Friends in Snow Places

[fmoore200]

Truthfully, there is always 5lbs of dry beans and rice in the pantry just in case.......

I hope you like your rice and beans crunchy if the power goes out

 

[hrodbert696]

We lost power for a week and a half back in a big ice storm in '08. Had power outages almost every winter since at one time or another till last year. This year, though, we moved to a house pretty close to town center (police station, town hall, fire department), so the power doesn't seem to go out much and they say it comes back quick if we do lose it. So we're more relaxed about storm warnings than we used to be.

 

[SJLee]

I hope you like your rice and beans crunchy if the power goes out

That's where a Coleman stove comes in handy.

 

[Atshen]

Well, it looks scary but actually isn't. The Home Depot is 5 miles away - I can take a dirt "back road out of side of the parking lot almost to my house. The blower weighs 175 lbs. total. The Caddy has a center panel in rear seats that opens to the trunk. Clean 2X4 across seat, 2 ratchet straps attached to 2 X 4, straps directly to the axles of the blower - crank, crank, nice and tight. Additional strap across front of box is really just for looks. It was either that or wait 2 weeks and pay $60. No damage to me, the Caddy or the blower.

One man's schlep is anothers workable solution. Ok, it is pretty ghetto looking, why else would I have photographed it. LOL!

So it's probably a lot safer than it looks!

 

[RDUB]

All you guys with the Coleman stoves, bbq's, and propane - just make damn sure you're using them outdoors. We had a couple of deaths with the recent power outages in Toronto, due to improper ventilation. People died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

 

[blastoff99]

Five years ago, we bought a generator. The power hasn't gone out since.

There you have it.

 

[TolerancEJ]

Five years ago, we bought a generator. The power hasn't gone out since.



There you have it.

That's usually how it works.