(12-07-2022, 10:41 AM)WingerDinger Wrote:

(12-07-2022, 10:26 AM)americus 2.0 Wrote: I bought a Briggs and Stratton gennie yesterday. A big one we can eventually hook up to our house but today we just want to be able to run the fridge/freezer and deep freezer at the same time, minimum. My parents are getting our smaller Predator today. They've already lost most of their food.

This crazy is not for the lazy or the weak-minded. Or the elderly. It takes work to figure out how to improvise and make do. Being completely thrown out of your routine without warning and not knowing how long things will be chaotic is not for the soft. We're more prepared than a lot of people around here but were still 'caught with our pants down' so to speak.

Hate to say it, but unfortunate as that whole situation is, could be a ton worse. Could be in the middle of summer or winter with no heat or AC!!

Here in Florida, if the power goes off in the middle of a summer night, it's wide spread panic lolol

Hoping you guys get it fixed soon!!

Dude, I was so thankful it was December and not July. Although waking up to it being 50° inside your house sucks. It's not a Florida 50 either. The lack of dew point and humidity makes it feel colder than 50°. And you can't warm up. Tuesday and today it was warmer outside than inside. Thank goodness for a warm front! Today was rainy though so unless you had a covered porch to sit on you were stuck in your cold house. 

Inside our house got no warmer than 62°.  We have our thermostat set at 65° during the day and the sun warms things up. We've been overcast this whole time. Pair that with not being able to turn on actual lights to take the gloom away and it makes for depressing times for a lot of folks. 

All that being said, I'm still thankful it happened in December and not anytime May-October. Yuck!

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