Welch power out

[Slickcraft]

We had very strong SW blow, many trees down. Nearest neighbor to north has one across deck, next to the north lost flag pole.

[Descant]

Thanks for this info. Any idea if the south loop has power?

Please post when power is restored, or other changes. We trust PSNH has been notified and is on the way.

[welchislandman]

Thanks for the update.
Looks it went down at 3:45?
I am heading up tomorrow night, hope its on by then.

PS - when i went to report outage it said I was the first to report

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Gilford: Update: ~ETR 11:30 PM for Belknap Point Rd. area

[ishoot308]

Welch was hit hard! Trees down everywhere. Power will be out for a long time. My wires were pulled right out of the house by a large tree that fell. Luckily it missed the house. My neighbors wasn't so lucky as his house was hit by a large tree that fell.

I hope you guys who haven't been out yet have no damage.

Dan

[DRH]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

Welch was hit hard! Trees down everywhere. Power will be out for a long time. My wires were pulled right out of the house by a large tree that fell. Luckily it missed the house. My neighbors wasn't so lucky as his house was hit by a large tree that fell.

I hope you guys who haven't been out yet have no damage.

Dan

Very sorry to hear of the damage there on Welch Island, Dan. Hope you, Slickcraft and other neighbors are OK. Here in West Alton we just got torrential rain and lots of lightning, but no heavy wind gusts.

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by Descant

Thanks for this info. Any idea if the south loop has power?

Please post when power is restored, or other changes. We trust PSNH has been notified and is on the way.

A large tree took out power and phone just north of the pole that is common to north/south. That is prior to the separate north and south branch fuses so my guess is that south may be out as well.

We observed two lines to camps down, ishoot208's and one south of us, maybe #59.

We had just beat the storm over to Welch, returning from a trip to NC. The intense wind was not right away but it was by far the strongest we have ever seen. A large tree fell about 30' behind the camp and we did not even hear it fall. My wife did feel the ground shake.

[CateP]

Does anyone know the wind speed of that blow? We were caught in that storm in our sail boat. We were up at Fays in the a.m. having some rigging work done and stopped by Rattlesnake to see family on the way back to Wolfeboro. The storm hit us just outside Wolfeboro Bay and we had to make an emergency stop at Goodhue and Hawkins. Never seen anything like it. Moored boats were actually keeling over in the wind. Rain felt like needles on skin. Glad we lived to tell the tale.

[Blue Thunder]

Yesterday's severe weather was well forecast, with numerous outlets including the media, facebook, and twitter warning of the likelihood of severe weather all day long. Someone was just saying to me the other day that we hadn't had any thunderstorms yet....well now we have. The summer is officially here! Be safe out there, Cate, especially with that giant lightning rod right in the middle of your sailboat.

Pic of someone's umbrella going for a ride during the storms here on Sebago yesterday.

[TiltonBB]

The power was out in a large portion Gilford in the Dockham Shore Road area from about Silver Sands Marina to the Laconia Airport. The outage lasted from 4 PM until about 4 AM. There were multiple problems including wires down with tree limbs falling on them and there was a power pole on 11B that broke in half during the storm.

PSNH was there right away but replacing a pole wth all of the associated parties involved (cable, fairpoint, PSNH) is a time consuming job.

[welchislandman]

I am heading out to Welch this afternoon.. If anyone needs anything let me know. I am not sure what to expect

PM me if i can help
Jeff

[DRH]

Originally Posted by CateP

Does anyone know the wind speed of that blow? We were caught in that storm in our sail boat. We were up at Fays in the a.m. having some rigging work done and stopped by Rattlesnake to see family on the way back to Wolfeboro. The storm hit us just outside Wolfeboro Bay and we had to make an emergency stop at Goodhue and Hawkins. Never seen anything like it. Moored boats were actually keeling over in the wind. Rain felt like needles on skin. Glad we lived to tell the tale.

Cate - can't help you with the wind speed as we're pretty protected here, but I think I may have spotted you shortly before the storm hit. I saw a sailboat between Rattlesnake and Sleepers/Treasure Islands headed toward Wolfeboro maybe 20 - 30 minutes before the storm came. Was that you? Glad you made it back OK.

[Descant]

Just had an email from a family member who arrived a few minutes ago and said the power came back on around 6:10 pm. So that's the south loop. Can't say anything for the north side yet.

[welchislandman]

Power on in cove 8pm

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by welchislandman

Power on in cove 8pm

Thanks, we may go back over tomorrow. PSNH had a real mess to clean up, got a call from their automated system about 5 min ago.

Is the DSL back on? The phone cable had been severed by the tree that took the power out down near the island entry point. That is a lot of twisted pair to splice.

[CateP]

Originally Posted by DRH

Cate - can't help you with the wind speed as we're pretty protected here, but I think I may have spotted you shortly before the storm hit. I saw a sailboat between Rattlesnake and Sleepers/Treasure Islands headed toward Wolfeboro maybe 20 - 30 minutes before the storm came. Was that you? Glad you made it back OK.

That was us. Major lesson learned yesterday. Heed the radar and forecast!!

[ishoot308]

Bad storm just came through Welch again and knocked the power out...

[Island-Ho]

Is the power still out? I think I hear a generator running. Last nights storm was no where near as bad as the night before.

[rsmlp]

it's only going to be worse tonight. could be biblical...

[Slickcraft]

Our neighbor one camp to the south just called and said that power was back on at their and our camp. For now at least.

