So, how's the weather?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Wind storm coming through today. The weather alert goes from 8 AM this morning until 5 PM this evening, with the worst of it supposed to be between 10 and 2 today. Sustained winds of 40 to 60 mph with gusts of up to 100 mph.

Yay

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Wind is howling now, probably sustained at a good 40 to 50 mph. One part of the state has already reported a wind gust of 112 mph. The whole building is shaking.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

And that's 3 times in the last 20 minutes the power has gone out just long enough to shut everything in the shop off.

[Pony]

And that's 3 times in the last 20 minutes the power has gone out just long enough to shut everything in the shop off.

It will go off for good......right after you clock out.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It will go off for good......right after you clock out.

It ended up going out about 6 or 7 times total.

[DemonGeminiX]

75° and sunny.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Excellent Christmas weather for the Denver metro area....highs in the 60's all week

[Pony]

So Monday morning the temps went from high 60's to low 40's. The winds that came with that took down two trees on our road that both took out power lines, one broke the pole with the transformer. Needless to say, we were without power for about 15 hours.

That's actually a good repair time for a small power company in the mountains, we were expecting at least 2 days out. Luckily the sun came out and helped keep the house warm, I fired up my generator and had a few essentials running. (tv, internet). If it would have stayed out I could have fired up my Aunts generator as well for some heat, appliances, etc.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So Monday morning the temps went from high 60's to low 40's. The winds that came with that took down two trees on our road that both took out power lines, one broke the pole with the transformer. Needless to say, we were without power for about 15 hours.

That's actually a good repair time for a small power company in the mountains, we were expecting at least 2 days out. Luckily the sun came out and helped keep the house warm, I fired up my generator and had a few essentials running. (tv, internet). If it would have stayed out I could have fired up my Aunts generator as well for some heat, appliances, etc.

I've thought about getting a generator for emergencies but they are just so expensive.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

[Pony]

I've thought about getting a generator for emergencies but they are just so expensive.

If you ever decide to go for it I'd recommend a dual fuel. There are many benefits to running off propane, the top being you don't have to worry about always keeping fresh gas on hand.

Mines just a little 2000W portable. It's enough to run one 15A circuit. Yesterday I had the TV, a few lights, Roku, sound bar, Wifi, and a portable heater (on Medium). I made a quick "suicide" cord (double male ends), killed the breaker and plugged it from the Gen into a house outlet. Even had a couple wall switches powered up.

My Aunts Generator is 5000W? It's enough to run the necessities if wired into the panel. Could potentially run the furnace blower (gas furnace), fridges, microwave, etc. Currently I bought a thing that goes through the wall, has a 220v plug on the outside and splits that to two 120V circuits (3+3 outlets) on the inside of the house.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Started snowing yesterday afternoon, so of course that means the roads wouldn't be plowed this morning. Snow is tapering off, but we got about 4 to 5 inches and the roads are all snow covered and look more like forest service roads than highways.

[Pony]

Supposed to be some nasty stuff coming in tomorrow night through Sunday. Winds, freezing rain, snow 8-12 inches, extended power outages likely.

I came south to get away from this shit.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

[DemonGeminiX]

63°F and sunny.