On Sunday, September 14, 2008 Ohio and Northern Kentucky faced high winds that resulted in power failures, death, trees split in half, some falling into homes and companys, live wires tangled in the mess of fallen trees, roofs blowing off people's homes and businesses, shingles ripped off the roofs...my home was without power for 9 1/2 hours...but some of my familie's power was just turned back on last night. People's food spoiled, some were left with no drinking water at all. Traffic lights were out throughout town...Winds gusted at hurricane force leaving a trail od destruction behind it...They are calling it "The tri-State Blackout of 2008" Wind gusts approached 80 mph -- speeds of a Category 1 hurricane. Sustained winds were clocked at 40 mph -- wind speeds of a tropical storm. In Ohio, a woman was killed when a tree fell onto her home in Mt. Healthy. Heavy winds also fueled several fires. It took crews from several different departments to put out a fire in Over-the-Rhine. Two motorcyclists were killed when a tree fell on them in Hueston Woods Sunday afternoon. Schools were forced to close throughout Ohio and most were closed from Monday through Wednesday, some are still closed. Stores, gas stations and restaurants were forced to close...In my home town there were 2 department stores and 1 gas station open for 2 days. There was a 2 hour wait to pump gasoline. Both Ohio and Kentucky were declared disaster areas. Duke Energy is reporting as of 2:45 a.m. Friday, the number of customers still without power in both Ohio and Northern Kentucky is 133,026. In a county-by-county breakdown before midnight, Duke Energy had reported that Hamilton County was down to 80,007 customers without power. (Hamilton County is Cincinnati area.) There were 19,474 still out in Butler County, and more than 9,000 customers out in Clermont County (Butler County is where I live.) In Warren County, more than 8,569 were still out and more than 4,000 were still without power in Clinton County. In Northern Kentucky there were 2,950 customers out in Boone County, 2,322 out in Campbell County and 7,778 still out in Kenton County. I will be posting images that we took from around the Middletown Area of Ohio where I live.