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Good morning Joe. That heat does not sound good. Sounds like the mid west is trying to rival the middle east for heat. What happened last Friday?

Jim,

This heat is NUTS...at 11pm last night it was still 90°!!!

Last Friday we had a bad line of thunderstorms/wind move through the area with straight line winds...

Knocked power out for over 100,000 people here in the Fort Wayne area.

Fort Wayne airport clocked a 91mph wind gust!

You can read about the wind event...it has a name...called a Derecho Derecho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... Fort Wayne is mentioned in that wikipedia link...

We lost power for about 3 hours...not too bad considering folks are STILL without power 6 days later!...We've got crews from Oklahoma, Kentucky and other states here helping restore power...those poor folks are working out in this heat too!

Joe.
 
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That storm caused alot of destruction for sure
 
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Vacation is great, off all summer now, life is good, got the ATNs next month too
You headed to Pennsylvania? Nice. That sounds like a haul. Taking the camper?
 
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That storm caused alot of destruction for sure
It sure did Gerry...and if you look at the link...there's an embedded link that shows how the storm track GREW as it moved east...it shows the radar images...amazing and powerful storm for sure...more than a few deaths caused by it too!
 
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Originally Posted by X_Hemi_Guy
Jim,

This heat is NUTS...at 11pm last night it was still 90°!!!

Last Friday we had a bad line of thunderstorms/wind move through the area with straight line winds...

Knocked power out for over 100,000 people here in the Fort Wayne area.

Fort Wayne airport clocked a 91mph wind gust!

You can read about the wind event...it has a name...called a Derecho Derecho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... Fort Wayne is mentioned in that wikipedia link...

We lost power for about 3 hours...not too bad considering folks are STILL without power 6 days later!...We've got crews from Oklahoma, Kentucky and other states here helping restore power...those poor folks are working out in this heat too!

Joe.
We had some thunderstorm cells move thru last night but nowhere like that. Hope they can get power back quick for those in the heat
 
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Good morning Rob. I feel your confusion. I'm "working " today and tomorrow but still going to the campground today through Sunday
I actually worked half a day yesterday... had the office to myself and got some stuff done.
 
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I actually worked half a day yesterday... had the office to myself and got some stuff done.

that should sum up your progress yesterday
 
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Dimly lit office, nice cold A/C, comfy desk chair, nobody to tell me to get my feet off the desk... That is the formula for productivity!
 
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Sounds like lots got accomplished. I'll search youtube to see if you were caught on nanny cam being "productive" LOL
 
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Speaking of nanny cam...

Have you guys seen this pretty pissed off customer tearing about a T-Mobile store in the UK?...WOW!!!

Angry Customer Smashes Up T-Mobile Shop - YouTube
 
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Old 07-05-2012, 10:19 AM
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He certainly was cooperative for the police. Must be he was tired of the slow speeds
 
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He was very cooperative with police...smiling, joking, etc...

But T_mobile really pissed that guy off over a lack of refund or something I had heard on the news...

Wonder what the UK penalty will be for him?

T-mobile might not even press charges...who knows...
 
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Old 07-05-2012, 10:39 AM
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I hope it was more then a $5 refund problem. He did thousands in damage
 
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Jim,

Here is another write up on the derecho...notice that that storm traveled over 450 miles in 6 hours giving it an average ground speed of 75mph!!!

Friday's Event is Called a Derecho | Indiana's NewsCenter: News, Sports, Weather, Fort Wayne WPTA-TV, WISE-TV, CW, and MyFOX | Local
 
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Old 07-05-2012, 10:46 AM
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Last 3 years they have happened within a month of each other. Not much time to prepare when moving that fast
 
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