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Greg Cullinan

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  1. I was lucky here in Exton. We lost power from 5am to 5pm on Wednesday. We didn't see any damage from our house, but were amazed once we had TV and saw the devastation in the area. There are areas around here that are still dark, just luck of the draw! When I was driving home from work on Thursday, a lot of areas were dark, including the area with all the hotels and gas stations near the turnpike entrance. The hotel lots were full of cars so there were a lot of people camping out there in the dark. When I left for work on Friday, many of those areas were lit up, so the crews were working all night. I was watching Philadelphia news tonight and they were showing power crews from Quebec working on the local lines. I was in NJ today and on my way back every hotel parking lot was full of power crew trucks.

    Day 5 without electric. Just the luck of the draw I suppose. Saying 58,000 remain without power and abington,Montgomery county is 18,000 of them ? I have friends in horsham who ha theirs restored Friday and huntingdon valley this morning. Soon I hope....

  2. I appreciate it. I have a 8000w generator so fridge,tv,Internet,and two space heaters. It has more juice but trying to keep the gas consumption down. Running about $35 -$45 a day.

    Basically living in the living room. It was 700,000 without at its height,down to 185,000 so the hotel rooms are scarce and we have pets as well. We have family and had offers but figured we'd grin and bear it

  3. Today "S" stood for SOLID ICE. We didn't get any snow, it was warm enough that we had freezing rain overnight. By morning everything was solid and tree limbs and power lines were coming down left and right. We lost power around 5:30am and got it back around 5:00pm. About 80% of our county was out, most still is so we're fortunate to have power and heat once again!

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    We just hit 24 hrs without electric. My freezer is thawing and my house is freezing. Lol. Doesn't look good when they are saying expect a few days without power right from the start.

  4. So I shouldn't spend my 401k on models? ?

    I for one will be glad to see the day when a small box of plastic with a cool box art isn't a kings ransom.

    I admit I have paid some high prices for kits from the 60's with the plans of building them all. Then I realized I wasn't ever going to get around to it(400 kits) and downsized ( kept 35 and do some purchasing periodically) probably losing money along the way.

    I parlayed it into another hobby(dirtbikes)and now I stick with a small stash of everyday kits and a few resin pieces.

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