Re: The storm that came from hell! (vickie here)

From: Eliyahu Rooff (lrooff_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/10/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 20:14:39 -0700

My condolences. We went through two hurricanes when we lived in Cuba,
and I know how terrifying they can be.

Eliyahu

"VHOne" <vhone@aol.comnotrash> wrote in message
news:20040709155001.11415.00000793@mb-m23.aol.com...
> Well....you would think with the hurricane one would have had enough!
On
> Wednesday...out of nowhere...around 12:40p, it turned black as tar
here in
> Western Richmond VA and low and behold, I found myself on the kitchen
floor
> with both dogs shivering in the worst nightmare I can recall! I have
got to
> tell you that the hail was pounding, wind was so heavy, felt like it
would take
> house away, rain heavy, and FOR 1-1/2 HOURS, I stayed on the floor in
the dark.
> Power left early, like about 1 minute after this started. 33 hours
later,
> power came back on. When the total darkness moved out, looked outside
to
> downed trees, several homes missing some of their roofs, the biggest
mess since
> the hurricane. After I did get power back at 11 last night, cable
modem was
> gone! Cable internet was also gone as it was out and was not restored
until
> this afternoon, which gave me time to go get a new one and for Comcast
to walk
> me through getting it set up. Phone service was also disrupted as
well as cell
> service.
>
> They thought there were tornadoes. There were reports that what
actually
> happened was something the opposite of tornadoes, which does the same
damage.
> Lightening was from sky to ground that whole hour and a half. Trees
in the
> nearby office park were downed as well as 30 miles away.
>
> This storm was not predicted, no warnings. You just saw it get pitch
black and
> there it was! I have never in all my years seen anything or been in
anything
> so scary and now I am shaking so bad that if I ever see it start to
get dark
> again, I think I will leave the whole country.
>
> This is just too much. The worst hit was where I live.
>
> Anyone else in Virginia get any of this?
>
> Vickie

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