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- Jul 17, 2003
For some of you, I'm late to bring this up. In the Great Lakes region, we will start to see the storm in about 2 hours. Be safe. We already canceled our Christmas celebration for weather and other reasons. Some family is too ill to leave thier own home. Some would have to drive for about an hour on roads that could be too slick to risk it. The wife is making our Christmas dinner now and will take some to elderly family. Early as to reduce exposure to a storm that is heading towards us. We just had our fireplace fixed and cleaned so, if we find proper firewood, we may fire it up for the first time ever for us. We'll sit around eating good food, drinking bad wine and watching TV as conditions allow. As long as Comcast stays up, I can run my Plex server, our smart TV and our furnace so.... Cozy and warm.
I moved my portable generator to it's working location. I started it up and let it run for a few minutes. I then tarped it up so that when it snows, it will be clear of snow along with the immediate area around it. I placed a lot of bricks on the tarp so that when the wind kicks up... well.... they may become a hazard or they'll keep the tarp in place. We'll see which.
I have a full tank in the generator = 10 hours of run time. I have a nearly full can of gas = another 10 hours of run time. My snow blower has a full tank and my cars are fully fueled. I can run my furnace and half my house for those 10 hour stretches as needed. We know from past power outages that our water heater will keep water warm enough to bathe for a few days without power. I can switch over power to the water heater to fully heat it up in about 20 minutes maybe. That would shut down the rest of the house but if needed... totally worth it.
I will NOT be folding if we are on the generator.
For us, we will get the storm, then maybe the cyclone storm? We also get lake effect as I live close enough to Lake Michigan. We could see some snow. While I am on vacation, I just got the notice that my work will be closing at 1400 (2PM for my civilian friends.) so that everyone can get home safe. With the Holiday starting tomorrow, not much was going to get done anyway so they may as well close up shop.
So a lot of words on how I am prepared but the point is to make sure that you are prepared. Stay well, stay warm. Be full and be happy.
Oh. For those that haven't seen (Thanks WhitehawkEQ) Holdolin has really got a great run going. HOLY COW! Our top 3 ppd earners are really making us look gooooooooooddddddddd...... (read: good but in a silky smooth voice.).
I moved my portable generator to it's working location. I started it up and let it run for a few minutes. I then tarped it up so that when it snows, it will be clear of snow along with the immediate area around it. I placed a lot of bricks on the tarp so that when the wind kicks up... well.... they may become a hazard or they'll keep the tarp in place. We'll see which.
I have a full tank in the generator = 10 hours of run time. I have a nearly full can of gas = another 10 hours of run time. My snow blower has a full tank and my cars are fully fueled. I can run my furnace and half my house for those 10 hour stretches as needed. We know from past power outages that our water heater will keep water warm enough to bathe for a few days without power. I can switch over power to the water heater to fully heat it up in about 20 minutes maybe. That would shut down the rest of the house but if needed... totally worth it.
I will NOT be folding if we are on the generator.
For us, we will get the storm, then maybe the cyclone storm? We also get lake effect as I live close enough to Lake Michigan. We could see some snow. While I am on vacation, I just got the notice that my work will be closing at 1400 (2PM for my civilian friends.) so that everyone can get home safe. With the Holiday starting tomorrow, not much was going to get done anyway so they may as well close up shop.
So a lot of words on how I am prepared but the point is to make sure that you are prepared. Stay well, stay warm. Be full and be happy.
Oh. For those that haven't seen (Thanks WhitehawkEQ) Holdolin has really got a great run going. HOLY COW! Our top 3 ppd earners are really making us look gooooooooooddddddddd...... (read: good but in a silky smooth voice.).
