Hurricane Irene

[72HCODE]

its not tough i mean we all still have homes and the deaths were small, its just inconvenient, and pointing out big flaws in local utilities.

 

[OLE PONY]

Still Living like its 1849.

Getting really sick of cold showers and bathing in a sink.

my basement is a cess pool full of water that i can do nothing about without power.

Fema folded up base camp last night, still over 4000 in my area without power

That sounds rough, hopefully you will get your power back soon! I just heard on CNN that over 2 million homes and businesses are still without power in Irene's path. Hang in there!

Sorry, I can't resist:

:worthlesswithoutpics:

 

[TommyK]

Still no power here either and there is no time frame to get it back from the Utility Company. I got a generator to run the fridge and tv so it is inconvenient but bearable.

 

[FasTnNefariouS]

Glad to hear it's just power outage and no serious injuries. Take care guys and hang in there! Sending some sunshine and good weather your way.

DJ

 

[72HCODE]

i looked at a generator a few years ago and decided it was worthless for my house.

a basic generator would be good for a refrigerator and a few lights not much else.

without power the relays for cable tv don't work. so that shoots internet and tv out as something to do, it also kills off most of local tv because the idiots switched to Digital last year, and without power the range on local broadcasts is like zero.

i wouldn't be able to get hot water since i have an oil 220v system. so basically i would sit in the house steaming with no A/C or hot water, nor anything to do, with a empty cold fridge because every stop and shop would be throwing out rotted food like they have for the last 4 days .

To really power the house i would need a 10K-20K backup system, like my Cousin has at his house, its basically a ford V8 engine converted to run on natural gas. that powers his entire house, a/c the works. hes been running it for 4 days and the neighbors are about to kill him because of the noise, he has been forced to shut it down every night around 6pm plunging him back to the stone age as well.

my next door neighbor has been running a small honda generator until last night when a group of other neighbors told him to "shut it off" or 'they would'.

i must say its so nice sleeping in silence now.

I'm actually glad now i didn't try and get a generator it seems to cause "more issues" then it solves.

I've been surviving on my ipad and a battery backup unit i stole from the office.

Tonight's in the dark feature is the Mechanic(2011) and Paul.

Followed by a bath in the sink.

Joy.

 

[72fastback]

hope everything gets back to normal for you guys soon. The last time we had a power outage that bad was during the ice storm back in 1998.

 

[marks73]

So, I take you fellas have no plans on retiring to North Carolina any time soon. Couple of tips for the future should you need them.

1. Hot water tank will stay hot up to 2 days if you wet, shut off, soap, then rinse.

2. 36 hours before storm hits. Turn your freezers to max cold. With minimal door openings fridge and freezer good for 2 days then requires 5 hours generator to regen the cold.

3. Same goes for hot water tank if you don't run anything else in the house and keep a set of low wattage heating elements for storms.

4. Buy a lot of family board games. At night a good D cell Pellican flashlight will light an entire room if stood on end pionting at the ceiling all night.

5. Try to keep your sense of humor. Others may have it worse.

Has worked for my family the last 13 years!!!

 

[Qcode351mach]

My neigborhood has been without power since sunday morning..Lots of damage to the power lines & we will be lucky if we have power by the end of next week. One of the best investments I made was to buy a 7500 watt generator about 8 years ago I did it the right way with a transfer box hard wired to the elec panel.& a enclosed outside cover box that minimizes noise I RUN EVERYTHING IN MY HOUSE except for 2 bedrooms My hot water ..stove & dryer are all on propane so no problem there..With my setup it's as if there is no power outage & I even ran a power cord over to the neighbor so they could use their tv & computers..Even started working on the camaro engine compartment yesterday. (can't seem to load any pictures for some reason ?)

 

[marks73]

Now that's the hot set up!!!

 

[TommyK]

My neigborhood has been without power since sunday morning..Lots of damage to the power lines & we will be lucky if we have power by the end of next week. One of the best investments I made was to buy a 7500 watt generator about 8 years ago I did it the right way with a transfer box hard wired to the elec panel.& a enclosed outside cover box that minimizes noise I RUN EVERYTHING IN MY HOUSE except for 2 bedrooms My hot water ..stove & dryer are all on propane so no problem there..With my setup it's as if there is no power outage & I even ran a power cord over to the neighbor so they could use their tv & computers..Even started working on the camaro engine compartment yesterday. (can't seem to load any pictures for some reason ?)

I think Santa is going to be bringing me a transfer switch for Christmas. Generators are no problem> I can get a 50KW from work and run the whole shebang.

 

[71_badmach]

Yall hang in there! And, yes, it is nice sleeping in the silence and darkness. (Went without power for 4 nights after tornados in April, thankfully not too Hot then!) Kudos to the neighbors for turning off generators at night.

 

[Qcode351mach]

Yall hang in there! And, yes, it is nice sleeping in the silence and darkness. (Went without power for 4 nights after tornados in April, thankfully not too Hot then!) Kudos to the neighbors for turning off generators at night.

I do turn mine off at 11:30 no need to run it all night the freezer & fridge can stay cold over night

 

[Tnfastbk]

OK so it probably technically won't be a hurricane by time it passes over us but there sure has been a lot of wind and rain so far. Power went out around 5:30 am est.

We are supposed to be dead center in the track of the storm. No water in the basement yet. Keeping an eye on the 30 inch maple behind my house. If it goes it will cut my house in half. Wind is supposed to do a 180 around noon. If the tree makes it til then I should be in good shape.

 

[not2old]

Damm... earthquake then Irene. .. My power was off from Sat. 8pm to 6pm on Weds. Glad I have a generator to keep frig and freezers up and most important my sump pump. Extension cords all over the house. See lots of carpet on the curb from flooded basements. Good luck to all, hurricane season is still young.

Alan L

 

[72HCODE]

Movie night was cancelled.

5 minutes after i walked into the dark house power came back online.

so began an entire night of Repairs, and Water drainage and laundry, Finally a hot shower then bed.

 

[marks73]

Glad to hear your back in 2011. Good luck with the clean up.

Mark and Mel

 

[OLE PONY]

Great news you got your power back when you least expected it!

 

[TommyK]

Power just came back!

 

[Hemikiller]

Got our power back Saturday night and internet came back yesterday. Ran the entire house on generator power, no problem there. We did toss everything in the fridge and freezers, just to be safe.

We did okay, minimal water in the basement, no major damage to the house. Lost five trees, have a couple roof shingles and some trim that needs to be replaced. Trees hit the garage, but were only small branches at that point, so it ripped the gutter down, cracked some trim and damaged a few roof shingles. All in all, about $500 worth of damage, but I got 3 cord of wood out of the deal, so it's a wash.

 

[TommyK]

Did that nice old fashion light on the front of your garage survive?

I always liked that light. Reminds me of an old gas station.