"Frankenstorm" on the way east coast!!!

We're fine, No power and a few roof shingles. Wife lost here lilac tree. We had some nasty gusts, But compared to the folks on the coast, We aren't complaining! Hopefully we get power back sometime today. My genny is too small!

Wonder how imacman made out?

Well me(crazy b) and the boy did hit the water Tuesday morning. Wind died down and the lake was flat as glass. Freekin fish had lock jaw though! Off the water by noon, Had to fill the genny with gas anyway!

We'd still be out there if I didn't have to go to work today. Kids got no school again.

yeah...sorry, all told we were out for 41 hours, came on this morning at 430...just me being ancy...it felt like 50 hours. Not too bad, only missed 60 or so calls coming in, customer support only up to 134 work ticketsgoing to be a very long day in the office

Well give it some time and a few more people will get their power back. Then you will be up to 400 to 500 work tickets.

No power here and no estimate for restoration. No genny yet but my neighborhood Electric Company ran a cord down to my house and I'm running the Fridge and a couple lamps....pellet stove if I need it later this week. Thankfully a shower at work keeps from being too stinky! Gas stove lets me cook.

got thru the storm ok here...power was only out for about 15 hours or so
the G/F got a crash course in running the new generator though...


was a long couple days at work...still nothing like our neighbors to the south some of whom lost everything they had

Ive been without power since 6pm monday, trees and limbs down EVERWHERE!!... the pellet stove has been running nonstop off a 700 watt inverter coming off two (2) marine batteries, coming off jumper cables going to my truck (so essentially (3) battereis total), with a volt meter to monitor. When the batteries get down to 11.9 volts I go start the truck for 20 mins,.. seem to get a 'good' 4 hrs out of a 20 min charge. I have a 4000 watt genny running the well pump, frig, lights, and coffee maker (whoa, that coffee maker draws some juice!!)..... the only thing I dont have is a hot shower!

Hope you folks are all safe and cozy... that was a tuff storm!

Woohoo, Power came back around noon today(41 hours without). I see a hot shower and a few really cold brews this holloween!

Just popping in to say hello! I am sorry so many of you lost power or worse. Thankfully we escaped with some siding damage...nothing serious. Never lost power! I guess all the tree trimming the power companies did over the summer paid off. Fortunately, it's been warm so no need to run the stove.

Chan

You have done right. But you don't have to go far down the road to find those that have not. On that same note, there wasn't a bottled gallon of water on any shelves Monday morning. We fill trash cans and bulk water containers. Dump them out once the storm passes. I position one trash can where the gutter can drain into it. Use this for flushing. But you are right that is the way we stay prepared all year.

I am sitting down here in westchester ny going on 50 hours without. Running my generac 24/7. Pellet stove only running at night. It's not too cold yet, like 40s, but might as well be warm. Can't watch tv so I am watching the stove.

Gas supply is becoming an issue but I have over 35 gallons on hand just for the genny. Hopefully that is enough to get through. Every day I go out and refill, ala mad max to make sure I have as much as I can hold. Half the stations I passed today were out of fuel and the ones that did had long lines. I don't have anything better to do, so I wait.

I have wires running to my neighbors to keep his fridge cold, and I ran another line to fire up the heat in another neighbors house for a few hours. We're are kind of the local hub since we have x box and tv so the kids have been several times visiting. Neighbors come by with fuel and have happily ponied up. Sorta worried about thieves and the genny, so I lit the bakyrd with christmas lights. Low draw and good light. Looks kinda weird but hey.

Halloween cancelled officially but some moms got a trunk to treat tailgate together at a nearby parking lot. I bet 250 family's plus showed, it was a zoo. But awesome. Kids went trick or treating car to car. Cops came to try to restore order but it was too late. Can't cancel Halloween, and the kids were thrilled.

Water is no issue here, but in nj it is. Luckily we have a good supply of Potable water.

We draw a bathtub full of water for flushing and if I'm not using the fermenter (I was this go round) I draw 7 gallons in the fermenter for drinking. I'd just as soon not need to run the well pump if I can avoid it.

Been doing things like this for a long while and if push and shove hit at once I can even get water from the brook.

We put the car (with a full tank of gas) in the garage Sunday after getting back from the concert at the Franco-American Heritage Center in Lewiston,

Nice to hear you're helping out your neighbors. Don't hear enough of things like this in the news.

These time bring out the best in people and sometimes the worst. We were lucky here in Pa.

Pellet stove once it's going uses like under 100 watts, why all the hassle with batteries and charging every 4 hrs when you got power man??, mine uses 75 watts when the auger turns and down to 60 watts from both blowers.

This is a major problem... I got a call from a friend who is having the same problem... He is considering siphoning his car.. Which is a good idea.. But a better idea is for people to learn from this and during "preparations" is to have a week supply of gasoline for the generator... You can always use the gasoline that you didn't use to dump into your var after the storm, but at least you would be prepared for the lack of gas... We had the same problem after snowtober last year.

Generators are like any gas consuming device they burn it while running and there really is no need to run a generator 24/7 during a power outage, those auto timed coffee makers (and a lot of other things) need to be forgotten about when stuff hits the fan.

Running the house here takes a average of 20KwH/day during our prime usage month that is canning season in full swing so on average that means about 4 hrs of running the 5000 watt genny . There is no way we would can during a power outage and cooking goes from the electric range to the gas grill and microwave. Heating if needed goes to the dino juice burnner.

We maintain a full genny tank, and 15 gallons in cans, and top off the car and that gets parked in the garage and is our emergency emergency gas supply from which we would only siphon 10 gallons from for the genny. That keeps all area hospitals and one boatload of gas stations well within remaining gas range.

Batteries = less hassle and noise from the genny,... I only run the genny for short spurts when I need it,.. the pellet stove can run 24hrs off the batteries with just an occasional start of the truck,,... very simple with no noisy genny blaring away all night.

I'M BAAAAACK! Power finally just came back on at about 10:30 am today (out for 60 hrs total). Installing the whole house generator was one of THE best things I did back in '05. Now I can give it an oil change and adjust the valves.

Internet had been out the whole time though (Time Warner uses local line power to run the system here)......I went through Hearth.com withdrawal symptoms for about a day.....LOL.

Otherwise, everything is OK.....lots of branches down, clean-up work to be done. Pellet stove ran off generator power without a issue the whole time.

Curious how you would siphon the gas from the car. All new vehicles have anti-siphon devices in the filler tubes. I have found no easy way of doing it other than taking the filler neck clamps off and removing the rubber hose that attaches my filler tube to the tank (at least on my truck) which gives direct access to the tank.

We need one of these so we get our fix!

Let me guess.......your son will be getting a LOT of exercise during power outages???

The wife was just saying she needs more exercise!

HOLY CRAP did anyone see on the news the lines at gas stations in NJ ? cars lined up and people standing in line with gas cans at least 1/2 mile long!

just found this article http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/hurricane_sandy_gas_station_sh.html

the wife isnt laughing at me anymore,with my gas stockpile. this could of been us