Origami December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 We ended up with 18" in Ashburn out in the open fields. Deeper up next to the house where it's drifted and fallen off of the house, of course. It's packed and heavy at the bottom, but nice and light on top. Shoveling it off in layers works well and moves quickly. Our new neighbor, from a warm weather climate, was running low on milk. He shoveled his driveway to allow his wife to run to to the grocery to get a gallon. I think half of her mini-van made it off of the driveway skirt before the van bottomed out and stopped cold. My wife and I helped dig her out, and passed on an extra gallon we had in the fridge. We haven't got a clue if our secondary roads have been plowed.... But, we have heat and we have electricity. The fish are happy and life is good. Loudoun has called school for Monday and Tuesday, so kids and teachers don't go back until after New Years. This makes my wife and youngest daughter very happy. My older daughter, a teenager, is going stir crazy by contrast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 What Miata? You know... the blue one! bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul b December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 It snowed last night? I hadn't noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobalicious December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 (edited) we had a little here in Rockville when my 20 inch rims start disappearing, i know it's alot Edited December 20, 2009 by Noobalicious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extreme_tooth_decay December 20, 2009 Share December 20, 2009 Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dschflier December 21, 2009 Share December 21, 2009 We lost power for a day and a half. I had my generator ready but not setup for running the house. To make a long story short I lost my flame angel which I have had for years but my kole who didn't look to happy appears better and my corals seem fine. This morning I rigged the generator to run just my 20 amp circuit on my tank and that saved the tank I believe. I am tired so good night everyone. Overall I learned what I need to do to be better prepared for next time. The power came back around 9:20 PM tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite December 21, 2009 Share December 21, 2009 I started wondering yesterday if the reason we never have prolonged outages here, is that we're next to a large shopping mall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k December 21, 2009 Share December 21, 2009 The plows never came on Sunday, so we formed a shovel brigade and this is what we accomplished for the day: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyfeet December 21, 2009 Share December 21, 2009 This is my car in the picture below. Instead of digging myself out I decided to just take the week off. Just seemed easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctenophore February 4, 2010 Author Share February 4, 2010 Bringing this thread back to life because we are supposed to get even more snow than last time this weekend. Models calling for 15-25"...get your preparations done tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoutlaw February 4, 2010 Share February 4, 2010 Snowblowers RULE!! So, are there any awesome deals on generators out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals February 4, 2010 Share February 4, 2010 Bringing this thread back to life because we are supposed to get even more snow than last time this weekend. Models calling for 15-25"...get your preparations done tomorrow! We had 26" down here on Dec. 19th. Right now they are saying 20 to 28". I have to work in this crap plowing snow. 12 hour shifts and mine is at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilary February 5, 2010 Share February 5, 2010 I have to teach this weekend regardless, and am not looking forward to getting to the shop! If the pools are closed we'll still do classroom. I can just see me at 6:30 Saturday morning digging out the car so I can be at the shop by 8:00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikryd February 5, 2010 Share February 5, 2010 I just fired up my generator today, and picked up some more gas for it. Just in-case.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctenophore February 5, 2010 Author Share February 5, 2010 I just fired up my generator today, and picked up some more gas for it. Just in-case.... Make sure you add fuel saver so the gas doesn't go bad by the next storm. Because you realize by testing your generator you just made sure the power will stay on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman February 5, 2010 Share February 5, 2010 I tested mine, too - and put the gas cans in the truck to fill tomorrow. Love my electric-start generator!! bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikryd February 5, 2010 Share February 5, 2010 I tested mine, too - and put the gas cans in the truck to fill tomorrow. Love my electric-start generator!! bob I bought a pull start just to save a few bucks on something that would probably never work! lol My lawnmower worked the day we brought it home, that was about it. When Nikki was a puppy she chewed the cords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco February 5, 2010 Share February 5, 2010 arm tired, but the generator started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerseller February 5, 2010 Share February 5, 2010 arm tired, but the generator started. So the generator started but your arm is still tired huh? try a different charactor next time, it might go faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overklok February 5, 2010 Share February 5, 2010 The paranoia got to me, went and purchased a 6800 watt generator. I am ready, bring it on!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite February 6, 2010 Share February 6, 2010 My son just called me at work to tell me the electricity just went out, basically because he was worried that there would be a tank flood... fear left over from hang-on overflow box days! My inverter is buried under a ton of junk in my car trunk :( digging it out of there while snow gets everything wet is going to be a big bummer. I always figured outages are good times to do water changes. We have not had an outage here that was longer than an hour for a few years. PEPCO responds really fast here, I think because there is a major shopping mall across the street, but I doubt it will be within an hour tonight though! If this new gas stove comes on during electric outages like the old gas one did, I'll be busy cooking and baking all night to keep the apartment warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discretekarma February 6, 2010 Share February 6, 2010 I'm a manager for Target and judging by the past few days, you'd think the world was going to end. People buying 4 bottles of laundry soap (are you really going to do 400 loads this weekend?), and every bit of food, candles, flashlights, board games, and TV's (super bowl) that they could get their hands on. It was about as busy as black friday this morning. I opened the doors at 8 and there were about 100 people waiting to pour in. It stayed just as busy all day long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite February 6, 2010 Share February 6, 2010 I had to drive home from Kensington after my last post (see above), over 495 and 270 - very VERY dangerous to be on the roads. Most cars were doing about 25mph, but there are some real crazy people out there. I saw a car that had spun out and hit a jersey wall near the Rockledge Dr. exit, so the rest of the way home I stayed far away from the side of the road, in case my car decided to spin out like that. Then I got home and the first thing, my son wanted me to take him to the store - he is out there walking 'cuase there's no way I'm going back on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmubeach February 6, 2010 Share February 6, 2010 He's walking? Hope you can have some hot chocolate ready for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite February 6, 2010 Share February 6, 2010 Here's a thought.... I have some of those hand crank powered flashlights and radio - one of ya all should find a way to make some hand crank powered powerheads for use during outages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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