Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant wrote: > Ric Carter asked: > Subject: [Leica] NW weather > > >> Ted-- >> > How's the weather for you?<<< > > Hi Ric, > It was pretty wild around here during the night with trees coming down > in many parts of Victoria and no hydro connections for several hundred > thousands of homes and offices. > > In my home we were without power from sometime around 3 a.m until > around noon today (Friday) But other than that we did fairly well. I > don't feel bad about the electricity as this is the 3rd major wind > storm this week and we only lost power the once. Where many others on > Vancouver Island have been with out hydro for over a week due to one > storm right after another. The hydro guys get lines fixed and it > storms and they have to fix it all over again. > > Bad month for weather so far. > Thank you for asking. > ted > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Ted, Why didn't you use bottled water instead? Friends of mine in your area are without electricity, but they were well stocked with bottled water (many 5 gallon jugs). They certainly don't need the tap hydro to water the lawn! Jerry