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Life without electricity
Obviously, not being able to get out on my boat I feel free to sit
here and rant so here goes....... What is with all these people who think it is a disaster to not have electricity for a few days. Sure, if you live in an apartment it may be bad with no water or lighting but you can manage. If you have your own home it is easy, even in summer heat. Many people I know tell me all about how much fuel they have for their generators and how much they can power with it and ask me about my generator and I pause for a few minutes and say, "Well, I got about a gallon of kerosene for the lamps". Life without AC wont kill ya. Those clear things in the side of your house called windows OPEN (what a concept). Sure it isnt comfy but your living in the semi-tropics, deal with it and stop being wimpy. Before the storm you shoulda filled containers with drinkin water and filled your tubs with water to flush the toilets with. BTW, storms make lotsa rain that fills containers set outside too, use that water. As far as washing clothes, you'd be amazed how clean you can get stuff in a 5 gallon bucket of water and some soap and then use a clothes line outside ya idjits. For cooking, fire up the grill, cook a bunch of stuff and eat it for a day or two. By the time you use up your frozen stuff you can eat stuff from cans without cooking it. We been there and done it so y'all can just stop whining. |
Life without electricity
wrote in message ... Obviously, not being able to get out on my boat I feel free to sit here and rant so here goes....... What is with all these people who think it is a disaster to not have electricity for a few days. Sure, if you live in an apartment it may be bad with no water or lighting but you can manage. If you have your own home it is easy, even in summer heat. Many people I know tell me all about how much fuel they have for their generators and how much they can power with it and ask me about my generator and I pause for a few minutes and say, "Well, I got about a gallon of kerosene for the lamps". Life without AC wont kill ya. Those clear things in the side of your house called windows OPEN (what a concept). Sure it isnt comfy but your living in the semi-tropics, deal with it and stop being wimpy. Before the storm you shoulda filled containers with drinkin water and filled your tubs with water to flush the toilets with. BTW, storms make lotsa rain that fills containers set outside too, use that water. As far as washing clothes, you'd be amazed how clean you can get stuff in a 5 gallon bucket of water and some soap and then use a clothes line outside ya idjits. For cooking, fire up the grill, cook a bunch of stuff and eat it for a day or two. By the time you use up your frozen stuff you can eat stuff from cans without cooking it. We been there and done it so y'all can just stop whining. I went without electricity for 6 days & nights back at the end of Sept 2003 thanks to Hurricane Juan. Those cold showers and meals cooked on the barbecue and coleman stove got tiresome...... not to mention sitting around at night (1900 hrs on) with just lanterns & candles. |
Life without electricity
Don White wrote:
I went without electricity for 6 days & nights back at the end of Sept 2003 thanks to Hurricane Juan. Those cold showers and meals cooked on the barbecue and coleman stove got tiresome...... not to mention sitting around at night (1900 hrs on) with just lanterns & candles. And then there was that Ice Storm in eastern Canada back in 1998... http://brownsmarina.com/ice-story.html -- Regards, Dave Brown Brown's Marina Ltd http://brownsmarina.com/ |
Life without electricity
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Life without electricity
Dave Brown wrote:
Don White wrote: I went without electricity for 6 days & nights back at the end of Sept 2003 thanks to Hurricane Juan. Those cold showers and meals cooked on the barbecue and coleman stove got tiresome...... not to mention sitting around at night (1900 hrs on) with just lanterns & candles. And then there was that Ice Storm in eastern Canada back in 1998... http://brownsmarina.com/ice-story.html That same storm also hit northern New York... http://www.northcountrypublicradio.o.../icestorm.html TJ |
Life without electricity
On Sep 14, 10:11*am, wrote:
