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Had 10" or so of snow dump on us here in Charlottesville, VA Tuesday night. It was wet, heavy snow and it brought down a lot of tree limbs, knocking out power, phone and internet early Wednesday morning. It really hit the big Maple tree in my front yard bad, lost a big long limb and several smaller limbs. Heard cracks all day long on Wednesday as limbs in distant places finally broke off...
Anyways, on Tuesday, before the storm, I took out both generators and gave them a load test. All good! Filled the fridge with food, gas'ed up the vehicles, and had plenty of cash on hand. Bring it on.... (I thought it was going to be another dud like the past incorrect forcasts...)
Wednesday morning, hooked the Honda EU2000i up to the oil boiler for heat, the fridge, misc lights, misc small aplliances, computer and entertainment system. Rolled out the big Husky 5800kw to the back porch near our crawlspace access to the well pump electrical. Had to clear a path in the snow first... Lesson learned #1: PRE-POSITION any heavy generators BEFORE the snow drops... Dragging a genny through the snow is no fun... even if it has wheels.
Lived well with no power... Warm, well-fed, and safe. Even had satelite and DVD movies to watch with the family...
Power was restored on Friday, but no phone until Saturday. Still no internet... Concerningly, having no internet was the biggest bummer... I use it for comms and information. Realized how attached I am to the internet... (Had to come into town to my workplace tonight so wife and I could check emails and I could post this here...) We are so sad... Internet junkies...
Just posting an update that all my preps worked just as expected... Even my $15 Homelite chainsaw I fixed up ran like a champ. I put it to serious use Friday cutting up all that maple wood in logs ready for splitting. Lots of yard cleanup work done... Will have lots of good firewood for this coming fall and winter. Biggest bummer is that when i don't work, I don't get paid, so I had three days no pay this week... :(
Rmpl
Anyways, on Tuesday, before the storm, I took out both generators and gave them a load test. All good! Filled the fridge with food, gas'ed up the vehicles, and had plenty of cash on hand. Bring it on.... (I thought it was going to be another dud like the past incorrect forcasts...)
Wednesday morning, hooked the Honda EU2000i up to the oil boiler for heat, the fridge, misc lights, misc small aplliances, computer and entertainment system. Rolled out the big Husky 5800kw to the back porch near our crawlspace access to the well pump electrical. Had to clear a path in the snow first... Lesson learned #1: PRE-POSITION any heavy generators BEFORE the snow drops... Dragging a genny through the snow is no fun... even if it has wheels.
Lived well with no power... Warm, well-fed, and safe. Even had satelite and DVD movies to watch with the family...
Power was restored on Friday, but no phone until Saturday. Still no internet... Concerningly, having no internet was the biggest bummer... I use it for comms and information. Realized how attached I am to the internet... (Had to come into town to my workplace tonight so wife and I could check emails and I could post this here...) We are so sad... Internet junkies...
Just posting an update that all my preps worked just as expected... Even my $15 Homelite chainsaw I fixed up ran like a champ. I put it to serious use Friday cutting up all that maple wood in logs ready for splitting. Lots of yard cleanup work done... Will have lots of good firewood for this coming fall and winter. Biggest bummer is that when i don't work, I don't get paid, so I had three days no pay this week... :(
Rmpl
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