Tuesday Day 8

Still no power. I do see some progress in the area. The tree laying on the power line down the road from us has been removed.  Phone service stayed on the whole night, that's a first.
See what today brings.

Monday Day 7

Not much different from day 6. I do see more lights, and the top of the mountain where we live is starting to see electric. But down the road from us is a large tree that lies across the electric lines. Until that tree is removed,  we won't have power. Weather reports are indicating another storm will be here by Thursday.

Sunday Day 6

It's starting to become a routine. Get gas for the generator, wood for the fire and water.  Interesting, the home phone only works during the day from 9-5, then out of service.
No idea when the power will return. But on a good note, it's daylight savings time. We get an extra hour of nothingness.

Saturday day 5

It's Saturday, still no power. But down in the valley are lights, the power is getting closer. The big thing now is gas. The few stations that have it are dealing with long lines, some 1/2 mile long or longer.  Glad I have gas.
Hoping for power by Monday.

Thursday PM

Things are about the same in town, still no power. But the town next to us is being restored.  So maybe in the next couple of days we'll be back online. Still have to drive to find a strong signal for the cell phone.

Wednesday AM

Got a chance to drive around town yesterday. Wow, a lot of trees down and electric poles broken. I think it's going to be a few more days before power returns.  Luck was on our side, just a couple of trees down and one our sheds collapsed.

Storm report Tuesday AM

The wind was howling last night. Our Internet and phone lines are out of service, just the cell phone works now, occasionally. Still dark outside, no idea how thinks look. Raining now and some wind. Give you a update later.

Storm update Monday PM

It's here! 
Most of the day was wind and light rain.  Now it's blowing hard, but still light rain.  Lost power about an hour ago.  No big surprise, but the phone & Internet still works and that's a positive. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

Storm update Monday AM

Yep, still heading this way.  Hasn't started to rain yet, but it's getting windy.  The electic co. has stated to get ready for a 7-10 day outage.  Guess I won't be going trick-or-treating this year.  We're about as ready as we can be.  Went through this power outage twice last year.  Starting to get accustom to these disruptions.



Crews installing sandbags at the Morristown, NJ substation.  Having a couple of days advance notice has bought us some time.
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Hunker Down

It's hunker down time.  The storm approaching looks to be a big one. The race car should be ok, the plane is tied down with a couple of extra ropes and the vehicles are moved away from any possible trees falling on them.   Now we wait.

Lime Rock Park Historic YouTube 2012

        The uphill at Lime Rock, looks as much fun as it is.

Jury Duty

We'll, a whole day of waiting.  A good time to catch up on the blog.
I heard from Eric the other day.  He's planning on going to NZ a little earlier this year.  He also bought a midget racer,  1940's era.  He does plan on racing it. Sounds like fun.
Haven't heard from the F5000 association about next years schedule.  It is still a little early. Some of the race tracks have published there 2013 schedule included Lime Rock.  The Historic festival will be on Labor Day weekend again. 
As far as the race car, haven't done a thing to it.  But I am thinking about it.  First on the list is to talk to the engine builder,  maybe today would be a good day to do that.

Auto swap meet at Hershey, PA

Traveled out to Hershey the other day on my annual trip in search of racing memorabilia. When it comes to old car stuff this is the biggest.  1000 of dealers, but none had what I was looking for.  Still a lot of fun and it's good to see the car hobby doing so well.

Foggy and rainy, not what the weather folks predicted.

Surprised to see the JB logo on this golf cart.

Don't know what made me think that this would make a real fine Lola race call hauler?  (sorry, not for sale)

More Photos

A few more Lime Rock photos from Motorsport.com (also from WG and Road Atlanta)
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Pilot Tricks

Being a pilot, I thought this was a clever idea.

Back in February, Pilot Ryan Thompson decided to propose to his girlfriend in the air, while flying a Diamond DA40 (or similar) near Chicago, but the proposal wasn't the only drama Thompson had planned and all of it was caught on video. While the actual flight took place months ago, the edited video only appeared on the Internet this month and it is making headlines, including Good Morning America. Thompson's preflight planning for the flight included mounting a GoPro camera to the glareshield and printing a special checklist. Once airborne with then-girlfriend Carlie, the two enjoyed some sightseeing before Thompson unleashed his plan.