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Old 12/12/2007, 07:25 PM
nash1999 nash1999 is offline
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Midwest Ice Storms

With all of the ice storms this past week and lots of downed
power lines it made me think - what if the power goes out for
an extended period of time.

Just wondering what contingency plans folks have and what, if any
battery backups do you all recommend?

Thanks!
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Old 12/12/2007, 07:41 PM
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I would have a generator handy for sure. We have been w/o power since Mon at 3am. We have a 6500 Coleman generator and we have been running 3 furnaces (2 neighbors and ours), my tank pump and heater. We put all the food outside in ice chests. I know my tank would have pretty much been a goner w/o the heat, since I do have battery operated air pumps too. If you have bad weather coming I would get prepared asap, I should have been better prepared. Just a fyi a battery backup is only good for a short time running a heater.
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Old 12/12/2007, 08:34 PM
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I'm sorry you're having to go through that -
Thanks for the info and take care!!
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Old 12/12/2007, 08:45 PM
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Sorry for the duplicate - just noticed someone else's 2 page post -
I'll read that....thanks
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Old 12/12/2007, 08:52 PM
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Hopefully no one lose's anything. I would be red hot if it was me.
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