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Subject: Big deal. My post said it was 20,000 - 45,000 feet, you whine because

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Date Posted: 08:10:21 12/18/06 Mon
In reply to: Bev 's message, "If you listened to the news you would find that the jet stream dropped in elevation" on 18:09:52 12/17/06 Sun

it dropped to 18,000. Petty close to normal, according to the arithmetic I was taught in grammar school.

>before the last storm . Think the news said it was
>down to 18 0000 . I can report after being without
>power and water for over 60 hrs we are up and going
>again . Over 3 million homes lost power in wa state.
>They have bought in light crews from as far away as
>kansas. The company we get our power from had over
>700000 homes without power they have 250 crews working
>around the clock and are bringing in other crews from
>as far away as kansas. I am sure all the other power
>companies in w. Wa are doing the same. The news said
>others may have to wait a week or longer to get
>restored. THe power companies are all saying the same
>thing this did more damage to their lines including
>blowing down towers etc than any other storm in the
>pac nw. There were winds of 100 miles a hr. We had 5
>1/2 inches or rain from thurs evening to sat am in our
>yard.

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