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Lamp if you will read, even my first post, you will see that my worry wasn't about SNOW. Man, you guys are something.

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was'ent it about frozen fish stick's?

jc..


OK, As an experience emergency generator owner (thank the wonderful hurricanes, and not the Miami U kind either), I can give you some insight here.

1. DO NOT run a generator in an enclosed space, not even the garage. The fumes will build up and even though you wont be in the room, sooner or later, you have to go in there to fill it up or turn it off, and those fumes can and will leak into the house, especially if your using extension cords.

2. A Power Transfer switch is the nicest way to hook them up, this gives you the ability to run power into certain areas of your house. You still have to be conscience of how much electricity your using, but it is nice to walk into a room and flip on a light switch rather than walk around with flashlights.

3. When buying a generator, you want to consider how much power you need. Refrigerators take 800-900 watts to run, and 1200-1500 to start up (known as the surge requirement), lamps are 60-100, TVs are typically 300-600, computers are 800-1000(PC and monitor), etc.
You usually, only want to figure NEEDS (ie: Fridge(s), TV, a few lights...and in your all case, a small heater.)

A/C units and Central electric heating take HUGE amounts of power and will not run off your typical portable generator. Electric Hot Water tanks take 4000-5000 watts. Now gas or oil fired only require power to run the burners and fans, which is considerably less than electric, and I'm thinking a burner is around 400-500 watts typically (haven't worked for RW Becket for almost 20 years, so I forget), then add the blower motor to move the air, not sure what they use, sorry.

Most people trying to stay budget conscience want 3000-5000 watt generators. I have a 5500 watt(6500 surge) which I run through a Power Transfer Switch. This will run my 2 fridges, a couple TVs and ceiling fans and some lights without a problem. It will even run my Electric Hot Water heater, but that must be run alone til the water is heated, then switch power back to the rest of the house (doing this after work, left us with warm enough water for showers in the morning)

Generators are great tools to have around for emergencies, but use them wisely, and safely. It never fails that someone dies from the fumes because they used their generator in an enclosed space, after a hurricane or emergency.

You need to run the generator for a few minutes every couple months after the first time you use it to keep it running well and keep the engine in good shape, so it will be ready for use in the next emergency.

Also, when buying a generator, consider buying a lock and chain, in desperate times, people will try to steal your generator while it is running on your back porch or wherever, so keep it chained up when it's outside.

If your older or have difficulty with things like mowers, you may want to consider an electric start generator as well, but make sure to keep the battery charged or it defeats the purpose.

I don`t think those were fish sticks....

You get much snow yet Michelle? We've had maybe 2 inches, its blowin pretty good here though.

Hard to tell with all the blowing....but I'm guessing there's at least 5" on my damned driveway. Bah.

5" already.....thats fast.....big flakes? up here the snow flakes are small...but lots of them......

They've been small flakes up to quarter sized. There are blizzard warning in Indiana just west of our northern Miami Valley counties. And, we are now due for that freezing rain I didn't want. Fantastic.

We have about an inch and a half so far .... but it's a really dry,light snow so far. (thank goodness)

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There are blizzard warning in Indiana just west of our northern Miami Valley counties.

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Great.

Where are you, 66?

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Canada has an army?
Coulda fooled me!

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Yes....they specialize in snow clean up

we have a Blizzard Warning here west of I-75, we have only gotten maybe a inch of snow it's still coming down and blowing like the dickens, but really it's not bad at all, Heck I've sat in tree stands on worse days, Ok, that dosent say much for me, but really it just another basic Ohio Snow storm...


drive carefully everybody, let your car warm up before driving, and brush the snow off your windows before driving around..saw a lady backing up out of the as station this morning, she cleaned her front winshield but all others were snowy.

hopefully we stay a little colder being north of you...keep it snow..not ice.....Stay safe michelle.....

western Shelby County. about 30 minutes NE of where Jules works.

Do you mean NE of Greenville? Darke County is right next to Indiana. I'm just not sure which little square Shelby County is.

Yeah, i caught it right after i hit the submit button. Shelby is 2 counties straight north of Dayton.

Okay, I just checked a county map to be sure.

Well am i where i'm supposed to be?

Lookin' good! You are where I wish I were today. I would rather have snow than ice. Enjoy!

Just a dusting in Athens.

This sucks because professors were preparing for the worst. Oh well.

EDIT: One of my classes is cancelled! Sweet!

I'm about 15 minutes west of Sidney.

Lets see, ya west.

Getting hammered in Chicago - especially down south (Naperville and further south). I am up north - and was supposed to see customers all day with my dealer, but we cancelled. Its supposed to snow all day and tonite, and winds are gusting to 40 mph. They still want me to come downtown for dinner at Fogo de Chao, but I doubt that will happen...

I leave for vaca Saturday - this stuff better not delay my trip.

I was supposed to be in SEern Ohio this afternoon for a meeting, but I'm taking a personal day today instead. The meeting was scheduled to end around 2, by the time I got back home it'd be 4 at the earliest, and it wouldn't have been a fun drive, so I decided to simply reschedule for later. Actually, the snow looks pretty nice... looking out my balcony, in my slippers, with a cup of coffee in hand.

In my part of Columbus, I'd say we have about 4 inches so far..

I subscribe to one mantra: You do what you can to get by.

Actually, I just got better news, in that my office is closing for the day, so it will only cost me two hours of personal time. Well worth it if you ask me.

Supposed to get 5-10 inches by evening rush hour, and another 5-8 tonight in Kent. Still have classes though.

We have been getting freezing rain/sleet for the past several hours and it's supposed to continue into the evening. Frickin' great.

The snow has turned into freezing rain now.. rush hour will be a joke tonight.

can't believe OSU still has classes

I am not too worried about going for my 2:30 class...but i'm worried about commin back after my 5:30 class that ends at 7......boy it's going to be a interesting drive back......there has to be at least 4-5 inches in my driveway alone....and i hear its suppose to snow more tonight after the freezing rain...
which like saint said has already started.....

I called my ex and she said the county workers have been told to go home. It's gonna be interesting. Columbus does not have a good track record of getting the streets cleared.

Looking out my windows and hearing weather reports makes me so damn glad I have such a flexible schedule and can work from home.

Neither does my town.

Sebring

Just took this about an hour ago, hung my head out the window and snapped it.