It's 7:30pm the LIGHTS GO OUT

[Diesel]

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It's 7:30pm the LIGHTS GO OUT, No power. You pull into your driveway in your car and you hear on the radio that the Major regional power plant has been damaged and will be inoperable for atleast 2-3 weeks, could be even a month.

People mad dash for generators and fuel

Local big box is out of generators

Fuel Stations for 50 miles are shut down due to no power

GO

[PT945]

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I have the bobcat 225 full all the time, so thats about 16 hours of power before a refill, the small genny will run 4 hours per tank. I only have 15 gallons of fuel stored at present time, I do however have a 13 gallon tank on the truck that stays full. so here is what im thinking.

hook up the bobcat to the fridge/freezer and run the genny only to maintain the temps of the fridge and freezer while Im stoking up the grill and smoker to start cooking some food, not alot of frozen foods, maybe a month worth .

[herbalpagan]

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start the propane generator to keep the freezer/fridge going and to run the water pump. Start rationing the driving time a ibt more. Other than that, we're good to go!

[collector]

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First we'd get the generator set up, although its usage would be limited due to limited fuel for the time alloted there would be more than enough to just use to operate our well to get some clean water and also to charge any batteries, we are well stocked on candles, matches in order to provide light in the dim hours, we have a woodstove and although there is not that much wood for it at the moment more could be obtained by harvesting a few trees, could operate a couple power tools with the generator for a long enough time to do this. We also have a propane grill and could cook over our outside pit using some old pine limbs we usually have sitting around, for food I admit our regular supply is quite week and would only last about a week but we do have chickens and would have ample supply of eggs and could slaughter some for meat. That should be about it in order to keep us going through.

[coxmw]

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Solar panels are up and running the lights and the TV now, so fire up the generator to run the fridge and the freezer and the well.

[Echo2]

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Go to the BOL for a month.....Wont be welding much w/o power.....

BOL will have power...food....etc....

How wide spread is the outage from AO?

[PT945]

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Go to the BOL for a month.....Wont be welding much w/o power.....

BOL will have power...food....etc....

How wide spread is the outage from AO?

Oh well thanks. now I have another reason to consider getting a BOL Property.
That's actually a great reason to have BOL.

[Oscar Wilde]

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Get the cook fire started ....

O.W.

[Omegaman]

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Fire up our generator to run fridge, freezer and well pump and only run it as needed. Kerosene lamps and propane lamps used for light plus crank radio for news. Camp stove or propane grill used for cooking. House alarm switched to solar back up system. Cell phones and laptops charging on solar kits. I have plenty of gas, propane, K1 and diesel stored. Limit driving to wifes Subaru and I could bike to work. My work has a generator and a propane tank farm to run 1 month with no power and they have run up to two weeks on back up power. Since I live close by I would be one of the few to show up for work. It was freaky when we were the only thing open on the seacoast for two weeks and the only beacon of light in a pitch black town.

[maric]

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Does anyone ever notice, when the electricity is out, how many times you walk into a room and try to flip the light switch out of habit? We have had the electricity go out on us, 2 times, where it was a significant amount of time. First, was in 08 for almost 2 weeks. Second this past winter (10degress out) for 3 days.

We would get the candles, and the flash lights/headlamps available. Make sure all the kids toys were out of the walk way (major catastrophe waiting there). Get a fire started, and get organized.