Who lost power during recent storms?

[vetteguy53081]

To help others prep and cope, there were a series of storms, cold and flooding that caused power outages.

How many endured such an event and how did you cope and recover?
How did you prepare for these events if you did?
Did your plan work?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Surprisingly no. I thought with how cold it was going to get and with the snow we were predicted to have we were for sure going to lose power but thank goodness we didn't

 

[shakacuz]

thankfully i have not. i need to step my game up and setup a power outage backup plan..

 

[fish farmer]

I didn't have a plan... well I can borrow a small Genny from work until I fix mine.

The mid week New England wind storm from last week shut power down at my house for about 12 hours, ran borrowed generator for 3 of those hours. I didn't loose power with the second wind storm last Saturday. It looks like everything survived the temp drop into the mid 60s.

 

[randomfishdude]

its still freezing here in south texas. not as bad. but also somehow we didnt loose power.

 

[noobreefer2]

its still freezing here in south texas. not as bad. but also somehow we didnt loose power.

Does texas loose power when it gets super cold? lol

 

[RoudyRick]

The cost may be up there BUT! A whole house automatic gen is the only way to go for sure protection. I'm running a Generac unit on propane. We have had power out for as long as 4 days no problem here

 

[randomfishdude]

Does texas loose power when it gets super cold? lol

South Texas does... it's not meant to get below 40 down here.let alone 17. Usually is 60 or 70 during winter.

 

[mfinn]

We lost power a couple times in the past 2 weeks.
Nothing bad, hardly worth it to fire up the generator. We got lucky compared to most of the country.
But I am ready with a generator wired into it's own transfer box.
I try to have an extra 15-20 gallons of ( clear ) gas handy.

 

[Zach B]

My folks lost power about 30 miles south for 21 hours. We were lucky not to. We do however have a large generator for the furnace and water and then battery backups for the tank pumps. Better safe than sorry. We've learned the hard way years ago

 

[Cthulukelele]

Prolonged power outages really are the true enemy. Without a backup plan it takes down everything

 

[noobreefer2]

South Texas does... it's not meant to get below 40 down here.let alone 17. Usually is 60 or 70 during winter.

Daym sometimes I wonder why I live in NE haha

 

[Cycleguy0623]

I lost power in Ohio during the storm but we live in a pretty rural house. Fortunately I have a whole house generator so the UPS keeps things going for the 30 seconds the generac takes to kick on.

 

[Dbichler]

The 18” of snow and sub zero temps here in Menomonee Falls Wi caused a ton of power outages. Fortunately for me I never lost power for more than a couple minutes. Thankfully because some lost for days. Wouldn’t have been fun with a generator for that long.

 

[RoudyRick]

I used to run a manual generator on gasoline but got VERY tired of getting up in the middle of the night to refuel the tank. I won't let my 200+ gal tank run without power for more than 10 minutes, TOOOO many issues

 

[d2mini]

Live in Houston so invested in a whole home generator.
We did lose power recently but only for about 45 mins.
The best part though is now I never worry about it! In fact, a little part of me gets excited to get some use out of the generator. Bring it on, baby!