So our power is out...

"WilliamsSW" (williamssw) 02/23/2019 at 13:09 • Filed to: It's a miracle we're still alive really

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Came home from kids soccer and had no power. In the last 30 minutes:

- my wife was amazed that I was able to somehow open the garage door

- I showed her how to light the stove ( gas stove with electric igniter)

- I had to point out that we have no Wi-Fi

There’s more but I’ll stop...

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 13:13

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Haha!

E90M3 > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 13:13

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Power out? Perfect time for a mid-day black out. 

CB > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 13:13

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Welcome to the future. Looking forward to having a family and going “back in my day when the power went out...”

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 13:13

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no wifi!!!

its the end of the wooooooorld!!!!!

save our sausages!

vondon302 > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 13:16

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Better call FEMA

WilliamsSW > vondon302 02/23/2019 at 13:17

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Already did!

WilliamsSW > E90M3 02/23/2019 at 13:17

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Lol as in blackout drunk?

WilliamsSW > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 02/23/2019 at 13:18

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  This is why they have that cured meat that doesn’t need refrigeration. 

vondon302 > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 13:19

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But how! you have no power?

WilliamsSW > CB 02/23/2019 at 13:19

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  At some point people will not be able to do anything at all when the power goes out. 

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 13:20

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...did your wife not know about matches?

My grandparents used to have a gas range with a push button igniter like a grill. I miss the sound of it. 

WilliamsSW > vondon302 02/23/2019 at 13:21

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Haha - I’m responding to you right?

And it amazed me even 30 years ago how many people would be shocked that the phone would work when the power was out - as long as you didn’t have a cordless phone that had to be plugged in!

WilliamsSW > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 02/23/2019 at 13:23

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I think she wasn’t sure what to do with the match and didn’t want any part of it. I think in her mind she’s afraid it will blow up.

smobgirl > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 13:24

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I’m v ery thankful that my heat and stove work as normal without power. As a kid we had well water (and no generator for the pump) and had a few outages that stretched longer than a week. Misery. 

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 13:25

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The mini mushroom cloud is the best part!

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 13:26

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i tried beef jerky the other day.... its was inedible and strangely sweet

i think thats coz they send us the crap jerky tho... im sure the real stuff is better

Alfalfa > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 13:30

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One of my childhood homes had a gas stove where the main burner would take forever to ignite no matter how many people looked at it. At age 12 I figured out it was just easier (and in fact, safer) to use the grill lighter.

WilliamsSW > smobgirl 02/23/2019 at 13:30

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We don’t have heat, and the stove requires a match, but it’s not cold here ( 45 degrees) and we are lucky that the power is never out long.

Com ed is currently saying another 45 minutes.  

E90M3 > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 13:31

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Yup

WilliamsSW > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 02/23/2019 at 13:31

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I was nice and lit the match first before turning the gas on so she wouldn’t freak out.

Now if I was home alone...

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 13:32

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I keep forgetting to find a corded phone to keep just for that. I probably won’t ever use it but it would be nice to have just in case

WilliamsSW > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 02/23/2019 at 13:33

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It’s ALL chewy as he ll, but there’s all kinds of different flavors - I like the spicy and peppery stuff. 

WilliamsSW > Alfalfa 02/23/2019 at 13:35

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As a kid, our stove had a pilot light. It usually lit fairly quick, but the pilot light went out regularly. 

WilliamsSW > E90M3 02/23/2019 at 13:36

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Unfortunately drunk parenting sucks ass.

WilliamsSW > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/23/2019 at 13:37

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We don’t have a land line now, but when I did, I did keep 1 corded phone around for that purpose. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 13:37

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i expected chewy.... i just didnt expect sweet

spicy and peppery would be much more to my liking

WilliamsSW > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 02/23/2019 at 13:43

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There’s probably some brown sugar or whatever on that one. Different flavors of jerky are all the rage now it seems. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > smobgirl 02/23/2019 at 13:44

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The only city services that worked for us after hurricane Gustav were water and sewer. For two weeks we depended on a portable generator and a camp stove.

Fun times. 

Steve in Manhattan > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 14:00

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One of the nice things about living in this city? Buried power lines. 

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 14:45

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I once was delayed leaving on a move because I parked in the garage overnight, and the power went out. The garage was separate from the house, and the only way in was through the overhead door. I couldn’t get in to manually release it. Just a small reminder if you're building your own garage  to never do that.

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 15:10

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I was just talking with my wife wondering if it would be so bad not having data plans in our cell phone.  It’s finny how much we start to depend on that stuff. We didn’t have any of it as kids, not even voice cell phones. 

WilliamsSW > Steve in Manhattan 02/23/2019 at 15:14

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Yeah, they’re above ground here, so we get frequent but short outages.

This one seems to be equipment - they’re next door working, no lines are down.  

WilliamsSW > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 02/23/2019 at 15:15

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Hmm, I’ve never seen a detached garage without an access door. That would suck!

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 02/23/2019 at 15:17

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So true! I wouldn’t go without a data plan now.

In fact, ATT hates me because I have a very old unlimited plan that they can’t force me off of.

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 15:20

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Oh yeah, they hate you. I think they are starting to get tired waiting for you people to die, and none of you can be coaxed off that plan.

I’d start looking over your shoulder when you’re out. 

HoustonRunner > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 15:25

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Above ground power lines here as well.  Two years ago I bought a pair of UPS to run the modem (I have fiber to the house that doesn’t seem to go out when the power does) and the main google WiFi router.  Has worked great and kept the WiFi going for at least 5 hours after power went out during Harvey.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 02/23/2019 at 16:13

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Perhaps they were the ones that cut the power...

WilliamsSW > HoustonRunner 02/23/2019 at 16:15

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Nice! If I were to do that, I’d just go full on with a diesel generator.

There is a battery backup on the basement sump pump, but it would be nice to have the generator for any long term outage. 

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 16:38

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Tell me about it. It was a huge space, and great for working in,  but very poorly planned .

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 17:52

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I grew up on a house without electricity. I once had a baby sitter who nearly burned down our house waiting for the propane stove to light automatically.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 18:35

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Haha yeah.  There was an odd moment the last time our power went out when we realized the stove could still work and we could still take hot showers.

WilliamsSW > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/23/2019 at 19:32

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Yikes!! Hope your parents taught her or got a new sitter after that!

WilliamsSW > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/23/2019 at 19:34

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Ha! I just had to get a lighter to get the burner lit, and we were good to go.

My wife wanted to heat some milk, and without a microwave, she went to go get a bottle warmer. I’m like “ isn’t that electric?...

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 19:54

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She never returned after that.

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 21:47

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RIP WilliamsSW.

HoustonRunner > WilliamsSW 02/23/2019 at 22:09

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True, but these were much cheaper.  Think they were about $80 each.

WilliamsSW > HoustonRunner 02/23/2019 at 23:07

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  Yeah, but if it was long enough for that, I’d want to power the fridge and sump pump, Wi-Fi is just a bonus. 

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 02/23/2019 at 23:07

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Again?

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 02/24/2019 at 00:23

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As many times as it takes.

HoustonRunner > WilliamsSW 02/24/2019 at 09:32

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We have natural gas that, as far as I can tell, hasn’t gone out ever.  We looked at a gas generator when we built our house, but the extra $10k wasn’t in our budget.

WilliamsSW > HoustonRunner 02/24/2019 at 09:55

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Yeah, I don’t think ours has ever gone out, either.