[MAXUM]

Was just listening to Nat'l weather and they are predicting a very stiff wind tomorrow in fact they were saying could be up to 4 foot rollers out on the lake so be careful if you venture out. Not the kind of weather to be having with so many here on vacation that have marginal boating skills. Bet MP will be busy! For you folks on Welch if anything got stressed in the thunderstorms the wind tomorrow may be enough to take more trees/limbs down.

If anyone needs any help let me know I have my small chain saw, gas, and bar oil here at the camp and can help cut up some stuff, will be here through Sunday. Good enough for cutting branches and mid sized trees. PM me if you'd like. If you got any big stuff you need help with I will be here again the week of the 14th and can bring my big saw that is good enough to take on pretty much anything.

**Legal Disclaimer** Just be aware I am NOT a professional tree guy, but good with a saw ;-) This also isn't a solicitation for work, just offering free neighborly help if needed!

[welchislandman]

Power back in the cove , Dsl is out for me. There was a psnh crew of 10 here all day.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by rsmlp

it's only going to be worse tonight. could be biblical...

Is it OK to come out of my hiding place now??? Is the "biblical" storm over yet?

[welchislandman]

7/7 still out for me.
a neighbor walked to the island junction box and said it will need to be re spliced also.
what a mess

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by welchislandman

7/7 still out for me.
a neighbor walked to the island junction box and said it will need to be re spliced also.
what a mess

Yes it is a mess. I reported this via the Fairpoint web site on 7/4 and on 7/5 talked directly to line repair. I'll call again today. I reached line repair by calling 866-984-1611 option #4.

I did call again this morning, the repair is scheduled for tomorrow, 7/9. That would be one full week after the damage.

[nhcatrider]

Fairpoint is not well known for speedy repairs. I had an issue at my home and was told that it would be 10 days due to storm damage etc. When I called back after 11 days and still no service, I was told that due to the amount of lines down in my area it would be at least another 2 weeks. I live 300 wire feet from the hub in Concord, and I can hit the building with a rock from my driveway. After informing them of how close I am amazingly there was a tech there in about 15 minutes. Keep pressure on them, they are trying hard to repair their tarnished image. I do understand that some areas did get hit hard from the storm, but a week is a long stretch. Also report the amount of down time to the puc.

[welchislandman]

Just called , on hold 25 min then dropped me. They said tomorrow mtr

[Broken Glass]

I called Fairpoint on July 1st to order a phone and internet service for a house we just bought on Rattlesnake. They were supposed to turn it on today. I just got a call and now they are projecting the 16th. I guess the rumors about Fairpoint are true??

[ishoot308]

Not sure what happened but power is out again on Welch.

Oh yeah...Fairpoint sucks! We called again today and they had no clue anything was wrong...yeah right....This is the third time we called!

[Slickcraft]

We just got here and did not bring the generator. Reload the boat and back home.

[Descant]

We probably can't do much about PSNH, except go back to propane, like we (all islands) had before 1963. However, there might be an opportunity to get enough to sign on for broadband cable. In 1962, I think the minimum number was 30 for electricity, and the original 30 who deposited $150.00 each, got a rebate when more signed on.

I have Direct TV and DSL, but the product is so inferior to Comcast that I have not used either in 2014, although I pay the fees.

Who's interested?

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by Descant

We probably can't do much about PSNH, except go back to propane, like we (all islands) had before 1963. However, there might be an opportunity to get enough to sign on for broadband cable. In 1962, I think the minimum number was 30 for electricity, and the original 30 who deposited $150.00 each, got a rebate when more signed on.

I have Direct TV and DSL, but the product is so inferior to Comcast that I have not used either in 2014, although I pay the fees.

Who's interested?

We would have an interest but just internet for six months a year.

Anyone know if the Welch power is back on?

[welchislandman]

the power issue was a line down at varney point that they were repairing from what i heard. power was back after dinner time.

still no dsl

[Slickcraft]

Fairpoint is working on the phone cables. New 26 pair cable has been strung to the first north and south poles from the N/S common pole. Still need cable strung from shore entry pole to the N/S common pole. Did not see the crew but tools are still there. Must have gone for more cable, that is heavy stuff. They may or may not finish today, after last cable is run will have splice lots of twisted pair at 4 pole locations.

[Slickcraft]

Fairpoint did not finish the repair today, it was a real mess. Maybe tomorrow.

[welchislandman]

Thanks for the update looks like they are also closing some of the tickets but not resolved

[welchislandman]

Internet back as of 5 pm for me

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by welchislandman

Internet back as of 5 pm for me

Thanks for the update. We will back over in the morning, I suspect that ours will be back on as well. We had gotten used to being able to stream video, especially Netflix, and my wife was having serious withdrawal pains.

[Slickcraft]

Well I was wrong, still no DSL. Line repair says all problems reported as cleared, entered another problem report.

[welchislandman]

Sorry to hear, wonder if there is a line down between you

[ishoot308]

Mine is up and running. Had to reset my router though...

Dan

[Slickcraft]

It looks like some wires are yet to be spliced.

[ishoot308]

I was incorrect, my internet is NOT up and running. My computer was connecting to my jet pack which I thought was off!

Still waiting on Welch!

Dan

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

I was incorrect, my internet is NOT up and running. My computer was connecting to my jet pack which I thought was off!

Still waiting on Welch!

Dan

That explains why I wasn't seeing anything from your cams