Interesting Thanksgiving

[Muley Gil]

It started yesterday. The snowstorm that came through the southern Appalachians dumped some heavy, wet snow locally. On the way to work, I was slipping and sliding a bit in my 4x4 F-150, mostly because of trying not to hit folks in front of me. There was an 18 wheeler almost blocking the road and I was barely able to get around it.

The Federal office I work was closed before I got there, so I did a few errands in town and headed home, slowly. The US highway I travel had been cleared to the top of the mountain, but not on the downhill slope. At least, the big rig had been moved. No other trouble.

About an hour after I got home, the power, which had been going off and on, went off for good. Cranked up the generator, which powers the heater, but not the well. At least it was warm and I was able to hook up the TV and computer. The power company said no power until late Friday night.

Got up at 7:30 AM and filled the generator tank. I was planning to go to town and refill the gas cans and go by the restaurant for a couple of turkey dinners.

At 9:20 the power came back on, right after I had said my morning prayers, including asking the Lord for power. YEAH!! The wife and I got cracking and were able to eat at 3PM. Had roast turkey, smashed taters, cranberry sauce, green bean cassarole, cornbread dressing, gravy, rolls and sauerkraut. Have some pumpkin creme pie too.

It was a blessed Thanksgiving.

 

[FPrice]

Glad things worked out well for the both of you. We had similar problems up here. Luckily not in my area.

 

[6518John]

We finally broke down and bough a natural gas powered Generac that kicks on automatically when the power goes out and runs the house. Bought it to help out an old friend/contractor that was in need--better for him and me to let him work, rather than take a loan/charity.

The single best money I have ever spent--wish had done it 20 years ago. We lose power constantly in an old neighborhood where it seems every time a dog hikes on a power pole it knocks us out for a day.

 

[Iggy]

Those Generacs are really great.. Put one in a little over a year ago and the power ain't gone off since...

 

[Budasac]

It started yesterday. The snowstorm that came through the southern Appalachians dumped some heavy, wet snow locally. On the way to work, I was slipping and sliding a bit in my 4x4 F-150, mostly because of trying not to hit folks in front of me. There was an 18 wheeler almost blocking the road and I was barely able to get around it.

The Federal office I work was closed before I got there, so I did a few errands in town and headed home, slowly. The US highway I travel had been cleared to the top of the mountain, but not on the downhill slope. At least, the big rig had been moved. No other trouble.

About an hour after I got home, the power, which had been going off and on, went off for good. Cranked up the generator, which powers the heater, but not the well. At least it was warm and I was able to hook up the TV and computer. The power company said no power until late Friday night.

Got up at 7:30 AM and filled the generator tank. I was planning to go to town and refill the gas cans and go by the restaurant for a couple of turkey dinners.

At 9:20 the power came back on, right after I had said my morning prayers, including asking the Lord for power. YEAH!! The wife and I got cracking and were able to eat at 3PM. Had roast turkey, smashed taters, cranberry sauce, green bean cassarole, cornbread dressing, gravy, rolls and sauerkraut. Have some pumpkin creme pie too.

It was a blessed Thanksgiving.

Glad everything worked out. Back during Sandy we lost power for 10 days. The generator was a life saver but gas was hard to get.

Depending on how big that generator is you may be able to power your whole electric panel with it (you can't use everything at once but you get access to everything). I install whole house set-ups for portable generators all the time. If you're handy you can do it yourself for about $400 in parts.

 

[erics]

Have been contemplating the ng Generac for some time now. Need a nice little paying job to finance it though.