground. My son set up a block and tackle and lowered a bucket in the well so we could have water. We have a wood stove so we could stay warm and cook. And we lit a lot of candles. It was kind of like camping. But I sure missed my computer. I am glad we have the power back on. We were out for about 30 hours. They got our six poles replaced late last night. But there are still a lot of broken poles to replace. I see trailers with loads of creosoted poles sitting at sites of downed poles, waiting their turn. A friend of mine lost her brand new roof. Now her insurance won’t pay for another one. Last week I was snowed in for two days with a heavy wet snow. The next few days was 70 degrees. Then this storm hit us. Now it is 70 again. This sure is crazy weather for April. I want ot see some flowers. The redbuds and apple tree should be blooming. At least I am seeing daffodils in the city where the weather is a bit warmer than the country. — CATherine
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger. It was hard to drive with the wind hitting the side of the car. By the time I got to work, I was tired from my deathgrip on the steering wheel. I opened the door to get out and the wind slammed the door on my foot! It was like that all day. By the time I was done seeing clients, I was tireder from fighting the wind than I was from the work. As i drove home across the prairie, I noticed damages from the wind. Signs, storage sheds and even a portapotty at a construction site were rolling in the wind. But I didn’t have too much attention for seeing things like that as I was trying to keep the car on the road. Once i got home, I just relaxed for a moment before opening the door. I was so glad the driver’s door was on the lee side of the wind. Then Jeff came out to escort me to the house. He often does, knowing I am tired. He had bad news for me. No electricity. Well, that happens some times in the country. But I said it should come back on after awhile. He said, No. Then he turned me around and said look up the hill behind the house. So what do I see? Nothing. What should I see? Poles with the electric wires. The wind had hit the poles with hurricane force and snapped them like matchsticks. At 10:30 in the morning. Jeff had called the power company. They said they had so many poles down that they had borrowed crews from other power companies. And in many places the wires had snapped connections and were on the ground shorting out. We were luckier than many people out here. We live in a very old place with a real well; not just a pipe in the ground. My son set up a block and tackle and lowered a bucket in the well so we could have water. We have a wood stove so we could stay warm and cook. And we lit a lot of candles. It was kind of like camping. But I sure missed my computer. I am glad we have the power back on. We were out for about 30 hours. They got our six poles replaced late last night. But there are still a lot of broken poles to replace. I see trailers with loads of creosoted poles sitting at sites of downed poles, waiting their turn. A friend of mine lost her brand new roof. Now her insurance won’t pay for another one. Last week I was snowed in for two days with a heavy wet snow. The next few days was 70 degrees. Then this storm hit us. Now it is 70 again. This sure is crazy weather for April. I want ot see some flowers. The redbuds and apple tree should be blooming. At least I am seeing daffodils in the city where the weather is a bit warmer than the country. — CATherine Oh my goodness! I had no idea. I’m so glad it wasn’t worse for you. I’m sorry about your friend’s roof. I don’t understand insurance at all. I mean, what do you pay for???
It looks like it hit you hard after it left Utah. We woke up to six inches of very wet snow. It was gone by the next day. The flowers are still blooming. Now we are expecting snow and rain for the next five days. It was like summer today. MLB
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Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger. It was hard to drive with the wind hitting the side of the car. By the time I got to work, I was tired from my deathgrip on the steering wheel. I opened the door to get out and the wind slammed the door on my foot! It was like that all day. By the time I was done seeing clients, I was tireder from fighting the wind than I was from the work. As i drove home across the prairie, I noticed damages from the wind. Signs, storage sheds and even a portapotty at a construction site were rolling in the wind. But I didn’t have too much attention for seeing things like that as I was trying to keep the car on the road. Once i got home, I just relaxed for a moment before opening the door. I was so glad the driver’s door was on the lee side of the wind. Then Jeff came out to escort me to the house. He often does, knowing I am tired. He had bad news for me. No electricity. Well, that happens some times in the country. But I said it should come back on after awhile. He said, No. Then he turned me around and said look up the hill behind the house. So what do I see? Nothing. What should I see? Poles with the electric wires. The wind had hit the poles with hurricane force and snapped them like matchsticks. At 10:30 in the morning. Jeff had called the power company. They said they had so many poles down that they had borrowed crews from other power companies. And in many places the wires had snapped connections and were on the ground shorting out. We were luckier than many people out here. We live in a very