Ferrell
Valuable Member
First of all, be safe and prepared my fellow Floridians. Our prayers are with you. And even though we moved away 7 years ago, we feel deeply what you have ahead if this storm hits our coast. An old timer told me once “stay low when the wind blows, go high when the water comes”. God’s speed
So on to my meager message in light of the impending storm
As I lay here tonight in complete darkness, in the mugginess of the night air I am comforted by the sound of my generator for as long as it needs to run.
We’ve been in our farm home for 6 years now and NEVER lost power. Snow storms wind storms you name it, we’ve had it. except tonight!!! I’ve sat through tropical storms that weren’t as bad as this one.
Lost power at 7:15. Yes I know cuz I immediately looked at the clock and said I hope power comes back on... 15 min no power. So my lovely bride of 33 years said what about the generator? Now mind you this thing was last run in 2005 when we lived in Florida and had 7 named storms roll through. So 14 years and two moves later im digging it out of the barn and inflating the tires and checking the oil. I flipped the switch, gave it a pull and wouldn’t you know it cranked on the first pull. What? I’m telling you it hasn’t been pulled in 14 years and it cranked.
It’s a crazy chain of events that led up to tonight and I feel compelled to document The 5k generator was a gift from my father in law after Charlie ripped through our area and we used it to work on his place for a couple months getting it back together. It was perfect for keeping our saw, fans and tools running til power was restored and then he insisted we take it. Back in ‘05 I really wasn’t one to have the need for a generator on a regular basis, and I really didn’t want to go through the trouble of draining gas, storing gas and worrying about the crappy fuel we had destroying all the seals while it was stored, so I converted it to a dual fuel, gas and propane. Everybody has propane right? Grills, cookers, campers etc and I had plenty of cylinders so violá a propane generator. Long story short, tonight I wasn’t worried the gas was bad, the carb was corroded or anything that gas can do to an engine. My worst fear was Not getting it going and loosing my little critters to Mother Nature. So as my MPs churn and my return pump returns and my skimmer skims, I am truly a blessed soul.
And BTW we were supposed to be gone this weekend... I know how blessed and fortunate a person I am. My message to you
IF YOU DONT HAVE A POWER LOSS BACK UP PLAN FOR YOUR REEF, GET ONE
I am fortunate that a number of events over the past 14 years came full circle tonight and saved my modest reef.
Peace Out
Update: Power restored at 6 am, 11 hrs of outage. 9-10 hrs on backup power. Everything seems ok for now.
So on to my meager message in light of the impending storm
As I lay here tonight in complete darkness, in the mugginess of the night air I am comforted by the sound of my generator for as long as it needs to run.
We’ve been in our farm home for 6 years now and NEVER lost power. Snow storms wind storms you name it, we’ve had it. except tonight!!! I’ve sat through tropical storms that weren’t as bad as this one.
Lost power at 7:15. Yes I know cuz I immediately looked at the clock and said I hope power comes back on... 15 min no power. So my lovely bride of 33 years said what about the generator? Now mind you this thing was last run in 2005 when we lived in Florida and had 7 named storms roll through. So 14 years and two moves later im digging it out of the barn and inflating the tires and checking the oil. I flipped the switch, gave it a pull and wouldn’t you know it cranked on the first pull. What? I’m telling you it hasn’t been pulled in 14 years and it cranked.
It’s a crazy chain of events that led up to tonight and I feel compelled to document The 5k generator was a gift from my father in law after Charlie ripped through our area and we used it to work on his place for a couple months getting it back together. It was perfect for keeping our saw, fans and tools running til power was restored and then he insisted we take it. Back in ‘05 I really wasn’t one to have the need for a generator on a regular basis, and I really didn’t want to go through the trouble of draining gas, storing gas and worrying about the crappy fuel we had destroying all the seals while it was stored, so I converted it to a dual fuel, gas and propane. Everybody has propane right? Grills, cookers, campers etc and I had plenty of cylinders so violá a propane generator. Long story short, tonight I wasn’t worried the gas was bad, the carb was corroded or anything that gas can do to an engine. My worst fear was Not getting it going and loosing my little critters to Mother Nature. So as my MPs churn and my return pump returns and my skimmer skims, I am truly a blessed soul.
And BTW we were supposed to be gone this weekend... I know how blessed and fortunate a person I am. My message to you
IF YOU DONT HAVE A POWER LOSS BACK UP PLAN FOR YOUR REEF, GET ONE
I am fortunate that a number of events over the past 14 years came full circle tonight and saved my modest reef.
Peace Out
Update: Power restored at 6 am, 11 hrs of outage. 9-10 hrs on backup power. Everything seems ok for now.
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