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09-11-2017, 08:28 PM | #508 |
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FIL in CT lost power for more than a week during that freak October ice storm a few years back. He invested $8k in a whole-house, natural gas powered generator. It's been used once since then very briefly during a snowstorm. So it seems investing in a whole-house, natural gas generator is a pretty good guarantee against future outages.
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09-11-2017, 10:21 PM | #509 | |
is probably out riding.
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09-11-2017, 10:24 PM | #510 |
is probably out riding.
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Oh yeah, power is back on.
Was sitting out back by the pool listening to the lovely sound of generator harmonizing from different parts of the lake when there was a huge explosion on the other side of the lake. Then, the lights came on, all around the lake. Then more green transformer flashes from the next grid down the line. Fingers crossed, it's stayed on so far. Light flickering... just hope it stays on til morning so i can get a shower. Screw that, i'm getting a shower now.
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09-12-2017, 05:29 AM | #513 |
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Roads and bridges supposed to be ok but there may not be a place to stay there.
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09-12-2017, 05:45 AM | #514 | |
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You all good?
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09-12-2017, 06:19 AM | #516 | |
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Good to hear, and please know all of us here think you guys are nuts! We pay extra to sleep in an igloo hotel in the winter, but even a thought of a tropical weather and wind makes us all go crawling under our beds.
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09-12-2017, 09:34 AM | #517 |
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hope everyone is OK. Lost power sunday AM, got it back yesterday around 6pm.
the hospital was INSANE. 40 bed ER, had over 70 patients throughout a 12hr shift.. Jesus |
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09-12-2017, 10:01 AM | #518 |
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Back at work in Brickell. I could have worked from home but having two screens makes working much easier compared to only one. We are required to leave no later than 5pm today as there still is a curfew in place so they can clean up the roads. Had to zig zag my way here with down power lines, trees, twigs, debris from jtodd_fl, 1MOREMOD, UncleWede and left over party thongs from ///M Power-Belgium.
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I found some gasoline but could only get Super (93 octane). Generator is supposed to use regular. I have a mix of remaining regular and super in it now and it seems fine. Anyone more mechanically inclined than me know of any consequences from using super in the generator (other than overpaying for gas)? At least I can put it in our cars if we get lucky and power comes on soon.
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09-12-2017, 12:46 PM | #526 |
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Ah, so opposite side from my sister's place. Closer to the storm path, so probably a lot more damage.
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09-12-2017, 01:59 PM | #527 |
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Power has returned! According to thermostat, it was 84 degrees in the house when I turned the power from generator to electric company.
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