Wow!
from 250k down to only 21k
and the storm lake customer is back!
from 250k down to only 21k
and the storm lake customer is back!
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Yeah I don’t believe this. We still have downed lines and limbs all over power lines. Haven’t seen one utility vehicle.Good morning, friends. Let's talk about Alliant and their outage map details.
We know about the email they sent out, letting all current outages know that they hope to have most everybody back up by Tuesday.
So, now their outage map "pins" for specific details on specific areas have this "hope" updated. There's a whole lot of "Wednesday 12:00 AM" now.
So...color me skeptical I guess. It is almost like they threw us all a bone because if one wants to know specifics about their area - chances are they really have no clue on it.
I'll be heading home tomorrow afternoon. There's a very good chance I'll simply drop off dirty clothes, pick up clean clothes and mail plus anything else I may need for another entire week's time - and head right back out of town.
Road trip to Storm Lake so we can rage with the newly electrified?!Wow!
from 250k down to only 21k
and the storm lake customer is back!
Correct, with a 240V breaker on each end.I’m not telling you to do this, but If someone was so inclined, the person with power could install or use a 30A breaker, use some 10/4 SO cord, run it across the street, land the wires on another 30A breaker in the panel without power and backfeed their house. Turn off the main on the house without power.
BMW FTW!Sigh. I am very tired, but in a "my gawd I needed today" tired.
First, the particulars...at home (near Kirkwood) per the Alliant outage map, no change whatsoever to the numbers that have been there since Wednesday. I must live in The Forgotten Land.
My brother, west side of Marion near Donnelly Park - same deal.
Today, I decided to seek out adventures. Had a blast.
My SUV/boat launcher died a couple weeks ago. Electrical gremlins the best German vehicle mechanic in town can't figure out. So, knowing The Best Month Of Fishing In Iowa is coming up...I decided to order and mount a trailer hitch for my 2002 BMW 325i (that's right, laugh it up fuzzballs...gotta do what you gotta do). Installed it last week...wiring, the whole shebang. But only a class I, 2,000 capacity, 200 tongue weight.
My boat/trailer I'm guessing is pretty close to that 2,000 pounds. I only have 2.5 miles one way to the public ramp, but my frontage road is rocky, uneven, rutted from heavy rains - and the owners never maintain it.
It's not for the timid.
Gotta find out sometime...and with today being glorious, I gave it all a whirl. The 325i - all 2.5L I6 RWD of it - handled it with aplomb. Tires never spun, never bottomed out once (had 10 inches of clearance fully loaded at the hitch), pulled the trailer like a champ, and yanked the boat out of the water just as easily as my SUV does.
When I pulled the boat out, the ramp was very busy. I drew some crazy looks when I backed in - yet got compliments from a couple old Mississippi River Rats after I pulled my boat out with nary an issue.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND...I caught 2 very nice chunky bulldozer largemouth twins around 17" plus a couple crappies too (for dinner) - plus I had myself a long ass boat ride lock to lock and back on pool 11.
A very cathartic 7 hours on the river...
Yeah, meter hubs, meter sockets, and weather heads out everywhere. My company bought as many as they could Tuesday morning in anticipation of this and we’re still out. 30 Amp, 240 volt twist lock plugs are like gold right now too, because everybody wants them for their generators.My issue is the box/meter was pulled from our house, found an electrician at a neighbors house and they came to replace it, but part of the meter is shot, and due to the demand, its back-ordered for a week they think. So if Alliant gets up and going, that's only half the issue for many people
Power is now on at the Oblivious home. Not a second too late either. Those 2 hours we endured was a real hardship, we nearly died.
Ugh so close to them. Yet still we have down power lines....My brother lives by Xavier in CR and just got his power back around 3pm. Hang in there CR!!
They have power lines down all around them too, but somehow it came on. Hold out hope!!Ugh so close to them. Yet still we have down power lines....
I've also got some lines down a couple blocks from where I live and have power. It is possible!They have power lines down all around them too, but somehow it came on. Hold out hope!!
Yep. Same here. Highly doubtful their Tuesday estimate holds.Marion IA going on 163 hours, still no power.
Marion IA going on 163 hours, still no power.
Yep. Same here. Highly doubtful their Tuesday estimate holds.
Marion IA going on 163 hours, still no power.
Shit. Sorry to hear that man.We just heard from a lineman in our backyard yesterday...another week. At this point signs are pointing to the house being deemed unoccupiable so idk if it even matters if the power goes back on.
Where are you at (general location). We have a good amount of houses like that in our area. Sorry to hear this, it’s a messWe just heard from a lineman in our backyard yesterday...another week. At this point signs are pointing to the house being deemed unoccupiable so idk if it even matters if the power goes back on.
Do they live in the neighborhood just East of Jersey Ridge and north of Kimberly? My friends over in that neighborhood just got juice yesterday pm as well.Only 245 MidAmerican Energy customers without power in the QCA
Our friends finally got theirs back yesterday afternoon.
Does anyone know of specific locations CR/Marion that I could just show up with a chainsaw to help? The CR website just shows volunteer for food bank stuff. Friends/family all seem good right now and my house is to the point of needing professional tree removal. Can’t do much more around here.
Does anyone know of specific locations CR/Marion that I could just show up with a chainsaw to help? The CR website just shows volunteer for food bank stuff. Friends/family all seem good right now and my house is to the point of needing professional tree removal. Can’t do much more around here.
So our power came back on a little before 10am, on the phone with wife at home at noon, power went back out. Hasn't came back on since...
SE side CR.Where are you at (general location). We have a good amount of houses like that in our area. Sorry to hear this, it’s a mess