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Post by woodyz on Jan 8, 2018 16:05:33 GMT -7
low 50's today, hi 50's tomorrow and low 60's the next day
but the warm up comes with an increase of rain and it still might get cold enough at night to make ice
and ice in the south just causes Disaster with pine trees and southern drivers.
I will take some cold with low humidity over ice any day
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Post by ColcordMama on Jan 8, 2018 17:06:50 GMT -7
I wish ME, NH and VT could become it's own Northern New England region. Even though things are getting more liberal with all the infiltrators from MA These states are still pretty conservative and realistic. Most of the people with power issues were in MA. The ones complaining they couldn't get fuel deliveries were people that don't have a contract with any particular company then cry when their tank is almost empty and they are at the bottom of the list for delivery. We are on automatic delivery and I call in the spring and have them top the tank off. If we had to we could get through a winter on a full tank. The thing I find amusing is the number of people changing over to pellet stoves that need power to work because it's more environmentally friendly. They deserve to be cold. Stupid should hurt. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by crashdive123 on Jan 9, 2018 4:05:56 GMT -7
I wish ME, NH and VT could become it's own Northern New England region. Even though things are getting more liberal with all the infiltrators from MA These states are still pretty conservative and realistic. Most of the people with power issues were in MA. The ones complaining they couldn't get fuel deliveries were people that don't have a contract with any particular company then cry when their tank is almost empty and they are at the bottom of the list for delivery. We are on automatic delivery and I call in the spring and have them top the tank off. If we had to we could get through a winter on a full tank. The thing I find amusing is the number of people changing over to pellet stoves that need power to work because it's more environmentally friendly. They deserve to be cold. Stupid should hurt. Yep. If stupid were painful, there would be less of it. |
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Post by missasip on Jan 9, 2018 8:39:20 GMT -7
Very interesting message cwi, let's hope it helps someone. Here in my area the two choices to operate our homes are natural gas and electricity. I don't understand why some people in my area opt to have a total electric home. When we experience loss of electrical power, these people can't heat/cool their homes unless they use generators to do so which is what I do also. However, I have a backups for heat which is my fireplace and my stove, even if I have to block off all the other rooms not to freeze. Plus, total electric homes have no hot water in their hot water tanks once it cools off and cannot use their stoves to cook meals. Their option is to take out the barbecue pit and hopefully remembered to fill the propane tank or bought charcoal depending on the source to use either. My hot water heater is connected to natural gas as well as my stove. So...I am allowed a nice warm bath or shower plus enjoy a hot meal. I'm not familiar with the North's options should, like you say, the power grid stands a chance of collapse. I'd like to hear from others on this topic.  The worst of this round is over for now. However the north east in general was on the razors edge of grid collapse. Another few days and the brown and blackouts would have begun in earnest. Insufficient natural gas pipeline capacity, stores of coal, pipeline for heating oil, worn infrastructure, among the several AAR points. Anyone in the line of fire for this last one, will be in the same spot for the next one. Satellite data suggest a strong potential for another blast soon. Looking further into late this year and early 2019 it only looks to get worse. Now is the time to improve plans for this. Assume grid loss as the needed fixes cannot occur in the time remaining. I pray I'm wrong, but I wouldn't state it if I thought I was. My little shack is setup to handle most any energy issue. I have actually 3 generators. One runs on gasoline or propane. I have a propane stove. Though at this time I have a small electric hwh, I'm still workingon my wood fired hot water system for my hot water use and heating. In the winter one of my generators will just about idle, as the load is pretty low. The hwh at 1500 watts is the only thing that really loads it. All lighting is led...finally... $$$...whew...lol In the summer, I would have to use only one ac unit, but no problem with that. Still working on it but getting there... Jimmy |
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Post by missasip on Jan 9, 2018 8:49:17 GMT -7
Just a note on the three generators...they are 4kw and two 3.7kw. The 4kw is the duel fuel unit.
I only have about $700 invested in all 3. 2 purchased on Black Friday sales. Now yes they are inexpensive models but all have worked quite well several times. Having backup units keeps me from running them long periods. One tank of fuel and I change to different one. I only use non- ethanol gas. Air cooled engines run for long periods of time will use oil. That is the reason even the cheapest ones have low-oil shutoff.
Just some general info..
Jimmy
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Post by Cwi555 on Jan 10, 2018 16:18:31 GMT -7
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Post by thywar on Jan 10, 2018 18:53:59 GMT -7
Yep. Even here. 53 in the morning 21 by the time I'm off work
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Post by woodyz on Jan 10, 2018 18:57:54 GMT -7
70 here tomorrow were 69 and some rain today
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