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craigm
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Re: Hurricane Prep List
      Wed Aug 28 2019 07:41 PM

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I also lived through Donna (1960) plus Charlie, Jean and Francis so the following should be added to your list. I posted in the Doreen Prep thread an alert on how to take care of a frost free refrigerator when power is lost.

To your list:

BTW, a 5500 watt generator will power a well, a few lights, a fan and a refrigerator. Just watch your usage and don’t try to power too many things at the same time with a 5500 watt. The well is the most important item. We also had battery-operated camp lighting and battery operated hand held fans. A 5” battery operated tv saved my husband’s sanity!




I can relate. I was 30 days without power after Andrew. I ended up getting a generator brought in by my neighbors' parents that got it in VA. I have since purchased a bigger generator (8500 watts) and I can run the house on it and a portable A/C to keep one room cool for sleeping. Since this house does not have gas, I have to take cold showers as the unit cannot handle the load of the instant water heater. That is how I lived for 9 days after Irma with no power, cold showers, but at least I could sleep with A/C.

Mike V



I have a 6500 watt and the during Irma power outage we were able to run the Hot water heater if we turned everything off then switched back when the heater was recharged. 8500 watt should have no problem.

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* Hurricane Prep List Mike V Wed Aug 28 2019 07:41 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List kspkap   Wed Aug 28 2019 04:30 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List Mike V   Wed Aug 28 2019 04:38 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List kspkap   Thu Aug 29 2019 12:16 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List Marknole   Thu Aug 29 2019 05:03 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List Owlguin   Thu Aug 29 2019 08:27 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List Ed G   Thu Aug 29 2019 09:32 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List Ed G   Thu Aug 29 2019 02:46 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List kspkap   Thu Aug 29 2019 05:39 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List Ed G   Fri Aug 30 2019 05:17 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List kspkap   Fri Aug 30 2019 02:36 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List Prospero   Fri Aug 30 2019 09:27 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List Ed G   Fri Aug 30 2019 09:32 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List Prospero   Fri Aug 30 2019 10:01 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List Ed G   Fri Aug 30 2019 10:33 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List Prospero   Fri Aug 30 2019 01:17 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List Mike V   Thu Aug 29 2019 04:58 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Prep List craigm   Wed Aug 28 2019 07:41 PM

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