WV without power, gas, and grocery stores out of stock/closed?

Reporting from the MD suburbs around DC.

One notable observation when traveling around the area was encounters with the self-reliant types. They are quite pleasant in their behavior with unexpected and novel conditions.

No panic or wild-eyed confusion; as seen from the pampered cretins endangering the rest of civil society.

Their impulsive or violent action abounds when simple forethought was all that is required.

Take traffic signals not working. Pretend it is a stop sign. For EVERYONE. Electricity down or fallen trees blocking roads. Relax it will be rectified before you can get a hotel room.

Whatever happened to friends and family? Go stay with them if you can. The rest of us are tired of your whining and complaining.

Gas stations that are opened when everything else is closed are dangerous war zones around the dumb and the violent-- stay away.

As for all communications down don't tell me this is the first time you had to fend for yourself without phone or Internet. If so then learn from it instead of FREAKING-OUT.

Rant-off~Thanks

oh, WOW!

I spoke with my mom near Lewisburg WV today. She said they have no cell service but the land lines are working. They still don't have any power. Her neighbor has a generator and took a lot of her frozen foods, although she will probably lose a lot. She said she has plenty of food and is getting water from a spring and when I asked if she needed anything she said no, she had been through worse and this would be no different.

She also said the local news did not predict the storm that they got. She had watched the local weather forecast and had went out for the evening and almost got stranded away from her house.

Interesting about the local news report..Thanks for the information.

Looks like the next storm is headed right for my family's location. Tried to get a hold of her via cell phone..all I'm getting is a busy signal. Usually would cut right to voice mail if I cannot get a hold of her.

The Bama-ites need this time to purge the files for all of the illegal crap that all of the Branches have done recently..

What do you want to bet that when the power is restored that they TPTB say, " Oh Dear, we forgot to back up, blah, blah, blah.. Now it is lost forever""

Problem solved, no body, no murder

A lot of areas in WV get power from far away. Power could have been knocked out farther west, before the storm hit, but at the rate it was traveling, power would have to come from western OH or IN to be knocked out 1/2 hr before the storm got there...

yes, heard they downplayed the storm because they expected it to not hit as hard in the mountains. My brother said he got blown down in his front yard and then couldn't get up for a little bit -- but then he's been known to exaggerate...

Good advice, but you OBVIOUSLY don't know much about WV. My brother and I have a slogan: "Almost Heaven, Hardly America."

Try thier land line from your land line....if you both got them. That was the only way I got hold of my mom.

Good on ya! Part of the solution...

Why isn't this being covered by the MSM?

Pretty neat. Hope the bed isn't rusty. Do you KNOW how much water weighs!

Milk jugs is a very very very bad idea. You apparently don't know much about prepping or safety. Use milk jugs if you want but if you die from it............don't blame anyone...you have been warned.

You CAN use 7-up bottles for water but NOT milk jugs.

The only thing that saved you in your situation was probably that it was cold enough that bacteria didn't have a chance to grow in those milk jugs.

Any prepper KNOWS you don't save or use milk jugs.

Disclaimer.

Kindly disregard what I said about "you can use 7-up bottles"

I meant I CAN USE 7-UP BOTTLES...

YOU CAN USE WHAT EVER YOU WANT AS I AM NOT TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO.,....NOT PRESCRIBING.

This is really happening but some people need to settle down.

NBC Washington reported there are "lines" at gas stations all over the place at DC metro gas stations [link to www.nbcwashington.com]

I got gas in 5 minutes across the Maryland border. No different from usual.

It isn't as bad as they're making it out to be. In SOME cases. Obviously WV has some serious issues, I feel for them. I also feel fortunate I have power IN the city - if ours went out vs. some WV areas, I imagine all hell would break loose. I wouldn't be able to leave my apartment as my front door is electric-controlled. It would be more devastating for me as an urban resident at ground zero - I think - to get through a few days or even weeks of that.

Denver Colorado is the real D.C. capital,the real military always take the high ground...as all military's practice misdirection...Washington was hit because we ordered the hit by email,alice obeys me as a good wife should symbolism...you want a copy of the return whitehouse email with a time stamp on it?..

Last Edited by T Ceti H.C. Radnarg on 07/01/2012 07:39 PM

Raleigh County, WV here.....yes power went out before the storm hit us. I thought something was strange about how it all went down. Glad to see others are voicing this as well.

Would be interesting to see....?

Same reason they are reporting absolutely NOTHING about all the volcanoes currently erupting worldwide.

They don't want the majority of the public to know what is really going on and why.

Very true Six Six Six...let us not forget about the earthquakes either...

There is another storm on it's way tonight.
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Southern WV'er here.

We got hit hard but everybodys really helping each other and as weird as this sound its been a great experience. I live about 20 miles as the crow flys north of Charleston in Kanawaha county. Yes up a hollar as you would expect.

Power, cable, phone and cell phone are out. Damage is as bad as you'd expect. Trees and telephone poles are down everywhere. Spent most of friday night helping neighbors cut and clear the road. Between everybody out here we have a good assortment of tractors, dozers and excavators.

When the work was finished I had everybody and their familys back to my house. I'm lucky to have a large generator and a pool. Been projecting movies outside and handing out beer/soda/water ever since then.

Kids are cooling off in the pool. There are a lot of elderly out here we so put in a window air conditioner and made an area for them to cool off. A guy up on the hill works for the phone company and has T1 thats working and is using it to provide wireless internet access for anybody within range.

A handfull of us have made it through all 10 pages of this thread and laughing our asses off. Keep it up we're getting a big kick out of all the stereotypes. :)

Bottom line dont worry about us. Every cellar is full and we're taking care of our own and anybody else who needs it and can make it here.

More storms are heading this way to good luck to everybody and god bless.

Raleigh County, WV here.....yes power went out before the storm hit us. I thought something was strange about how it all went down. Glad to see others are voicing this as well.



Is the power still out in Raleigh County?

Just a note on the "filling the bathtub." Buy a few 7mil or thicker plastic paint drop clothes. Put them in the tup and then fill it up. Two things happen: 1, The water is cleaner, and 2, it will not slowly dribble down the tub seal... found out the hard way but it wasn't an emergency at the time....

Hm....out there theory, but this IS a conspiracy forum. Take that info with the fire in the sky video posted in another thread....EMP? I know it's not the case since there are areas with power still, but it makes you think.

Is the power still out in Raleigh County?


They are reporting that about 67% are still without power. I, fortunately, got power back last night. We are trying not to run too much so that we don't put any undo stress on the system.

There is no other state like WV though. We are tough people and can persevere through anything. I have seen whole communities come together to help one another out. For those who are talking crap about WV....if you came here and got stuck, we would still help you out because that is the kind of people we are.

I live in charleston but I'm on vacation in SW Virginia in the Dublin area. Power is out here also. I can only imagine what it will be like when TS(really)HTF. Prepare now.