Ohio is SHUT DOWN
 

Ok
So yesterday we had over 60 MPH winds here
Took out a shitload of trees
Over 700k People here without electric

Could be up to 4 days without power , internet
we are barely running on a generator
but it looks like the shortage of gas is getting worse here
there are basically 6 gas stations open anywhere in this area

All the stores are closed and their cold and or frozen food is either gone or gone bad

If anyone needs anything from us please be patient as it may take a while to get back to you I have an AIR card from AT&T but it comes and goes as the cell towers are running out of diesel that keeps them going without power so i guess they are keeping things to a minimum right now..

anyways have a good day everyone

Tom

where in ohio??

i was planning a trip to akron this week...

Stay safe... We will keep teh interwebs warm for ya...

we are in south west Ohio

Akron May be ok :)

As a result of Sunday’s wind storms, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland declared a state of emergency Monday during a 1:30 p.m. press conference in Columbus.

He said this will allow greater flexibility in the use of state resources.

Strickland said 84 of Ohio’s 88 counties have reported damage or power outages from the remains of Hurricane Ike, which swept through Sunday afternoon.

Strickland said as of 11:14 a.m., more than 1.9 million customers were without power in Ohio.

He also said about one-third of all Ohio Department of Transportation traffic signals are not functioning and 46 roads across the state have been closed.

“Restoration and clean-up will take a substantial amount of time,” Strickland said. “We hope that Ohioans will be patient.”

Read is all here...
http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/st...15/daily9.html

I guess living in Latin America got me used to things blowing around. Hell, I was in at least 40mph winds splicing a phone line with cat5 this time last year.

Damn Tom - Hope you're all safe and sound, and get your power back sooner rather then later.

whats the best place to come up to do some looting?

California.

It's like the news forgot about the storm after it hit Texas.

I didn't know you were there Tom, my family and girl friend and main girl are all living in south west Ohio right now. Moraine, Miamisburg and Dayton are the three I can remember

Anywhere but my house :)

How about springboro :)

Yeah, I had no clue it fucked up Ohio... and I'm a news junkie. All this shit reminds me I need to get a generator and a tent for when we have the big earthquake. I've got the water, and food stored up, but nothing past the basics.

LOL - Did you hook up that crazy ass security camera setup at your new place too? That was better then Walmart's security.

That really blows.


























Get it??!?!

Tom, Best of luck to you. I've been in the same situation. Gas is one of the first things I worry about when a storm is heading my way. Had the worst experience with previous Hurricanes.

Ohio did get fucking rocked by wind yesterday, lost power for about 24 hours... most boring and non-productive day of my life... although I did win a game of candle light Monopoly with some buddies ;)

I didn't know we had this many Ohio people on GFY, though!

yeah, kentucky is shut down tooo

I hope everyone is safe ...

Stay safe Tom - we got really lucky down here with Ike :thumbsup

I don't know the area but she said it was about 10 miles away

Iam near Cincinnati right now and parts of it look like a Hurricane came through here. Trees and powerlines down everywhere. And several business shut down. I was told that they called in help from a few southern states to came work on the power problem.There expecting around 400 utility workers to come assist.

Weird how its coming no where near Nashville but hit you guys. 3 day forcast is partly cloudy then sunny lol.

Please . . . tell me New Philadelphia is still there!

I'm in the Clifton area and a friend of mine is in the national guard and he just got a call saying he's most likely going to have to help out with all of the cleaning and whatnot. Another friend had his whole back windshield completely shattered last night and I've heard of a few deaths... I've never seen anything like it.

Can't even imagine what going through a real hurricane must be like. :Oh crap

Safety first....
Good to read you are ok so far.

I am so sorry to hear you got hit so hard. It does seem like it was forgotten after Texas.

Finally got the yard cleaned up and trees cut up that had fallen on a couple of my fences but Still no electric and internet and water today :(

fingers crossed ( maybe today sometime )

Same In the Cleveland area....they said we should be powered back up by Friday.....so much fun and I am on well & septic....so no water either

first ohio state and then this..

in Kentucky here, same thing. Part of a tree fell on our house and busted the chimney. Have a mason coming out today for an estimate


spaz

I thought this post was about USC victory over Ohio. :)

If you live in an area that has been hit by the storm, grab a pick up truck, and go out and grab all the aluminum that you can find on the streets. stack it in your back yard and wait a few weeks. Then Sell it. I know a guy that did this in Miami after Andrew. Made about 30k for a few weekends of work.

Hope nobody gets hurt!

As opposed to the fake one you just went through :1orglaugh

I'm in Southeast Ohio, just got power back today. Friggin crazy, columbus tv networks were down for awhile on sunday. Crazy shit

The world is coming to an end!!!!!!!!!!!

Hang in there

Shit im heading to Columbus this weekend for some SEO training, i sure hope its ok there

Ohio is such a shit hole