old place with a real well; not just a pipe in the ground. My son set up a block and tackle and lowered a bucket in the well so we could have water. We have a wood stove so we could stay warm and cook. And we lit a lot of candles. It was kind of like camping. But I sure missed my computer. I am glad we have the power back on. We were out for about 30 hours. They got our six poles replaced late last night. But there are still a lot of broken poles to replace. I see trailers with loads of creosoted poles sitting at sites of downed poles, waiting their turn. A friend of mine lost her brand new roof. Now her insurance won’t pay for another one. Last week I was snowed in for two days with a heavy wet snow. The next few days was 70 degrees. Then this storm hit us. Now it is 70 again. This sure is crazy weather for April. I want ot see some flowers. The redbuds and apple tree should be blooming. At least I am seeing daffodils in the city where the weather is a bit warmer than the country. — CATherine
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Tuesday in Colorado, a powerful storm blew through. Rain, snow and extremely strong winds. They said gusts of 60mph near the mountains and the cities. But out on the prairie, where there is not much to slow the wind down, I do believe the wind was a lot stronger. It was hard to drive with the wind hitting the side of the car. By the time I got to work, I was tired from my deathgrip on the steering wheel. I opened the door to get out and the wind slammed the door on my foot! It was like that all day. By the time I was done seeing clients, I was tireder from fighting the wind than I was from the work. As i drove home across the prairie, I noticed damages from the wind. Signs, storage sheds and even a portapotty at a construction site were rolling in the wind. But I didn’t have too much attention for seeing things like that as I was trying to keep the car on the road. Once i got home, I just relaxed for a moment before opening the door. I was so glad the driver’s door was on the lee side of the wind. Then Jeff came out to escort me to the house. He often does, knowing I am tired. He had bad news for me. No electricity. Well, that happens some times in the country. But I said it should come back on after awhile. He said, No. Then he turned me around and said look up the hill behind the house. So what do I see? Nothing. What should I see? Poles with the electric wires. The wind had hit the poles with hurricane force and snapped them like matchsticks. At 10:30 in the morning. Jeff had called the power company. They said they had so many poles down that they had borrowed crews from other power companies. And in many places the wires had snapped connections and were on the ground shorting out. We were luckier than many people out here. We live in a very old place with a real well; not just a pipe in the ground. My son set up a block and tackle and lowered a bucket in the well so we could have water. We have a wood stove so we could stay warm and cook. And we lit a lot of candles. It was kind of like camping. But I sure missed my computer. I am glad we have the power back on. We were out for about 30 hours. They got our six poles replaced late last night. But there are still a lot of broken poles to replace. I see trailers with loads of creosoted poles sitting at sites of downed poles, waiting their turn. A friend of mine lost her brand new roof. Now her insurance won’t pay for another one. Last week I was snowed in for two days with a heavy wet snow. The next few days was 70 degrees. Then this storm hit us. Now it is 70 again. This sure is crazy weather for April. I want ot see some flowers. The redbuds and apple tree should be blooming. At least I am seeing daffodils in the city where the weather is a bit warmer than the country. — CATherine
Oh my goodness! I had no idea. I’m so glad it wasn’t worse for you. I’m sorry about your friend’s roof. I don’t understand insurance at all. I mean, what do you pay for???
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In addition to CSV you might want to consider XML. There are many forms of data collection of course and everyone will be slightly different. Your intention as stated is to provide something that is flexible by location. However, you might also want to consider flexibility by software. I use a palm, others use Health, other Excel. If you were to define an XML format for upload, it would open the door to allow any application written with this in mind to interface with it. You could either do this from the start or build it in later. Its just another parser in effect. You would find the apps updated to generate the upload file automatically. There’s a lot of hobbyists & pro programmers out there. Making the only upload interface CSV will be a major support headache surely? But the BG on its own may not be enough, although a good starting point certainly. I have my bgs on a palm Handbase DB and a second DB with my bloods. You might want to consider a look at the Health data format and use that as the basis for the data to be stored – phased of course. But what you’re basically looking at is an online backup more than anything else. It suits your purpose well, but I do not really think it will appeal that much to anyone else I’m afraid. Good solution to your problem tho. Lemme know how you get on. I’l be sticking with my palm backed up to my pc and networked backup though I’m afraid. Cheers, VBH T2/UK/A1c 5.8/ 1000Met/Dx Oct-03 
After reading this, I wanted to know too!! — Cheryl 