OT: Ohio Power Outage

Maybe it was Deja Vu or just good Karma but 2 weeks ago I attended a
deceased cousin's family sale of all their belongings and I happend to
notice this like new ( if not new)Homelite 4400 watt 8 H.P generator
sitting alone all by itself in the corner looking like nobody loved it !
When I inquired as to he price I was told to make offer so I jokingly
replied $250.00 and was stunned to hear him say "OK".................he
told me that the generator was used once ...for about 5 hours....

I live in southeastern Ohio out in the country (boonies) and we lose power
out here all the time , Christmas 2005 I believe we spent 5 or 6 days
without juice then and I live in an all electric home
Xmas dinner was 6 packs of Ramen Noodles cooked over the top of my
kerosene heater lol ...
It was actually one of the best christmas's we have ever had believe it or
not ! The whole family gathered in one room ( the warmest one ) around the
fireplace and we slept on mattresses on the floor and actually spoke to
one another instead of playing video games ,watching TV and goofing around
on the computer....

I knew that that generator would come in handy one day I just didn't
figure it would be so soon , I needed gasoline and a few more extension
cords , this one has 8 regular outlets and a couple 220v I think ? I got
the fridge and freezer going , hooked up the satellite and 2 tv's , 2
floor lamps , a toaster then I also recharged the batteries of my laptop ,
cell phone and battery jump pack w/ a 12v converter on it that I lit the
garage with !

I am trying to stay prepared for power outages , That generator came in
handy but the tough thing was finding a store to get extensions cords to
hook up everything and also trying to get GASOLINE !!!!!!!!! I must've
went through 7 or so gallons of gas a day , Its a good thing I laid off of
the pool this summer or I would never of had the money to buy the Gas
lolololol...........

I also bought 2 more kerosene heaters slightly used and I have my firewood
cut and stacked for the winter season and am preparing a disaster kit to
keep nearby just for power outages so I can keep light and warmth in my
home in all seasons......

I guess there is some kind of breaker/pigtail switch that hooks up to your
house just to hook your generator to making it possible to power more
things like the well for instance I just don't know if it is possible to
hook up the furnace ( I don't know the wattage)...........


It was kind of funny the first nite because now that I finally had a
generator I didn't have enough cords to hook everything up with lolol


It was like the apocalypse driving through my dark town at nite , people
were being great such as treating all intersections like 4 ways stop signs
except for a few blu by you's that thought it was open season ??? I found
a little neighborhood grocery store open that was running off of
generators similar to mine and stocked up on milk and bread and lunchmeat
and I even got some more Ramen Noodles !!!!!

Our Power came on yesterday .......wahooooo............


Anything similars to any of youse guys ???


Tom S.- Wannabe Scout !!

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