It has skirted off West of us but we have been getting some rain. Some pretty good winds on Monday when we were on vacation so my housesitter took everything down on the porch and secured everything pretty well.Batten down the hatches and stay safe all of you in the deep south!.
They have gotten a huge amount of rainfall and power outages are up to almost a million in the entire area.Just got home about 4:15 AM. Just came on hoping to hear if Copperhead was OK. Here is hoping she come through unscathed..
Yep they have alot of flooded areas in her town especially in South and downtown. No power, hospital on generator. Lots of folks evacuated. But my brother in law says they are still high and dry but water all around. They have a generator from their RV they are using.They have gotten a huge amount of rainfall and power outages are up to almost a million in the entire area.Just got home about 4:15 AM. Just came on hoping to hear if Copperhead was OK. Here is hoping she come through unscathed..
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It's always so sad to have to throw out food after a power outage. At least our own power outages tend to come due to winter storms so we can often store stuff outside in sub-freezing weather and save it. For some reason, though, ice cream won't survive, we think, so must be eaten right away!
We've solved our outage problem with a generator, but that's not so practical if outages are rare.
Glad you rode it out so well. Indeed, let the good times roll!.
Generators are more flaky than women! DH worked on 2 of them (generators that is, lol) for 2 days prior to the storm and finally got one to turn over and it was generating power.... When we cranked it up after the power went off, while it ran, it did not produce any juice.Arkansawyer said:It's always so sad to have to throw out food after a power outage. At least our own power outages tend to come due to winter storms so we can often store stuff outside in sub-freezing weather and save it. For some reason, though, ice cream won't survive, we think, so must be eaten right away!
We've solved our outage problem with a generator, but that's not so practical if outages are rare.
Glad you rode it out so well. Indeed, let the good times roll!
CH, that happened to us after we installed a new generator. Turned on, but no juice to house. I made some frantic calls and it turned out we had to flip a switch. I'll double check with DH what switch that was a let you know. Who knows, it might help.It's always so sad to have to throw out food after a power outage. At least our own power outages tend to come due to winter storms so we can often store stuff outside in sub-freezing weather and save it. For some reason, though, ice cream won't survive, we think, so must be eaten right away!
We've solved our outage problem with a generator, but that's not so practical if outages are rare.
Glad you rode it out so well. Indeed, let the good times roll!.Generators are more flaky than women! DH worked on 2 of them (generators that is, lol) for 2 days prior to the storm and finally got one to turn over and it was generating power.... When we cranked it up after the power went off, while it ran, it did not produce any juice.Arkansawyer said:It's always so sad to have to throw out food after a power outage. At least our own power outages tend to come due to winter storms so we can often store stuff outside in sub-freezing weather and save it. For some reason, though, ice cream won't survive, we think, so must be eaten right away!
We've solved our outage problem with a generator, but that's not so practical if outages are rare.
Glad you rode it out so well. Indeed, let the good times roll!
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CH, that happened to us after we installed a new generator. Turned on, but no juice to house. I made some frantic calls and it turned out we had to flip a switch. I'll double check with DH what switch that was a let you know. Who knows, it might help.It's always so sad to have to throw out food after a power outage. At least our own power outages tend to come due to winter storms so we can often store stuff outside in sub-freezing weather and save it. For some reason, though, ice cream won't survive, we think, so must be eaten right away!
We've solved our outage problem with a generator, but that's not so practical if outages are rare.
Glad you rode it out so well. Indeed, let the good times roll!.Generators are more flaky than women! DH worked on 2 of them (generators that is, lol) for 2 days prior to the storm and finally got one to turn over and it was generating power.... When we cranked it up after the power went off, while it ran, it did not produce any juice.Arkansawyer said:It's always so sad to have to throw out food after a power outage. At least our own power outages tend to come due to winter storms so we can often store stuff outside in sub-freezing weather and save it. For some reason, though, ice cream won't survive, we think, so must be eaten right away!
We've solved our outage problem with a generator, but that's not so practical if outages are rare.
Glad you rode it out so well. Indeed, let the good times roll!
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Our old hard-wired generator finally bit the dust and we installed a newer, bigger one. Once we got it working in the last power failure, it worked like a charm and we can now power the whole property. Before, we had to turn off electric hot water heaters, etc. It was a chunk of change, but we need it here in the country with the winter storms. We pump in our own water, so no power, no water=no guests$$$$$$
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Hey BD, sounds like you have the fancy deluxe model . Ours are protable ones which are as I said flaky at best - even though they are the more expensive ones. Portable ones are prefered here due to the wind issues - we can store them more securely then move them in place. These do have a switch as well, still did not turn on the juice. We are now in line for a service call to have it looked at & be prepared if another one comes our way. We too pump our own water, no power, no water = no $$$ you are so right.Breakfast Diva said:CH, that happened to us after we installed a new generator. Turned on, but no juice to house. I made some frantic calls and it turned out we had to flip a switch. I'll double check with DH what switch that was a let you know. Who knows, it might help.
Our old hard-wired generator finally bit the dust and we installed a newer, bigger one. Once we got it working in the last power failure, it worked like a charm and we can now power the whole property. Before, we had to turn off electric hot water heaters, etc. It was a chunk of change, but we need it here in the country with the winter storms. We pump in our own water, so no power, no water=no guests$$$$$$
That is too bad they didn't work. Do you do regular maintenance on them, Put in new gas with stabilizer in it? Etc. We've had one for many years and we have never had it fail us. It is a portable, but all set up in it's own little outdoor storage so that it can be started and then plugs right into the elec. panel and voila...water pump, well and lights and heat from our oil fired old furnace back up if we need it.It's always so sad to have to throw out food after a power outage. At least our own power outages tend to come due to winter storms so we can often store stuff outside in sub-freezing weather and save it. For some reason, though, ice cream won't survive, we think, so must be eaten right away!
We've solved our outage problem with a generator, but that's not so practical if outages are rare.
Glad you rode it out so well. Indeed, let the good times roll!.Generators are more flaky than women! DH worked on 2 of them (generators that is, lol) for 2 days prior to the storm and finally got one to turn over and it was generating power.... When we cranked it up after the power went off, while it ran, it did not produce any juice.Arkansawyer said:It's always so sad to have to throw out food after a power outage. At least our own power outages tend to come due to winter storms so we can often store stuff outside in sub-freezing weather and save it. For some reason, though, ice cream won't survive, we think, so must be eaten right away!
We've solved our outage problem with a generator, but that's not so practical if outages are rare.
Glad you rode it out so well. Indeed, let the good times roll!
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