Monday, August 24, 2009

And he's gone!

Good riddance too!

Bill hit Newfoundland as a category 1 hurricane (sustained winds of 120 kms/hr). He was supposed to lose some of his punch and be a tropical storm before he hit NL, but he hit here first. I'm still unable to find out exactly when he became a tropical storm here (although at 2:30 a.m. they were still calling him a cagegory 1), how much rainfall various parts of NL received or if there was any damage anywhere. I was able to find out Cape Race had winds of 125 kms/h and Newfoundland was the only place where Bill made landfall, actually hitting here twice.

It was a long night here though...and I hardly slept. Placentia had a voluntary evacuation and a state of emergency was declared there. Thankfully, we came through quite well....there was a lot of rain, a lot of wind and a lot of lightening but no damage (other than a damp section in our basement and some wood blown around in our back yard). Power was out for a short while as well...thanks NL Power for getting us/keeping us up and running! (again....I'm not sure how any of the other areas of our province came through).

Bill is now out over the Atlantic somewhere. We are still experiencing winds of around 65 - 70 kms/h....but we are used of those.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts, prayers and good wishes through all of this!

10 comments:

Becky said...

Glad all went well for you.

The Power of Prayer!

Linda said...

That's good news Linda.

Renee said...

Glad you are doing okay!!! Yahoo!! Praise God!! Hope the rest of NL fared as well..

Rose said...

So glad things went well for you.

Shannon said...

So glad to hear that you are well!

At Home on the Rock... said...

Thanks everyone!

yofed said...

I'm so glad all went well! :D

Anonymous said...

Happy to read everyone came through the storm okay.
I kept flipping from CBC to CTV trying to get news of the storm. They did a great job reporting from N.S., but hardly anything from Newfoundland! It drove us crazy trying to find out how you were being affected, Linda. I can't imagine living there and not being able to find out what was going on.
~~Lori

Twisted Cinderella said...

I am so glad it went well for you. We had lots of wind and rain too, but no damage at all at least not in my area.

At Home on the Rock... said...

Glad you were all safe too, TC!