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Title: Joey, you ok?
Post by: Creighton on January 29, 2009, 12:50:02 am
Just read nasty ice storms hit your area. Hope power is on.
Creighton


Title: Re: Joey, you ok?
Post by: Marvin on January 29, 2009, 08:30:34 am
I talked to him Tuesday night and he was without power.  Thought it would be 3-4 days before it came back.  The gas fireplace was working so he was not without heat.

Marvin


Title: Re: Joey, you ok?
Post by: oscar on January 29, 2009, 12:29:41 pm
I lost power for 4 days last year and it was miserable. I bought a whole house generator and solved that problem for good. It transfers over automaticly and runs off of propane. You can get natural gas and diesel also.


Kevin


Title: Re: Joey, you ok?
Post by: BrianB on January 29, 2009, 02:44:19 pm
If he's got a vent free or direct vent gas fireplace/styove he should be good to go. When it get's to that point in the winter, heat is the main concern.

On the subject of whole house generators, the house I live in came with a whole house genny. I LOVE that thing and highly recommend them. It's helped me out multiple times in the past few years.


Title: Re: Joey, you ok?
Post by: SIGNGUY on January 29, 2009, 02:48:46 pm
I've had it go out once on me so far, but my little Honda 2000w Silent run generator was good enough to run a few cermic heaters in two rooms to chase the chill away last year when we lost power for a day or so..


Title: Re: Joey, you ok?
Post by: coke_and_stuff on February 04, 2009, 02:27:24 pm
Well 9 days with no power we are back up and running. Lost alot of trees ive been cutting and burning for the last week and not even half way done! Thanks for the concerns!

Joey


Title: Re: Joey, you ok?
Post by: davethebirdman on February 04, 2009, 02:54:16 pm

Wow... There's me moaning about being snowbound for a day and you have nine days without power...

Glad you are back in the land of the living...


Title: Re: Joey, you ok?
Post by: Jim on February 04, 2009, 05:37:20 pm
Glad to hear you're safe and that things are improving...
It definitely sucks to be without power for any length of time...


Title: Re: Joey, you ok?
Post by: mznb1u on February 04, 2009, 06:47:18 pm
Joey,

Good to hear that the power is back on.  Must have been nice to take a hot shower and relax.  :happydrinkers:

The longest we have been out was three days and that was awful.  I can't imagine 9 days!

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:


Title: Re: Joey, you ok?
Post by: aspbear on February 04, 2009, 08:20:55 pm
Joey, a word of caution that is not a burn pile it is a compost heap.  BURN BAN is still on...


Title: Re: Joey, you ok?
Post by: coke_and_stuff on February 04, 2009, 09:34:12 pm
Burn ban has been lifted in Gassville, according to the mayor who I talked with yesterday. Everyone is burning around us.

Joey


Title: Re: Joey, you ok?
Post by: collecture on February 04, 2009, 09:37:08 pm
Everyone is burning around us.

Hopefully not like Richard Pryor or anything! :tounge:


Title: Re: Joey, you ok?
Post by: Creighton on February 04, 2009, 09:43:19 pm
Joey,
Glad things are improving!
Dang, I may run out of firewood this year can you send a cord or two over?
Creighton




Title: Re: Joey, you ok?
Post by: coke_and_stuff on February 04, 2009, 11:24:41 pm
You can come over and get as much as you want, its cut but not split! I counted over 30 down trees in the wooded area on my property. Mostly up rooted. It makes my decisions easier as this spring I was planning on thinning out the area and cutting back alot of the smaller junk and just leaving the nice big trees. Lots of cedar knocked down.

Joey