I'm glad you're back to civilized life of running water and lights that turn on when you flip a switch.  Hopefully soon eau de pond water will be eradicated from your home.  I am in Texas but we were just far enough west to only have it look ugly and rain a little bit.  Maybe some wind but not too bad.  I have a friend from Orange, Texas who lost her home though.  It seems crazy that I missed it in Texas but people in Ohio and are dealing with the storm.  You never think a hurricane or tropical storm is going to cause damage in Ohio.  It's not exactly ocean front property.  Crazy. 

Yeah, it was weird.  I didn't think the storm was going to bother us much, maybe some rain or whatever.  I got some footage of the wind, I was outside watching it for awhile.  It lasted for 9 hours.

I will try to get it up when I have time.

Hey!  Our toys are always cool and neat! And more expensive than those of little boys.

Besides, as I found out, when your area is declared a disaster area, a couple of the things you do get reimbursed for are generators and Chain saws.  This one was on Uncle Sam.

Itis probably legacy - too lazy to change things and these went above ground and work, so why change?

Now, enjoy civilization!

OOOOO...well YOU'RE WELCOME! hahahahaha

We got a state of emergency but that's it.  Some people's insurance paid for hotels, our insurance agent laughed when we called about it.  buwhahahahaha

Exactly.  I just learned that lesson here.

As far as liability, there are ways around that.  I am learning all about those ways right now..heh.  In fact, I am learning things I did not know as far as government functions, state, county and local municipalities.

I may write some articles on it, but time, she just charges ahead and won't slow down for me to get a breath. 

We need a 220 volt to run the water pump.  One of the people down the street borrowed one (on the second to last day from someone whose electricity was back up) and it took 5 gallons and ran for 9 hours.  So yeah, at $4 a gallon, that's about $40 plus dollars a day, even if you turn it off for 6 hours.

The problem most people had with generators around here was no gas.  Maybe the first day they were set, but by the end of the second day, all the stations round here were out of gas, plus lots of people were blocked in with trees and electrical wires across the roads so they couldn't get to town anyway.

I don't think you can really prepare for something wide spread.  But I admit I let our emergency kit get pretty skimpy since moving here.  We had plenty of flashlights and candles, but I didn't replace the gallons of water we used last year on some project or other and the glow sticks, well I let the kids play them out.  Our radio was out of batteries, but its a wind up too so it didn't matter....but it was nice to finally get batteries in it, the signal was better.

All in all I'd rate it a 9 on the sucky scale. 

The new ones are very efficient.  I guess it depends on what you call a lot.  24 hours on 5 gallons is not too badl.  At least to my way of thinking,  That is what I get.  Yea at $4/gal, it aint cheap, but then that is why I only run it when the power is out and not 24x7.

Does yours have a 220 outlet?  If so what kind is it?  We are keeping an eye out for an efficient one, and if yours has 220 and runs on 5 gallons a day...that sounds GREAT.  Right up our alley...

Yes, that is how I plug it into the house.l  I am not sure the brand (as I am 3000 miles from it right now), but will check when I get home.

Oh, that's cool...yeah whenever you get the info...I'd appreciate it.

Our neighbors connected theirs right to the fuse box, lit up their whole house.  But they used an extension cord with the end cut off to wire it directly onto the board.  (I think the generator was like 10 years old.)

Thanks.

My brother kinda lives in your area and he was without power for 6 days. Glad he and you are doing better. Well, let me rephrase I glad you both have power back.

Thanks, it was not fun.

My husband is now cutting, or attempting to cut down a 4-5 story street that is on the side of our house.  It was damaged in the storm and we didn't want it to come apart and fall on the house.  It's a dangerous job, and he has to climb so high.  He shimmys up there though, with a chain saw, and rains sawdust and logs on the lawn, which will need reseeded when this is all done.

Shesh, its the NEVER ENDING storm.