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Jun 30, 2012 1:19 PM
jordo212000;1215692 wrote:I'm registering to vote now so that I can vote in favor of that thing AEP is against. This exactly why monopolies are bad. No incentive to please customers because customers have no choice. And there's also no incentive to invest in infrastructure
AEP is better than FirstEnergy for both pricing and service from my experience.

Hope this helps.
Jun 30, 2012 1:19pm
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MontyBrunswick

Jun 30, 2012 1:53 PM


North campus is like this everywhere. On my drive home last night, I saw a house fully engulfed in flames.

As of right now, my apartment still doesn't have power.
Jun 30, 2012 1:53pm
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Jun 30, 2012 1:59 PM
I had to work outside in Grandview (just northwest of Ohio State's campus) throughout the entire storm. Damn near almost blew me down the street. One of my friends on campus had a tree fall through her bedroom and literally impale her bed. Thankfully she was not home at the time. The building across from my girlfriends house had the roof cave in and a car in the street got totalled by a massive tree that fell on it. Luckily my power is still on but most of the campus area is blacked out, including street lights.

Driving home from work at about 1130 pm I nearly witness 2 major accidents from cars blowing through intersections where the stoplights were out and, if you werent familiar with the roads, were impossible to see. At the intersection of Neil and King there was a really bad accident involving 3 cars with about 5 ambulances there. Looked like one guy was still in his car not moving, something I rather would have not seen.

There are still trees and power lines down on many roads around campus. It's like navigating through a maze to try and get from point A to point B. I'll post some pictures I took later when I get a chance.
Jun 30, 2012 1:59pm
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Jun 30, 2012 3:08 PM
Electric back on! City of Jackson workers are doing an outstanding job of getting the city back going!
Jun 30, 2012 3:08pm
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adog

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Jun 30, 2012 5:54 PM
Paulding, Ottawa, Columbus Grove, VanWert, and Delphos all hit extremely hard. Auglaize County had 99% out of power. North of Ottawa several houses destroyed. And sadly...drove by the farm I grew up on, which was sold a few years ago after Dad passed away, and the barn that I remember playing in, feeding livestock in, stacking hay in...completely gone. Almost a 100 yr old barn......brought a tear to my eye:(
Jun 30, 2012 5:54pm
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Jun 30, 2012 6:08 PM
Aep says we will have power by saturday
Jun 30, 2012 6:08pm
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Jun 30, 2012 6:08 PM
LJ;1215928 wrote:Aep says we will have power by saturday

Saturday the 7th that is
Jun 30, 2012 6:08pm
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Jun 30, 2012 6:18 PM
Jun 30, 2012 6:18pm
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Con_Alma

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Jun 30, 2012 6:41 PM
That is a fantastic picture.
Jun 30, 2012 6:41pm
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MontyBrunswick

Jun 30, 2012 7:53 PM
Con_Alma;1215945 wrote:That is a fantastic picture.
It was taken from Reddit. That picture is in the Northeast.
Jun 30, 2012 7:53pm
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Jun 30, 2012 9:01 PM
dlazz;1215981 wrote:It was taken from Reddit. That picture is in the Northeast.
Yup. I thought it was pretty awesome and since it related to the storm, I posted it here.

We only got dark skies and a bit of lightening in Sandusky.
Jun 30, 2012 9:01pm
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Jun 30, 2012 9:18 PM
hoops23;1215939 wrote:

That is great....we have a street in town with 120 year old homes and trees lining it....there are 4 trees on that street that look just like that.
Jun 30, 2012 9:18pm
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Jun 30, 2012 9:42 PM
I just got power back on here in Gallipolis. I would make a shitty Amish man.
Jun 30, 2012 9:42pm
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Jun 30, 2012 10:06 PM
brutus161;1216015 wrote:I just got power back on here in Gallipolis. I would make a shitty Amish man.

Impossible. It clearly says not till midnight July 6 for you.
Jun 30, 2012 10:06pm
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Jun 30, 2012 11:14 PM
oberhaus;1216029 wrote:Impossible. It clearly says not till midnight July 6 for you.

Lol

And Wellston July 10th....Jesus that would be crazy.
Jun 30, 2012 11:14pm
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Jul 1, 2012 10:07 AM
We got our power back late last night. I think it was about 29 hours without power. Our condo complex had all the wooden fences completely destroyed and the steel ripped right out of the ground on the mailbox overhang. Many houses lost siding and shutters. One house had a window blow in but it didn't break. My girlfriend and I had just got in the car when the storm hit. We were about 3 minutes away when I say fuck this we need to find cover. We ended up at my moms house since it was close but just getting there we saw two trees come down and a traffic light blow off the wires holding it.
Jul 1, 2012 10:07am
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Jul 1, 2012 11:42 AM
I believe most of Lancaster has power. All of my buddies have their power back. In-laws still without. They live on the east side by the hospital
Jul 1, 2012 11:42am
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Jul 1, 2012 11:59 AM
Midstate01;1216202 wrote:I believe most of Lancaster has power. All of my buddies have their power back. In-laws still without. They live on the east side by the hospital
Lancaster east side is still with out power. Sugar Grove and surrounding are no power either.
Jul 1, 2012 11:59am
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Jul 1, 2012 12:04 PM
I have a good friend in Sugar Grove. She has over a hundred acres of woods, prolly tore up. Don't you all have generators up there? My dad does. You have a state of emergency, your insurance should pay for a nice generator.
Jul 1, 2012 12:04pm
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Jul 1, 2012 12:54 PM
gerb131;1216208 wrote:Lancaster east side is still with out power. Sugar Grove and surrounding are no power either.
My wife's clinic came on last night. My neighborhood came on last night too, but everyone around us that was out is still out.
Jul 1, 2012 12:54pm
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Jul 1, 2012 1:01 PM
Just like Ohio, the DC area got nailed.
My apartment complex got lucky, as I never lost power. But, buildings and houses around, all lost power. I also have friends still without power.
Latest count has 5 dead in the DC-VA-MD area, and still over 800,000 without power. Just like Ohio, power is not anticipated for a few days.
I went out yesterday and today and this is by far worse than the hurricane that came in last year.

I talked with my parents in Portsmouth, and they have power, but it is spotty. Also, they had the porch swing come partially through the front window. Thankfully, it did not go fully through the second glass pain.

With temps still staying high, keep cool everyone.
Jul 1, 2012 1:01pm
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Jul 1, 2012 1:06 PM
Got pretty bad in Ironton, lots of downed trees and some power lines. We were without power for around 15 hours and just got internet back less than 1 hour ago.
Jul 1, 2012 1:06pm
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Jul 1, 2012 1:16 PM
It took me 2.5 hours to make a 45 minute trip to my campground. Trees and power lines were down everywhere. It was definitely no fun being on the road during this.
Jul 1, 2012 1:16pm
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Jul 1, 2012 1:24 PM
Ice Trucks are not even unloading to the mini marts.....cars unloading from the back of the ice truck
Jul 1, 2012 1:24pm
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Jul 1, 2012 1:29 PM
People are acting crazy here. Power is mostly on here in Athens area, but everybody is freaking out and buying a ton of crap at Walmart and Kroger. I turned around and walked out of Walmart and then went to Kroger had at least a 20 minute wait for gas. Ridiculous
Jul 1, 2012 1:29pm