3rd song of my Kansas, one of my go to songs
Dust In The Wind
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fuzzy1954
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Whistling on my journey
Needing to post this,
From a dear friend in Texas, still without power.
Anyone should do their own research.
So here goes
My usual morning posts will return Wednesday
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Well it’s officially been a week without power and we have learned a lot about how to live off the grid. We hope to have power in the next 48 hours but, we don’t know for sure. The number one challenge has been to avoid heat stroke, from there it’s been the work it takes to keep gas generators going with fresh gas, oil changes and periods of rest (once you begin hearing about generator fires and explosions each day you use one you get just a little more paranoid).
Those around us with Generacs have had their own issues with getting maintenance (every 24 hours of run time you should change the oil) and many with breakdowns that left them scrambling because they 100% believed their whole house generator would work.
For an extended outage, if you have to shelter in place then I would recommend the following based on what we have learned so far:
1. Have a reliable gas generator of at least 3500 watts with a tank of 4 gallons or more. Have at least 15 gallons of gas ready, in the days following a disaster gas pumps won’t work. Then when they do, there are lines miles long to wait through.
2. Supplement the gas generator with a solar one, at least 2000 watts but get more if you can afford it. This has been an amazing life saver for us at night and when we need to rest the gas generators. It’s also nice to have some silence - 7 days of generator noise is maddening. These recharge on sunny days in about 3 hours per 2000 watts but when it’s cloudy out, you can’t guarantee a reload by Mother Nature. You can use your gas generator to recharge in about 1.5 hours per 2000 watts. Less than a gallon of gas to get up to 50 hours of battery time.
3. Get a 14 gallon portable gas tank with fill hose. Use Stabil to store the gas for extended periods. Get a couple of gallons of SAE 30 oil, it sells out fast in an emergency.
4. Battery operated fans and low voltage DC motor fans are awesome! Dreo makes a phenomenal fan that uses 24 watts of energy (a box fan uses about 120 watts) it will keep you cool and minimize draw on your power sources.
5. Get a few Damp Rid dehumidifiers and place them around the house, the humidity will get you as much as the heat.
6. Have at least 2-3 coolers that are great at keeping cold for 3-5 days. Getting ice daily sucks. We have an ice maker but it can’t keep up with the need if you have food you wish to keep cold. You can plug your fridge into the generator but it will suck up fuel you may want for keeping your body cool.
7. Get a portable AC unit. You can run these in a smaller room at night to have a cool nights sleep. The one we bought can go for 7 hours or more on a 4 gallon generator. I’d rather have this than a fridge plugged in.
8. Cash! Get at least a few hundred dollars in cash, for days it may be the only payment stores will take with the power out.
9. It’s the little things….cooling towels, instant coffee, lots of battery operated lights with warm colored bulbs, a radio - mobile internet phone service was non-existent for 3 days and remains spotty, batteries, charcoal and propane so you can grill your meals and heat water, fill your bathtubs in case water is impacted (so you can use your toilets and wash clothes!), good extension chords and splitters, fill up all your cars and get a siphon kit in case you need the gas for your generator, battery operated Carbon Monoxide detectors, take cold showers to stay cool AND shut off your breakers to your major appliances so you don’t risk damage from a surge when power is restored.
I’m sure I missed a few things but, we are surviving fairly well thanks to the above!
Thank you everyone who has checked in on us. We remain grateful we were spared the damage many neighbors suffered. If you see a Lineman, thank him
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Lion Out
Whistling on my journey
Morning Gang
Sorry for my late showing. A real good friend invited this ancient lion to a pre birthday breakfast
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Will tune up the jukebox for tunes
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CapaillMark welcome to Rumps, I'm Fuzzy or Carl in this seedy bar.
Enjoy your 1st beer and the rest today aa you wait approval of your 1st story, all your drinks on my tab! (off course my tab is under Ping's tab)
First Tune
Brass In Pocket
Pretenders
Whistling on my journey
Lights On
Big Beautiful Bertha
filled
Sparkling Copper Kettle
Bubbling
Morning sweets on
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Been quiet weather wise, much thanks for the quiet here, and our animals are happy too.
My heart and prayers to everyone that went thru and are still handling the hurricane Beryl and the aftermath.
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