[highlander]

Well it's 12 hours since I've had power. It's Monday morning and I was told not to come into work. Im using my battery powered laptop and dialup connection to get on the net and catch up on the news etc.

Being in a hurricane was pretty cool I must say, depsite the damage and that 2 people were killed We were at Peggy's Cove yesterday to watch the HUGGGEE waves crashing on the rocks. I took 6 rolls of pictures. We were there from 4 to 7pm and the wind and waves got stronger and bigger as time went on. But I didnt expect the force of the wind that we had last night. My apt is on the tallest area in Halifax and I stepped out on the roof at 12:30am and nearly got blown off my feet.

This morning we had heavy rain and some more wind. It's now sunny and I can hear chainsaws and trucks are clearing alot of the debris from the aftermath of the hurricane. Was an amazing experience.

Anyways, I'll stop killing my battery and I hope that all other Maritime Hipbasers who were in Juan's path made it through it okay.

Be back later when I have some power.

High

[mats]

Very cool,

I too enjoy a wicked storm. I was wondering how good you got it. How was the back end of it (last of the eye?). Is that what you were experiencing at 12:30?

The reason I ask is ever since I survived Hurricane Hugo - Sept 89 - I have been hooked on big storms - any kind.

Hugo hit us in The British Virgin Islands at 165mph!!!!!! Yikes!! Fun!!!

We were on the northeast side of Tortola in a hillside concrete flat. Though at 4:00am at it's peak we are were all terrified, it was still the most incredible rush of my life. Enough about that...

Good to see you made it. :thumb:
mats

[highlander]

Heading towards 2 days with no power. Yay. Tons of trees down. I was on the waterfront today and there are wharves gone or very badly damaged and a boat completely sunk at its mooring with just the masts sticking up out of the water.

Be back later.

High

[dyersbay]

Oh that sucks! We where without power for about 10hrs during the blackout and I could hardly stand that, but two days! I feel for you. Do they know how long the power will be out for?
Have you thrown out all of your food?

[mrlayance]

Hey Everyone
I am still alive here in Bedford. That was one crazy experience. My condo was shaking when the storm was coming down on Halifax. A whole bunch of trees behind us went down, sounded like gunshots hearing all the trees snap. And the fire alarm went off around 4:45am just as the storm was finished. That was really scary! But it was nothing, something to do with water in the control box?

We still do not have power in our part of Bedford, NS (just outside of Halifax). 30 hours or so now...

The Halifax waterfront is a mess. Saw Rory dowtown, the resturant he works at is a mess! The Bedford waterfront is a mess as well. Bricks washed about 20 meets from the waterfront walk. 60 foot yachts in people’s back yards in Bedford, just a huge mess. I took a few pictures and they are getting developed right now. My digital camera is being fixed right now... :oops:

Just one crazy experience, but Lynette's Mom has power finally, so I am staying here until we get power back.

[mrlayance]

Here is a neat thing about the storm.

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[highlander]

I was called into worked today (wed). Still no power at my place in Clayton Park and not expected till this Saturday!! >

I checked that site Lance but their stats were a little off. 300,000 lost power and the hurricane as of now is thought to have been a category 2 or 3 when it hit Halifax. This comes from a friend who is a hurricane specialist with Environment Canada.

Thankfully the weather has been good for the cleanup and power restoration.

High

[mrlayance]

I checked that site Lance but their stats were a little off. 300,000 lost power and the hurricane as of now is thought to have been a category 2 or 3 when it hit Halifax. This comes from a friend who is a hurricane specialist with Environment Canada

Yea, I noticed that, but I thought it was still at category 1?

[grooveless touque]

Nope...winds went up to 155 km/h. Originally it was thought 130 was max, but it went up as it came towards land.

It was insane here in the South part of the peninsula...the numbers of trees down is shocking. I got some awesome pics, including up-close exclusives of the train thrown into the harbour (they roped off the area when they saw me there) and I'll post when I've put my pics up. I bet it's the single biggest bonanza in Halifax's history for camera stores...I took a walk in the heart of the storm, after midnight, and felt the rain down by the water cutting through my jacket. It was astonishingly powerful! We just got our power back after doing without for 84 hours.

Darren, do you live up at Top Of The Mountain?? You said the highest area in Halifax, I was wondering if you meant Cowie Hill...

[highlander]

Hurricane was a category 2 with gusts of over 180km/hr and sustained winds of 140-150 km/h.

I live in Clayton Park, Halifax. One of the higher/highest points in Metro Halifax and we are fairly exposed to the wind, thus the amount of downed trees taking out power lines.


Darren

[mrlayance]

I believe that, way too much damage for a category 1.