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Posted : 9/30/2024 11:27:32 AM
We and the horses are good. I really didn't prep for this storm as I would normally, why, because the cone was far far away. However, we were on the eastern side of the storm which is the worse side. Normally I would stock up on gas for generators and stock up on water as much as possible.
Interestly, SC had the most power outages, more than FL and GA. The SC power grid was hit harder than when Hurricane Hugo took a direct hit over Charleston in '89. We lost power Friday morning and it was out for about 31 hours. Ran out of gas after 4 1/2 hours. However, gas station with ethanol free gas was open and I resuppllied. I only use ethanol free in small engines. There are still 700,000+ without power in SC, so I am thankful. It could be a couple weeks for everyone to get power back. There was so much debris on the driveway you could not see the driveway. No major trees down on our property that we have seen, yet. At the barn a huge tree came down but it only blocks a horse trail. It so so large it isn't worth cutting through it to open that trail up. The creek between the barn and the upper psature flooded and cut off access between the barn and the upper pasture.
Our power company completed a MAJOR right of way cleanup in our area about 2 weeks ago. They do this every 5+ years and that probably helped us a lot. Doesn't stop big trees but keeps a lot of the smaller stuff that can do damage off the lines.