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JPPaverage

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12. Yes it was quite a storm

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2020, 05:05 PM

Aug 2020

Par for the course for 2020 I guess. We were without power for around 43 hours but we got lucky compared with some. All we lost food wise was some milk and some ice cream. I know one thing for sure, I now appreciate traffic lights more than ever.

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Now that was one hell of a storm [View all] rurallib Aug 2020 OP

It wasn't as bad as I expected in Indiana up by the Michigan border. Glamrock Aug 2020 #1

That was a wild one. madaboutharry Aug 2020 #2

We got our power back at 9:30 pm. SharonClark Aug 2020 #3

Looks like I will have an apple tree that will have to come down rurallib Aug 2020 #4

In Columbus, Ohio, we got a little rain. luvs2sing Aug 2020 #5

I woke up at 3:30 this morning to sounds of Midamerican Energy reconnecting our electricity. progressoid Aug 2020 #6

Here's the view from space showing Iowa's corn fields before and after the storm ... mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 #7

We live in southeast Iowa - we missed the very worst of the storm rurallib Aug 2020 #8

Power back last Tuesday late Bettie Aug 2020 #9

good to hear rurallib Aug 2020 #10

Aside from the Covid Bettie Aug 2020 #11

Yes it was quite a storm JPPaverage Aug 2020 #12

I hear you on those traffic lights rurallib Aug 2020 #13