Sitting Home watching the power go on and off

RBnSC · Feb 12, 2014

Ice on the trees and wires, power has gone off
three times. I am glad to have the day off as I am
sore all over from crawling under our 710B JD FLB
repacking the swing cylinder yesterday. I guess I'm not as
young as I use to be. Does this new computer make
me sound more intelligent?
Ron

old · Feb 12, 2014

Stay warm and if you do go some place be sure you stay between the ditches not in one

Richard G. · Feb 12, 2014

Just got up from a nap in the recliner. Looked out and darn it, the snow was still there. We have only had about 4 inches today on top of a couple of inches left from yesterday. It is about 26 degrees and sleeting now. It is supposed to snow most of the night. The wind is howling and I just put another piece of wood on the fire. Think I will go down to the shop and build a fire in the heater and warm up my wife's sewing room for her.
Opened the back door a while ago as the cat wanted out. She looked out and ran back in the house. She may be smarter than I am.
At least the snow has been dry and not sticking to the power lines and trees.
Richard in NW SC

NCWayne · Feb 12, 2014

Here in Concord, NC we've got between 4 and 6 inches, depending on where I measure it. Snow started around 10 this morning and just changed to a fine sleet about 30 minutes ago. Got firewood on hand, a fire in the wood stove, and the generator has been exercised just in case. Now it's just a matter of sitting back and riding it out.

pete black · Feb 12, 2014

as long as you do not make any typos.

buickanddeere · Feb 12, 2014

Barely snow, looks more like just a heavy frost.

JWalker · Feb 12, 2014

I have come to one conclusion: I HATE ICE!!!!!!

Today we have had between 1/4 and 1/2 inch of freezing rain. I have had a tree limb fall on my heat pump. It has bent one of the fan blades at a 90 degree angle. It has bent the cabinet into the coils. Fortunately I have two heat pumps, so I am not out of heat.
br>The freezing rain has accumulated up-to about 1/2 inch on all of my electric fence wires. While I was out walking the fence breaking ice off the wires I kept ducking. It sounded like rifles kept going off. Tree limbs were breaking with loud snaps. While walking one section I had a large (50 to 60 ft tall) pine tree blow over across the fence I was working on about 50 feet in front of me. Needless to say I worked much quicker. This was around 3:30 pm.

We still have several hours of this to go. It is going to be a nice evening and day tomorrow.

ShadetreeRet · Feb 12, 2014

No, but it doesn't make you look fat either!

Dave H (MI) · Feb 12, 2014

My software provider just emailed me from NC. Said they are shutting down support tonight at 8 PM until 8 AM tomorrow at the earliest. That is significant. Never happened before in my memory.

El Toro · Feb 12, 2014

That's why we purchased a Kohler standby generator. I got tired running all those extension cords. Worse than that was fueling the generator in the dark. It was a Troy Bilt 7500 watt generator. I bought it used, but it looked new and would only run about 20 or 30 seconds and quit. I gave $200.00 for it. Found the fuel line squeezed shut behind the gas tank. The Kohler is on NG and starts automatically when power is lost. Hal

keh · Feb 12, 2014

Well, I haven't had power go out YET, but the Greenville TV stations says the worst is yet to come. Presently the temp is 23 deg. Fine sleet is coming down. It's supposed to warm up above freezing and stop snowing tomorrow and I'm ready for it to end. 3-4 inches, the wind has blown so much the snow has been moved around.

KEH

old · Feb 12, 2014

Ya drifting snow is worse then just snow. Drifts can be hard to get around and have high centered more then one car or truck on them in the past

John M · Feb 12, 2014

Yea, and they were claiming 15" this morning too. Tried to make it sound like ALL of us were going to get that much. So tired of the drama in the local weather reports around here., as much as Im tired of this snow!

RMinVa · Feb 12, 2014

Went to work and after 2 hours they shut the mill down and sent everyone home. It's a normal 30 min. drive and took me 1 1/2 hrs. to get home tonight. Wrecks everywhere and roads closed because of bad wrecks. One elderly couple hit head on near the mill and were killed, tractor trailer jackedknifed and closed rt 501 for 3 hours and it hit a car. Started snowing at 3 pm and at 7 pm we have 6 inches and still pouring down.Wet heavy snow.

Generator on the tractor, cable already hooked up to the house and a good fire in the wood boiler. Think I might get in the recliner now.

Sorry y'all got the ice and happy we haven't had any yet. This is the kind of snow we use to get in the 70's.

DoubleR · Feb 12, 2014

I don't have a Fancy setup like that. But I put a 30amp breaker connected to my generator plug outside. I installed a lockout which will only allow the Main Breaker or the 30amp gen. plug. But only one or the other, not both. I didn't like the separate box as it only allowed the use of only 8-10 circuits. I have 23 on my main box.

I also brought a new electric start7500watt generator to replace my old 4000 watt Coleman. The 4000 watt got me through 3 outages last year for a total of 14 days. But I had to watch close what I was running. I have a gas stove and hot water heater so I did fine. Its still a manual setup and you have to be there to run it but I figure its an improvement over my old back feed system.

I figured now after upgrading I won't lose power for a while now.

old · Feb 12, 2014

Good you made it home ok. Many people out that way do not have a clue how to drive on snow or ice so yep lots of problems on the roads

supergrumpy · Feb 12, 2014

sounds like Drake

Goose · Feb 12, 2014

We have a niece in Augusta, GA. She was without power last I heard.

RMinVa · Feb 12, 2014

Was talking to the younger guys at the mill and some have never seen a snow like this. Use to get snow pretty regular 50'- 70's. Back then hardly anyone had 4 wd and we made it just fine with chains in the worst snows. Now with the mild winters we have folks that have been driving for 7 or 8 years and never driven in snow. I think they were in training this evening.

I like snow. It gives me more recliner time.LOL

DENNIS MIN · Feb 12, 2014

B and D,

Dang it, Did we go through the Navy NPTU together? KNAPL?

You sound like someone I used to know, back when Rickover's circle meant something.

May have crossed paths, just saying.

D.

buickanddeere · Feb 12, 2014

(quoted from post at 21:25:30 02/12/14) B and D,

Dang it, Did we go through the Navy NPTU together? KNAPL?

You sound like someone I used to know, back when Rickover's circle meant something.

May have crossed paths, just saying.

D.

I retired with the rank of Captain but that was with the Pickering Nuclear Response Team.

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