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        | John Byrne 
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          One tree down. Not a big one, but it’s been pushed over twice since I’ve lived here, and each time I’ve done everything possible to save it. This time, tho, all the roots were stripped off!
           | Posted: 06 August 2020 at 8:47am | IP Logged | 1 | post reply |  
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 |  Extra annoyance, last time it toppled it bent the faux wrought iron fence next to it almost to the ground.  I JUST got that replaced. Grrrrrrr!!!!!!!
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        | Scott Sackett Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 06 August 2020 at 8:51am | IP Logged | 2 | post reply |  
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 |  I live in Oklahoma and on the news this morning they showed a convoy of a couple hundred linemen and equipment greaing up to head up to the northeast to help restore power.
 
 If you have the ability with your provider make sure you report the outage. We had an outage a few months ago that was us and about 4 houses around it. We were the only people who reported it.
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        | Andrew Bitner Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          JB, was this storm the worst weather you've had in this home? It sounds like it was pretty ferocious.
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        | John Byrne 
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          Ferocious but brief!
           | Posted: 06 August 2020 at 10:17am | IP Logged | 4 | post reply |  
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 |  Power came back—for all of five minutes. Now out again. 
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        | Andrew Bitner Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Argh.
           | Posted: 06 August 2020 at 10:37am | IP Logged | 5 | post reply |  
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 |  That's happened to us here in Virginia once in a while too--a flicker as everything comes back up, then boom, no power again. Hope you get power back (and keep it) real soon. | 
       
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        | Michael Penn Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          At least the power coming back briefly hopefully proves
           | Posted: 06 August 2020 at 12:42pm | IP Logged | 6 | post reply |  
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        | John Byrne 
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          But it’s so MEAN!!
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        | Wilson Mui Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Have you considered getting a backup
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        | John Byrne 
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          Yes. But they don’t hold enough power and if I got one now its warranty would likely expire before the next storm.
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        | Robert Painter Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Sorry for the power issues and storm damage. Hope all is better soon!
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        | John Byrne 
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          Power back, but now my computer is telling me it’s not connected to the internet!*
           | Posted: 06 August 2020 at 7:40pm | IP Logged | 11 | post reply |  
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 |  Call to service tomorrow, but no new pages until this little drama resolves itself.  ———— * My TV cable box seems also to have lost its connection!
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        | John Byrne 
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          Now WiFi is misbehaving on my phone!
           | Posted: 06 August 2020 at 7:44pm | IP Logged | 12 | post reply |  
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