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We are back in power......
#231934
08/11/2020 01:33 PM
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Yay!!
After almost eight full days, just short 2 hours and 55 minutes, we are back in power. We have a small generator so we were in better shape than many but it was a very long almost eight days. No a.c., no internet, nontoxic, no telephones, and the worse part, nonTTOL and only limited opportunity to keep up to date in all things SXM.
So very glad to be back.
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pat
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/11/2020 01:38 PM
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Wow, I knew there were some power outages up the East Coast, but hadn't been paying attention! Welcome back!
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/11/2020 02:06 PM
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TY. It’s good to be back in power. The leaves are all long out of the pool but it wasn’t too inviting due to the lack of filtration. Glad it’s now all up and running again and the airco is on again, as well
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pat
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Re: We are back in power......
[Re: Bahston]
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08/11/2020 03:15 PM
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I guess I'm guilty of being in my own little world. That has been happening to a lot of us lately, I think...
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/11/2020 03:36 PM
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Carol, you’re forgiven.
Bahston,
We were lucky to have most of the conveniences provided by our portable generator even if we had to work a bit for them but there’s just nothing like airco on a nintY degree day. So glad the power is restored although I extend my sympathies to those still waiting for it’s return.
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pat
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/11/2020 03:48 PM
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Good deal, glad you are back. Good luck.
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/11/2020 06:11 PM
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BeachKitten--I tell you, the most miserable I have EVER been in my life was after a hurricane here in Florida, staying with my in-laws, NO generator, no nothing. 90 degrees and 90% humidity at night, with no FAN even, trying to sleep. Try that...
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/11/2020 06:28 PM
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BeachKitten--I tell you, the most miserable I have EVER been in my life was after a hurricane here in Florida, staying with my in-laws, NO generator, no nothing. 90 degrees and 90% humidity at night, with no FAN even, trying to sleep. Try that... That is when my a** checks into a hotel! lol My parents got a whole house generator for this very reason.
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/12/2020 09:02 AM
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BeachKitten--one would think so... Someone decided to take out a light pole somewhere around here last night and we were out of power for about three hours. That was fun. Not. We have a pretty big generator that will run most of our house, including the well pump and ceiling fans, and a room a/c unit, so we can at least get cool. Since it's getting to be that time of year, we need to get some gas for it..
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/12/2020 09:12 AM
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Mike,
You were definitely one of the lucky ones as were both of my daughters who live about a mile from us and were also out for a very limited time. Maybe the utility company shouldn’t be paying their CEOs those mega million dollar salaries and should base their pay upon performance and consumers’ confidence levels?
Tim,
While we never felt we needed a whole house generator in the past, events of this last week coupled with our ages is making me rethink that previous position. A lot of things that were eezy-peezy in our thirties are a lot more challenging in our seventies and will only become more difficult down the road, I’m sure. We’ve been in touch with a provider and it’s in the works for us. And tge peace of mind issue is huge.
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pat
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/12/2020 09:24 AM
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Pat--you have had a LOT of issues with power outages in the recent past, that's for sure. Don't blame you a bit.
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/12/2020 09:28 AM
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Pat--you have had a LOT of issues with power outages in the recent past, that's for sure. Don't blame you a bit. My fear would be a storm and our sump pump and security system/cameras would stop working if we weren’t here to check the house due to travel. ((Travel? What’s that? Will it ever happen again?))
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/12/2020 11:38 AM
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BeachKitten--I tell you, the most miserable I have EVER been in my life was after a hurricane here in Florida, staying with my in-laws, NO generator, no nothing. 90 degrees and 90% humidity at night, with no FAN even, trying to sleep. Try that... Carol, we didn't have the in-laws, but the 90 degree at night trying to sleep--not fun. (7 days) We have the sump pump issue too, thank God there was little rain!!!! See things could have been worse--lol No cell service was the worse--having no communication. BTW, there was a tornado a mile down the street that took out a house. Our town was hit the worse according to reports---after me bragging how we are safe in our little bubble here.
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08/12/2020 11:45 AM
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Terri--no generator? I have to have some air movement, even if it's hot air, or I can't breathe. Glad you're back online also.
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/12/2020 12:21 PM
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Terri--no generator? I have to have some air movement, even if it's hot air, or I can't breathe. Glad you're back online also. Yes, but we tried to shut it off, since it was so close to our neighbor's open windows. (Rit was concerned that it would get stolen too.) Plus making trips to the gas station a couple times a day. I would have kept it on if it wasn't fixed Monday night . That was the limit, since it was getting hotter. Hotels were full........ I know what you mean, about air movement, we keep a fan going even with the ac on. On a positive note, we met a lot of nice neighbors, that we didn't know before.
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/12/2020 12:48 PM
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We have 4 five gallon gas cans, so can go about three days. Generators are pretty noisy, that's for sure.
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/12/2020 01:43 PM
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We have 4 five gallon gas cans, so can go about three days. Generators are pretty noisy, that's for sure. Wow, that's the way to do it! We are usually back on first, but the guys that arrived here, from south Carolina, were not informed about a lot of things We still love them....lol Eversource.....not so much....
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/12/2020 03:57 PM
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You can always tell the people who have to deal with hurricanes frequently. They always have back up generators and 5 gallon cans of gasoline. Like you, we have back up generators and 20 gallons of gasoline ready to go. Luckily this last storm didn't take out our power even though it landed right on our door here in Southport NC.
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/13/2020 10:09 PM
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A good daughter would have run an extension cord 2 miles up the road to mom’s house and provided her with power also.
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/13/2020 11:15 PM
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A good daughter would have run an extension cord 2 miles up the road to mom’s house and provided her with power also. Haha and smart parents would Have come over and stayed in the cool A/C and swam in a pool that was running!!!! . She did have her portable genny going. But damn was it hot during that time!!!!
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08/14/2020 09:16 AM
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It is good to know that everyone survived the power outages no worse for wear. I am quite sure if your mother had needed that extension cord run that you would have been right out there doing that and if you needed any help than you could have relied on help from many members here on the board.
Glad you have a sense of humor and didn't bite my head off for the teasing.
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/14/2020 09:43 AM
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It is good to know that everyone survived the power outages no worse for wear. I am quite sure if your mother had needed that extension cord run that you would have been right out there doing that and if you needed any help than you could have relied on help from many members here on the board.
Glad you have a sense of humor and didn't bite my head off for the teasing. Haha -nah. Great sense of humor! I own property on SXM!!!! . Funny think is we did run about 700 feet of cord to a neighbor whose power comes in a different way and had a “covid freezer” full of high end food but didn’t have a generator!!!
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Re: We are back in power......
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08/14/2020 06:19 PM
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bdeeley, For the record, Kim did offer her home very early on as refuge from the noisy generator (as did her Sister who lives next door to her) - I’m so very lucky to have two great daughters and equally great son-in-laws - but we were totally content to ride out the outage at home. When the noise from our trusty generator became intolerable we just turned it off for a while. But it’s good to know alternative choices are there if you need them. Both my girls take teasing well - having grown up with their Dad, they had to - and they do have a pretty good sense of humor, too. One of the really nice things about TTOL, just as with so many normal families, we might squabble among ourselves now and then, but when we need lifting up or support, we’re all here for each other. But you knew that already, didn’t you!
Respectfully,
pat
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