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.

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.

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/

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 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.

My Grand other and us lived without electricity. I had no idea there was
such a thing as tv. We had a radio powered by a large battery. The
antenna was as long cotton wrapped wire that circled the ceiling.
We got up at dawn and had supper right before dark about the time to
start the kerosene lamps, in winter. In summer we didn't use the lampps
hardly at all. I didn't like drawing all the ater from the well or when
it was dry carrying two two gallon buckets about half mile each way from
a spring. I didn't much care for having to keep the fire going under the
the pot that was used for everything from washing, starching, soap
making, rendering or jelly making either. The women liked it even less.
Chicken(real chicken) that I had to wring their necks, does taste better
cookd on a wood stove in lard. We were poor I guess but didn't know it
as noone elsee had much either. They shot or raised most everything we
ate except flour and the like. Once a month or maybe twice a walk to
town barefootfor an orange crush and a moon pie in front of the Home
Store was a real treat. carrying fifty p0und sacks of flour or a five
gallon bucket of lard back wasn't much fun though.
Mom and Dad lived most of the time in the "city". I hated it and spent
as much time as I could back at Grand Ma's.

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

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.

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.

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:54:46 -0700 (PDT),
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.

Do you visit Wyoming only during the summer?
A new baby up north in the winter needs some warmth.
So do old folks.

--Vic

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...

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.


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.