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« Reply #30 on: September 02, 2011, 09:40:40 AM »
Kris, so glad to hear you are okay and that your house survived. Now to hear from Jon.
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« Reply #31 on: September 02, 2011, 09:53:10 AM »
Welcome bak to "civilization!" The way things go sometimes, I'm not sure if that's always where I want to be, of course... laughhard.gif   

Tell your Dad "Hello!" from the folks here! salute.gif tiphat.gif
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« Reply #32 on: September 02, 2011, 09:55:50 AM »
Kris, so glad to hear that you're ok and that your house weathered the storm well! Five days and no tea - yeah, I'd be trying to make it over a candle or something! wink.gif
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« Reply #33 on: September 04, 2011, 10:42:08 AM »
I'm baaaack because my power finally came on at 8:30 this morning after seven days without. As luck would have it, my generator stopped generating about 10 minutes before the power returned. Needless to say, I will be looking into a repair or replacement ASAP. Because the generator is gasoline-powered, I didn't want to let it run overnight because, when it ran out of gas, I would have to refuel in the dark (forget about using a flashlight). So, I woke several times each night to shut it off, turn it on, shut it off, .... We didn't have any damage to the house and no trees came down in our neighborhood, but many people were not nearly as fortunate.

Let's just say that it hasn't been fun. Fortunately, the weather was mostly good with moderate temperatures and humidities.

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« Reply #34 on: September 04, 2011, 12:08:41 PM »
Glad you are back and doing okay, Jon.
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« Reply #35 on: September 04, 2011, 02:14:58 PM »
Our generator is also gasoline powered, tho its got the bigger tank. We try to get everything all done by 9 or so, then shut it down for the night.
If the power comes on, we have a streetlight not too far away, so we could tell, but what the heck, its nighttime anyway.

Found that the power company did a lot of work at night on our little back roads, as there was zero traffic to bother them and they could block the roads with their trucks with not a worry.
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« Reply #36 on: September 04, 2011, 11:40:59 PM »
Oh, goodie goodie.  We are expecting 2-4 inches of rain tmrw night into Tues.  dry.gif
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« Reply #37 on: September 05, 2011, 12:49:48 PM »
Good to hear from you Jon! I'm sure there are a few others up that way who usually only lurk, even so, hope they all made it through this safely !

Jon, you need to train your dog (don't bother with a cat, however!) to either refuel that generator or to at least hold the flashlight for you!!! yes.gif

We're having some showers and "gusts" up to 30 mph from what's left of the storm that came ashore from the Gulf. It's just about a perfect "Hurricane" as far as I'm concerned. Much too weak to even create thunderstorms this far north and with only 10-12 inch rains at land fall. May all future storms be as gentle and meak!
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« Reply #38 on: September 08, 2011, 04:24:58 PM »
Krissel,

Great to here things were not too destructive.

Did you loose any trees?

5 days without electricity would be an interesting experience. When we had our tornado, strait line winds (that's what they call it),  

we were only without power for about a day and a half. I realized how dependant I was on electricity.

It was fun for a while and then it got frustrating, 5 days would be like a forced camping trip.  wink.gif
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« Reply #39 on: September 09, 2011, 11:36:11 PM »
Hi Gary,

Nope, all my trees made it through the storm although they were battered a bit and my lawn was strewn with branches and leaves. But a road I normally travel had at least 8 major trees fall across it and it wasn't open for 6 days.

The first day or so was not too bad cause I still could eat food from the fridge but after that it was a challenge to stick to my normal healthy diet. I was really worried about the water in the basement and was astounded that the battery backup pump managed to last long enough to keep up with the flow which was considerable.

You all know how I am a nightowl but that's not possible without electricity. Candlelight is OK for walking around but you really can't do too much. I am presently trying to sort my belongings and basically pack and ready the house for sale or rent. When the sun went down around 7:30 I finally figured out that taping small flashlights to a hat would allow me to see well enough to continue my cleaning/sorting for a couple hours. I had plenty of AA batteries but saved the D batteries to run bubblers for my fish tanks.  The fish all survived but were not too happy about the lack of food.

The saving grace was the temperature was very moderate so I didn't need heat nor air.  I had put aside many bottles of water so I  had plenty to drink and the sump water was fine for flushing.  I did go to the Y to shower since I couldn't stand myself after a while. smile.gif

I've never been camping mainly because I'm a bug magnet and would have to live under a net or covered with spray. This experience was enough for me and I don't plan on ever intentionally putting myself into that situation.

Incidentally, the latest few days of deluge brought new flooding to the area but at least there were no high winds so the trees didn't bring down the power lines this time. Thank goodness. clap.gif
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« Reply #40 on: September 10, 2011, 07:04:54 AM »
Glad you were OK. Too bad we dont live closer, we have an extra generator, an oldie but goodie that my husband refurbished.
We were going to take it to my brother's house, but he got his power back on before his fridge and freezer suffered.

We got 4.7 inches of rain in the last blast, but it was over 30 hours so we didnt get flooded either.

Keeping an eye on the next group of tropical waves, but hopefully they will go out to sea too.
We have a high surf warning here, but we are on the Woods Hole(West) side of Cape Cod, so it wont be very noticeable here.  
The kids all want to go kayaking and sailing, so we will stay closer to shore this weekend anyway.
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« Reply #41 on: September 10, 2011, 09:17:13 AM »
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saved the D batteries to run bubblers for my fish tanks. The fish all survived but were not too happy about the lack of food.
What?! Do you cook for them?! I now live in our house with FOUR women and I still can't get a warm meal And we have electricity!!! laughhard.gif
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« Reply #42 on: September 11, 2011, 08:07:39 AM »
Kris, I'm glad to hear your account of the happening.

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I've never been camping mainly because I'm a bug magnet and would have to live under a net or covered with spray.


Me too Krissel, I think we give off more Co2 than others.

Flashlights and a pith helmet seems to be the way to go.
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« Reply #43 on: September 11, 2011, 09:12:10 AM »
QUOTE(krissel @ Sep 2 2011, 01:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Food was not my usual diet without the ability to cook but I didn't starve. One thing I really craved was a hot cup of tea.

Take care out there.  salute.gif


Kris, even though you don't like camping, how about a Coleman camp stove to make tea in an emergency? toothgrin.gif

I hope none of us have to go through anything like this again, but who knows... jawdrop.gif We're lucky in that regard, we have a propane stove.

A friend of mine shared this link with me: High Resolution Flood Pictures from Vermont  These are aerial photographs.

These are all north-central to central Vermont pictures; there is even more and sometimes worse devastation running another 60 miles south from Killington.

A word to the wise, as these are high resolution photos, it may take some time to load in if you're on basic DSL, and a very long time if you're on dial-up.

Chris  notworthy.gif
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« Reply #44 on: September 11, 2011, 09:25:20 AM »
Egads, that looks like our old Suburban!  I sure wouldnt try what he did even with our 4wd and powerful engine. Though actually we have been to some pretty super places in Vermont, where we had to use 4WD in lo range.  And got stuck once as I stupidly overheated our transmission on one 'venture'.

Waitsfield is where the Smalldog Mac store is, they managed to be OK, not too much damage.
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