Power outage...

[JeepcoMJ]

Anyone in my neck of the woods suffer a power outage from last nights storms?

 

 

9 hours with no power for me and I just bought 300 in frozen good last night....pretty screwed, time to get a generator

[alleydog]

no outage here in northeast iowa, but we dodged the whole storm.I'v had a generator for almost 25 years, and only used it for 1 hour because of outage, but I used it alot for other stuff, like camping and racing ang getting parts off at the junkyard. If youre gonna use it near people, get a Honda, mine has a briggs on it and it's loud as he.. well you know!

[Burls]

Is there a place that sells dry ice close? Load up the top of the freezer with a few lbs of dry ice. Should keep it below freezing.

[500 MJ]

Lost power here from 7:30 to 11.

 

VERY windy at the beginning of the storm. Took down lots of trees in Evansville, I guess Edgerton got it pretty bad too. I was watching all the old growth ones around the house sway back and forth. Neighbor had a younger tree fall, but everything here stayed up. Maple leaves and branches all over the yard though.

 

We've got a Honda we use at work for bridge jobs. Works great and we put it through the paces often.

[HOrnbrod]

9 full hours? That's terrible. Last tornado bout here we lost power for a full week.

 

With that being said, if you're complaining about a 9 hour outage you better invest in a generator. You're not in an tornado prone area, but having a generator in the places I've lived in the past and present, I consider it mandatory. Don't wait until some freak of nature comes rolling in causing a massive power outage unless you want to pay X3 what the generator is worth. It's cheap insurance. I picked up a 6.5K generator from Harbor Freight a few years ago for $450 on sale with a quiet 14HP Robin/Subaru engine pictured below. It handles everything in the house except the heat pumps and hot water heaters. It's been a lifesaver, and as posted, they can be used for many other things. Don't wait until the crap hits the fan.

 

[jeepsouth]

I agree with Hornbrod.Better to have one just in case. :cheers:

[JeepcoMJ]

not in a tornado area my @$$....i've had 3 of them touch down in the field next to my house in the last year.

[terrawombat]

Seems like everywhere in the continental US is tornado prone this year. Had one touch down 20 miles north of me a couple weeks ago and another ripped through CT around the same time. Soon we'll start having earthquakes...

[HOrnbrod]

not in a tornado area my @$$....i've had 3 of them touch down in the field next to my house in the last year.

 

That's all? Better get a generator then.............

[89eliminator]

not in a tornado area my @$$....i've had 3 of them touch down in the field next to my house in the last year.

 

the news or general population must not have acknowledged those then cause i never even heard of one touching down by you let alone 3.

 

oh, and i never lost power.

[HOrnbrod]

not in a tornado area my @$$....i've had 3 of them touch down in the field next to my house in the last year.

 

the news or general population must not have acknowledged those then cause i never even heard of one touching down by you let alone 3.

 

oh, and i never lost power.

 

:rotf: :rotf:

[jimoshel]

I have a portable welder with 110-220 outlets I use. The first couple years here we had 4 outages. I would drag the welder out of the shop and hook it up to the main breaker circuit. The 4th time I did that I just left it there rather than drag it back to the shop. Haven't had an outage since. almost 5 years. Thinking about moving it back to the shop but why tempt fate?

[JeepcoMJ]

not in a tornado area my @$$....i've had 3 of them touch down in the field next to my house in the last year.

 

the news or general population must not have acknowledged those then cause i never even heard of one touching down by you let alone 3.

 

oh, and i never lost power.

 

 

good for you. calm down, and enjoy being a cynic

 

we've had 3 touch down in the field next to me. one continued on to highway 36 and loomis, right next to frey auto, without major housing/ag damage.

 

glad you didn't lose power. must be convenient to have a "fact" to base an argument off of just because you have an issue with a person who voices their opinions. I'm sorry that you put hoes before bros, and don't let $#!& just brush off your shoulder.

[500 MJ]

not in a tornado area my @$$....i've had 3 of them touch down in the field next to my house in the last year.

 

the news or general population must not have acknowledged those then cause i never even heard of one touching down by you let alone 3.

 

oh, and i never lost power.

 

 

good for you. calm down, and enjoy being a cynic

 

we've had 3 touch down in the field next to me. one continued on to highway 36 and loomis, right next to frey auto, without major housing/ag damage.

 

glad you didn't lose power. must be convenient to have a "fact" to base an argument off of just because you have an issue with a person who voices their opinions. I'm sorry that you put hoes before bros, and don't let $#!& just brush off your shoulder.

 

Yep. This is why we love you Pat.

[JeepcoMJ]

wade and I haven't been talking because, aside from him not really wanting to talk, his gf made it clear she doesn't like me...fine. so i called her a hooker, and he's all butt-hurt about it.

[89eliminator]

wade and I haven't been talking because, aside from him not really wanting to talk, his gf made it clear she doesn't like me...fine. so i called her a hooker, and he's all butt-hurt about it.

 

wrong. you and i have some of the same friends. when you say things about a person to them, they will probably tell said person...

 

anyways. tornadoes are cool.

[JeepcoMJ]

wade and I haven't been talking because, aside from him not really wanting to talk, his gf made it clear she doesn't like me...fine. so i called her a hooker, and he's all butt-hurt about it.

 

wrong. you and i have some of the same friends. when you say things about a person to them, they will probably tell said person...

 

anyways. tornadoes are cool.

 

That works both ways

[Sir Sam]

Why don't you guys keep it in the middle school lunchroom where it belongs. :roll:

[knever3]

Ok, back on topic. I have lost power about 6-10 times this spring. It started when I saw the lights dim and looked outside and saw the neighbors trees arcing against the wires. Then sure enough I saw a Consumers Energy truck roll by and then a Davey tree service cut the tree and left a pile of branches on the ground. Since the house was vacant it was up to me to clean up the mess. :fs1: So after that I noticed the insulation on the wiring was almost gone everywhere because of the age of the wire. I lost power the other night and heard a loud buzzing three times near the house as the air conditioner flickered everytime the lightning striked 3 times total. Then I was in the dark for I don't know how long since I fell asleep. About a week before the wind was blowing with no rain even and the power went out.

 

This is about the last straw, without a generator and a sump pump backup and working 12 hour days I can't afford to let this go much longer. Should I call the power company and prod them to replace the power wires and the transformer?