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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:26 AM
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HEADS UP ATLANTA and N.Georgia! Massive Thunderstorm moving in!
This is crazy! :crazy:This storm is bigger than most Spring and Summer storms, and it's a fast mover too!

I'm shutting down if it gets bad.:scared:
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terisan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:29 AM
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1. Thanks for the heads up. nt
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:29 AM
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2. Take cover if you need to.
Last night we had nasty tornadoes all over the Midwest. Property can be replaced, but not people.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:31 AM
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3. Wow! I'm looking at the radar.
I'm in bed surfing on my iPhone.

Hope the storms don't wake us up.
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:36 AM
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7. On an iPhone? How long does it take for DU to load on an iPhone?
I bet you hate seeing the words "Caption this HILARIOUS Bush photo" when surfing with an iPhone, huh?
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 07:15 AM
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14. About a second or two on WiFi. About five seconds off WiFi.
Pretty fast.
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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:31 AM
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4. Turn off your computer during all major
thunderstorms. It could ruin your computer. My sister in NC and we have had it happen.

Keep your head down.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:33 AM
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5. We turn them off and unplug everything of value
In this rural place, the computer and modem are vital. They get disengaged from everything that can carry juice.
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:36 AM
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6. Is it ok to disconnect power and go to battery on laptop? Bad storms in Ohio too!
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:40 AM
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8. Only if your connection is wireless.
Some of the worst lightning surges come though phone-lines and coaxial cable (cable T.V. cables).
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 07:42 AM
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16. I lost my satellite receiver and TV because of a lightning strike.
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Raffi Ella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:41 AM
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9. It just starting here.
Hope it's raining up at Lake Lanier!
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mb7588a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:42 AM
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10. Good. Y'all need the rain! nt.
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:50 AM
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11. Unfortunately, this one's moving so fast that it will mostly bring down tree limbs...
...and cause problems. What we need is one of those Tropical Depressions to come out of the Gulf and stall over the Atlanta Metro area, like it did in July 1994, or was that 1995? It was one of those years, fixed that drought and then some.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:54 AM
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12. Be safe.
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Hutzpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:32 AM
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13. thanks for the heads up eom
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 07:22 AM
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15. I live north of the city and we got bupkiss...
about 1/10" and no wind or lightning...

sP
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 07:43 AM
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17. I live in Woodstock, just northwest of Atlanta.
Nothing here, just some rain.
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