Still alive...

[Kilted_John]

Running on generator power... Probably won't have power until Xmas eve @ the earliest. They've been talking about sometime in January, though. Gonna be lots of fun if that happens...

-J

[Dreadbelly]

Dood, STAY WARM!

I survived a terrible ice storm last year that hit upstate South Carolina. I wish you the very best of luck.

I survived the ice storm kilted... How are ye holding up?

[Kilted KT]

hmm..I suggest some single malt to both help keep warm and keep the generator going!

( ok..before anyone even thinks that I would suggest putting single malt in a generator...the more scotch he has, the less he worries about the temperature, thereby reducing the amount of fuel necessary to stay "warm")

ahh...and you can always wrap a few kilts about you to keep extra-toasty.

[Kilted_John]

Don't worry guys, I'm staying warm... Generator's powerful enough to run the furnace and most of the house at the same time. It's a little darker, since we're not using as many lights as we normally do, but it's liveable.

For the first few days, I'd been mainly relying on the fireplace, and my kilts to keep warm. Drinking isn't much of an option, considering how even a tiny amount of burbon will knock me flat on my face. I tend to avoid it at all costs.

Temperatures are in the mid-30's (degrees F for those of us outside of the US), so it's not like it's severely cold.

-J

[Tartan Hiker]

just don't put the generator indoors! It never ceases to amaze me how many folks kill themselves with generators and bar-b-que grills indoors.

We get the occasional ice storm outage here. Ran on generator power for 6 days a few years back. It really is a drag, so good luck to you.

By the way, you aren't running a desktop computer on a generator are you? It's my understanding that the difference in the current will fry your chips. Charging a laptop battery is OK, however.

Bill

[Kilted KT]

just don't put the generator indoors! It never ceases to amaze me how many folks kill themselves with generators and bar-b-que grills indoors.

We get the occasional ice storm outage here. Ran on generator power for 6 days a few years back. It really is a drag, so good luck to you.

By the way, you aren't running a desktop computer on a generator are you? It's my understanding that the difference in the current will fry your chips. Charging a laptop battery is OK, however.

Bill

quite true..if running a computer on a generator, you may want to have a UPS between the computer and the generator. a UPS ( Uninteruptable Power Supply) is basically a big battery that plugs into your power supply ( the generator in this case) to prevent your computer from being fried by voltage differences and electric surges.

[Tartan Hiker]

Thanks for verifying that KT. The UPS trick is one I never thought of. Brilliant!

[Riverkilt]

Hang in John,

Reminds me of the big Columbus Day storm down in Oregon back in '62...same deal. No fun but lots of firewood laying around to be had.

Ron

[nixphotography]

You know my kids love when the power goes off because it lets be able to somewhat camp. Sounds crazy but they do.

Brett

[Splash_4]

Best of luck with this. My wife and I had to move out of our place in 1990 due to a large ice storm in Georgia. We lost power for more than a month. But sounds like you are much better prepared that we were!