Power outage seems certain for me.

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  • blackmonsters
    Making PHP work
    • Nov 2002
    • 20984

    #1

    Power outage seems certain for me.

    I'll be lucky if I have power later today and tomorrow.
    Tree limbs are crashing down because they are loaded with ice.
    And it's just starting.
    Amazing, the guy across the street in already cleaning his yard.
    He cleans his yard everyday; but You'd......

    ..... Bam! My power just went down for 1 second.

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    I think this is going to be a rough 2-3 days.

    I need to start stocking off-grid supplies; because every month there is some new disaster.

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  • Rochard
    Jägermeister Test Pilot
    • Dec 2001
    • 75733

    #2
    We always keep extra food and water on hand.

    I was here in California for the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. I was about forty miles from San Francisco but it was strong enough to knock everything off of the walls and shelves. There was a lot of power lines down locally, that kind of stuff. The big problem was no power for three days. Everything in your fridge goes bad in 24 hours, and you can't cook with an electric stove. Can't eat out, can't go to the store, can't even leave town because of the downed power lines and frankly you don't know who has power and where. Oh, no phone either. It was kind of scary because the only news we could get was over car radios, and they were talking about the Bay Bridge collapsing and cars falling into bay and entire freeways collapsing....

    Since then I've always been prepared. We keep a lot of canned goods on hand, soups, top ramen, beans, that kind of stuff, and also huge jugs of water. We also have sterno and propane on hand.

    Don't laugh. It will happen to you eventually and you'll never see it coming. Here where I live we had a "propane train fire". Turns out our town has a "propane farm" where they store large amounts of propane. It's delivered by train; They drop off a railraod car full of propane and hook it up to the this network where it's stored. Somehow the single railroad car caught fire. If a railroad car full of propane explodes it will take out an entire town. They had to evacuate nearly half the town....

    Being as I live in California we also have to be ready for fires. Under the dressers in our closet we have these huge massive bags to fill up with clothes, a fire proof box with our important papers, grab our laptops, and then we have "go bags" in the garage with charging cables and stuff.

    I'm ready.
    Herschel Savage
    Brooklyn, NY

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    • Zuzana Designs
      All Your Design Needs
      • Feb 2005
      • 20899

      #3
      We have some snow coming through today. I'm hoping that we don't lose power. I have way too much to get done today!

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      • blackmonsters
        Making PHP work
        • Nov 2002
        • 20984

        #4
        Originally posted by Zuzana Designs
        We have some snow coming through today. I'm hoping that we don't lose power. I have way too much to get done today!
        I already planned to have zero plans today.
        That's how I prepare for disaster; I give up before it starts.

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        • brassmonkey
          Pay It Forward
          • Sep 2005
          • 77397

          #5
          sounds like it's snow cones day! LOL
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          • Grapesoda
            So Fucking Banned
            • Jul 2003
            • 46238

            #6
            Originally posted by Zuzana Designs
            We have some snow coming through today. I'm hoping that we don't lose power. I have way too much to get done today!
            Get a back up genny

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            • Zuzana Designs
              All Your Design Needs
              • Feb 2005
              • 20899

              #7
              Originally posted by blackmonsters
              I already planned to have zero plans today.
              That's how I prepare for disaster; I give up before it starts.

              Sounds like a relaxing plan

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              • Sly
                Let's do some business!
                • Sep 2004
                • 31377

                #8
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                • baddog
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Apr 2001
                  • 107089

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Rochard

                  I'm ready.
                  You do not even know where you live geographically, I'm positive you could not find your way home since you think i-80 travels North and South.

                  Your post is such bullshit. Everything in your fridge goes bad in 24 hours what the fuck are you putting in there?

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                  • brassmonkey
                    Pay It Forward
                    • Sep 2005
                    • 77397

                    #10
                    Originally posted by blackmonsters
                    I already planned to have zero plans today.
                    That's how I prepare for disaster; I give up before it starts.

                    somebody gone lose some toes. 4 real go get some candles

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                    • lock
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jul 2003
                      • 5065

                      #11
                      A car battery or two trickle charging up on your mains as it is currently working and a cheap inverter would be a temporary way to get by.
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