On 11/1/2011 11:53 PM, JustWait wrote:
On 11/1/2011 4:19 PM, John H wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:47:13 -0400, wrote:

On 10/31/2011 6:47 PM, John H wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:36:40 -0400, wrote:

On 10/31/2011 4:27 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:
On Oct 31, 1:12 pm, wrote:
On 10/31/2011 12:18 PM, iBoaterer wrote:









In raweb.com,
says...

On 10/31/2011 11:32 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 10/31/11 11:30 AM, North Star wrote:
On Oct 31, 11:58 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
can.com wrote:
On 10/31/11 10:52 AM, JustWait wrote:

Well, I suppose the trolls are having fun lately but I
wouldn't know...
We have a hole in the roof with a limb sticking through.
There is at
least 50 trees down and demolished within 150 yards of my
house alone,
the whole state is similar. We drove 40 miles yesterday in
search of
gasoline, no info available as the cell and cable are all
down, very
sketchy internet. Main state highways haven't even begun to be
addressed
yet, it's like a maze just to go down route five with the
lines down
and
trees still in the road. Unfortunately, the generator I
have won't do
220 to run the water so we can't run the furnace either
like I used to
be able to do in the other place. I have never rewired a
deep well pump
and don't even know if ours can be done... getting pretty
cold here,
the
governor thinks this will be at least a week or more.
Shipping the
animals off today to a friend upstate who has power, trying
to find a
cup of coffee is crazy. No banks, cash only everywhere.

Later guys...

Sorry to hear of your troubles, and hope they get resolved
soon. Maybe
you can rent a portable genny and run lights, microwave, and
a space
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Hopefuly now our fireplace will burn efficiently in such
emergencies..
Just dropped way more cash than I had planned on for a complete
chimney teardown and rebuild including firebox and throat.
Improvements are... a deeper firebox. an improved throat that
should
help the smoke rise easier and a 1.5 foot increase in total
chimney
height.
It has to be 30 feet now. The wife is all excited about using
it...
me... I just think of the boat that cash could have been put
against..

Now, you have to buy firewood, too. Or chop it.

Not to mention the need to hire a chimney sweep, a fireplace
insert or
wood stove if you expect to capture some of the heat before it
goes up
the chimney, a maid to do the extra dusting and window washing,
covered
wood storage, extra pest control measures. Maybe Don would be
better
served by a gas fireplace or converting to gas or oil heating
which
could be run from a small generator. Even a coal fired steam
boiler
could do the trick.

A maid to clean? Have you not seen the pictures of his house???

Yes I have. Shame on him.

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we have a generator, but unlike our last house, this water pump is
set
up for 220 not 110 so the gen wont' run it, whcih means we can't run
the furnace. We are cooking and running ceramic heaters but no shower
etc....

Sorry to hear of your dilemma but I wonder why you need water pressure
to run your heating system?

He probably needs the 220, which he can't get from his gen set.

Could be but he did say water pump.

Yeah, but I think he meant to say, "...we can't run the furnace either."

That's what I think. Could well be wrong. Stuff gets lost (and added!)
in the translations around
here all the time.

We could run the furnace but for some reason, the heating system didn't
hold it's pressure when the power went out... We need to run the water
pump to pump up the house pressure before turning on the furnace which
will run fine with 110 on the generator we have.

Today I found 200 feet of hose and hooked temporarily to a neighbor who
was running on a generator and had water. I piped right in by the pump
inlet so we were able to fill the system, a bunch of buckets and take
one quick shower before he turned back off. I went out and stood in line
with his gas cans in return and bought him 2.5 gallons of fuel on my for
the favor.

We still have a drip or something somewhere though as the pressure comes
down over time... I think I have it seperated out from the house system
though so the heat system holds it's charge now.

Home Depot keeps getting gen set deliveries but you have to wait all day
in line and they don't know when they are coming in, how many, and what
will be on the truck. You get a ticket in line and go right to shipping.
Interesting today. About a half dozen of those who walked in at the
right time to get in line didn't even have the money. They got their
generators on the cart and started calling forlks to borrow it, the
manager said they could stand there till closing if they wanted. We went
back a few hours later and they were all gone so I guess they got the
cash somehow.

I might go there at 6 am and wait a few hours. They have been selling
5000 watt Husky pull starts for $599. Any of you who have steady
internet have any better reccomendations, I think we can actyally make
it till the end of the situation with the nice neighbor and the setup we
have now if we have to wait for the right deal... We have about 7-800 to
spend if we have to... Thanks for any input.

Update you all tomorrow...

Well, we went hunting this morning after our first warm night in days.
We pulled into Home Depot to ask about truck schedules and a guy was
returning a generator unopened, but it was only a 3500 so we decided to
wait it out and get a bigger one when we could even if we had to wait
till after the emergency and do for now with what we had...

So we went over to Lowes and there we found a guy bringing back two but
they were more than we wanted to spend but we bought one anyway, a 5500
watt running, 7600 watt starting, Briggs and Stratton for $800, and
another 99 for the extended warantee...

Now the problem is finding a plug for 220, not one within a hundred
miles from what I can see and we even went to plumbing supply houses,
etc... But we got it now and by the time the winter rolls in we should
be all set and running... Next step is to install the wood stove we have
as a backup..

Still limited access to net, check back later...