[Chuck43]

I'm just watching the morning news and seeing reports of the tornadoes and flooding hitting our southern states. I hope and pray all of our members in those areas are safe.

 

[Insta-Gator]

Thanks, Chuck. Seems to be typical spring. We've lucked out so far. This kind of weather is why I built a storm/gun room in the basement.

 

[Chuck43]

I was a little concerned when I didn't see you on the forum this morning. I guess there are probably a lot of people in the south without power this morning.

 

[Insta-Gator]

Been up since 0500, but puttering about doing other things. Between fiber-optic broadband ISP, UPS for modem/router, battery operated laptop and cellphone, it's kinda hard to keep me off the internet if I really want to be on.

 

[Chuck43]

Been up since 0500, but puttering about doing other things. Between fiber-optic broadband ISP, UPS for modem/router, battery operated laptop and cellphone, it's kinda hard to keep me off the internet if I really want to be on.

No back up generator?

 

[Insta-Gator]

No back up generator?

Thought about one. Buddy down the street had his breaker panel wired for his genset. He flips a few switches and the essential circuits are switched over to the generator (assuming it is running.) He's lived there 8 years and never had to use it. I guess we're lucky. Mostly underground utilities around here, so that helps protect against ice and falling trees causing an outage.

 

[Chuck43]

We don't lose power very often but when we do it's usually in mid winter so I keep a 7000 watt portable generator ready to go. I have the essential circuits wired from my breaker box to a panel with a plug on the outside of the house. When power goes out I kill the main breaker box, plug the generator into the box on the back of the house and I have lights and heat.

 

[Insta-Gator]

We don't lose power very often but when we do it's usually in mid winter so I keep a 7000 watt portable generator ready to go. I have the essential circuits wired from my breaker box to a panel with a plug on the outside of the house. When power goes out I kill the main breaker box, plug the generator into the box on the back of the house and I have lights and heat.

Y'all's winters tend to be much worse than ours, so if we'd lost power I would fire up the fireplace and we have two weeks of MREs and water, just in case.

 

[Chuck43]

My biggest fear in the winter is losing power (heat) and having the water lines freeze up and burst. I try to anticipate problems like that and do what I can to prepare for them.

 

[Chuck43]

Just looking at the members logged into the forum, none of them are from the south other then Insta-Gator.

 

[Insta-Gator]

Someone has to go to work.

Wasn't Chuck66 on earlier? He's here in Atlanta (sort of)

 

[Chuck43]

Someone has to go to work.

Wasn't Chuck66 on earlier? He's here in Atlanta (sort of)

He hasn't been on this morning he was last on at 12:10 AM.

 

[Ultraman]

My biggest fear in the winter is losing power (heat) and having the water lines freeze up and burst. I try to anticipate problems like that and do what I can to prepare for them.

Do you have a secondary heat source? Water lines insulated?
Since we bounce between homes I have temperature alert sensors programed to go off at 45 degrees. I can set it higher or lower but figure if it gets that low something's up.

 

[Chuck43]

Do you have a secondary heat source? Water lines insulated?
Since we bounce between homes I have temperature alert sensors programed to go off at 45 degrees. I can set it higher or lower but figure if it gets that low something's up.

This is my primary home and I don't have a secondary heat source but I did insulate the water lines in the basement. As long as I can run my generator during a power outage I can run the furnace and heat the house. During the winter I keep 10 gallons of gas in 2-5 gallon cans for the snowblower and I a 26 gallon tank in my 75 Chevelle and 16 gallons in my 23 T Bucket so fuel for the generator isn't a problem.

 

[2sharp2]

Had some rain, which they say we need but no major damage.

 

[Chuck66]

Someone has to go to work.

Wasn't Chuck66 on earlier? He's here in Atlanta (sort of)

All good here. Did some things with the kids today since they are on spring break.

 

[Chuck43]

All good here. Did some things with the kids today since they are on spring break.

Good to hear that you and your family are OK.

 

[Chuck66]

Good to hear that you and your family are OK.

Thanks chuck