Florence is coming. To everyone in the affected area, good luck. We are located in Morehead City, NC, on the beach, and will be getting the brunt of the storm. This storm is no joke, if you are in the path, either be prepared or get out. I do not have the option to leave, due to my profession, but I highly advise anyone that does not need to be here, get out now and head to safety. Sorry for the broken record, but this is a game changer.
This time last year I was without power for two weeks. Hear is a list of what I used during that time.
10k generator
Over 150 gallons of fuel
4 propane tank
10 cases of water
$200 can goods
No WiFi so about 30gigs of data
Fridge and freezer were stocked with all meats and normal stuff
About $50 at Redbox since we had no cable or internet.
I’m sure I forgot a bunch of stuff.
Even though we were without power we were not roughing it be because we were prepared.
I did forget that . All the generator ran was a window unit I put in the bedroom the fridge the tv in the bedroom and hot water heater. Basically we turned the master bedroom in to the FBO . Without a/c in the rest of the house the mesqitos took over every time the door opened. That was probably the worst part
29 days without power in 96 when Fran hit. My wife was Ranger at Wm B Umstead park in Raleigh. They’re are only 4 ranger residences in the park and were were way down the list of priorities. Army Corp of Engineers set up a generator but it was a long, hot month.
That would be tru with a commercial gene but the portable ones are only rated at 1/2 load . If you want to run 5k for any amount of time you need a 10k . The hot wat heater and window unit would put pretty good load on it. These northstar units are no onan
And completely unrelated except my wife and I spent our 3rd anniversary cutting down trees to get out of the park on this day in 1996. This popped up on my Facebook today from a few years ago
Im in Greenwood sc probably not going to be bad here but last year around this time a tornado cause by the last hurricane destroyed my neighbors place and may others