Obviously, not being able to get out on my boat I feel free to sit here and rant so here goes....... What is with all these people who think it is a disaster to not have electricity for a few days. *Sure, if you live in an apartment it may be bad with no water or lighting but you can manage. *If you have your own home it is easy, even in summer heat. Many people I know tell me all about how much fuel they have for their generators and how much they can power with it and ask me about my generator and I pause for a few minutes and say, * "Well, I got about a gallon of kerosene for the lamps". *Life without AC wont kill ya. Those clear things in the side of your house called windows OPEN (what a concept). *Sure it isnt comfy but your living in the semi-tropics, deal with it and stop being wimpy. *Before the storm you shoulda filled containers with drinking water and filled your tubs with water to flush the toilets with. *BTW, storms make lotsa rain that fills containers *set outside too, use that water. *As far as washing clothes, you'd be amazed how clean you can get stuff in a 5 gallon bucket of water and some soap and then use a clothes line outside ya idjits. *For cooking, fire up the grill, cook a bunch of stuff and eat it for a day or two. *By the time you use up your frozen stuff you can eat stuff from cans without cooking it. We been there and done it so y'all can just stop whining. Power outages here are rare, but do happen 4 years ago on Memorial day weekend a storm came though that just about took out most of the trees in my town. power was out for 3 days. I have an Onan 12K gen on a 4 cyl diesel Perkins. It doesn't get used hardly at all, but it took care of our needs as well as my next door neighbor for 4 days. 'Tis best to have and not need, than to need and not have. |
Life without electricity
On Sep 15, 3:17 am, Rowdy Mouse Racing
wrote: Dave Brown wrote: Don White wrote: I went without electricity for 6 days & nights back at the end of Sept 2003 thanks to Hurricane Juan. Those cold showers and meals cooked on the barbecue and coleman stove got tiresome...... not to mention sitting around at night (1900 hrs on) with just lanterns & candles. And then there was that Ice Storm in eastern Canada back in 1998... http://brownsmarina.com/ice-story.html Yeah, a bunch of years ago we had a storm that took out our power in the winter.. We had a brandy new baby in the house, no choice but to get a generator. It's not a big one, but it will run the water stove, tv and fridge for a while, then we would switch over to the furnace for a while and cycle that all day. Babies did not exist before generators? You dont take the baby camping? Drudge has a headline "HELL in HOUSTON", no power or water. I used to live in Houston and it was hell WITH power and water. This may be an improvement. |
Life without electricity
On Sep 15, 9:54*am, wrote:
On Sep 15, 3:17 am, Rowdy Mouse Racing wrote: Dave Brown wrote: Don White wrote: I went without electricity for 6 days & nights back at the end of Sept 2003 thanks to Hurricane Juan. Those cold showers and meals cooked on the barbecue and coleman stove got tiresome...... not to mention sitting around at night (1900 hrs on) with just lanterns & candles. And then there was that Ice Storm in eastern Canada back in 1998... http://brownsmarina.com/ice-story.html Yeah, a bunch of years ago we had a storm that took out our power in the winter.. We had a brandy new baby in the house, no choice but to get a generator. It's not a big one, but it will run the water stove, tv and fridge for a while, then we would switch over to the furnace for a while and cycle that all day. Babies did not exist before generators? *You dont take the baby camping? Drudge has a headline "HELL in HOUSTON", no power or water. *I used to live in Houston and it was hell WITH power and water. *This may be an improvement.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Uh, she was almost two months premature and had just been released from the hospital with special needs that required power.. And yes, babies do go camping, my oldest was camping at 6 weeks old, but that birth had no complications. For the record, she came through it fine, here is what she looks like now;) http://trip-reports.com/coppermine/d...158&fullsize=1 At the Wormfarm, Masters of Mini's racing yesterday... |
Life without electricity
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On Sep 15, 3:17 am, Rowdy Mouse Racing wrote: Dave Brown wrote: Don White wrote: I went without electricity for 6 days & nights back at the end of Sept 2003 thanks to Hurricane Juan. Those cold showers and meals cooked on the barbecue and coleman stove got tiresome...... not to mention sitting around at night (1900 hrs on) with just lanterns & candles. And then there was that Ice Storm in eastern Canada back in 1998... http://brownsmarina.com/ice-story.html Yeah, a bunch of years ago we had a storm that took out our power in the winter.. We had a brandy new baby in the house, no choice but to get a generator. It's not a big one, but it will run the water stove, tv and fridge for a while, then we would switch over to the furnace for a while and cycle that all day. Babies did not exist before generators? You dont take the baby camping? Drudge has a headline "HELL in HOUSTON", no power or water. I used to live in Houston and it was hell WITH power and water. This may be an improvement. I realize you are a conservative republican and therefore don't give a damn about anyone other than yourself, but... ....there are people who will die without access to electricity. I won't list all the reasons why, but there are many people who fall into the category. Not that you would give a schitt about these folks. |
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