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Our electricity has been restored

November 19th, 2013 at 02:10 pm

It's been a while since I've posted. October and November are busy months for me at work.

Those of you who don't live in the Mid West undoubtedly heard about the wind storms (and tornadoes for some) this past Sunday. We had no damage around our house. We did, however lose power at around 1:00 AM Monday morning. It was restored about 10:30 last night.

We're very thankful that we bought that generator late last summer. I'm especially thankful that we spent the extra for the direct hookup into our electric box. It made powering our home with the generator a simple task.

That generator sure did burn through the gasoline! It used a bit more than a gallon per hour. That's an expensive way to power a house.

But, as I said, the other effects of the wind storm were extremely minimal, and that wasn't true for so many others.

Fortunately, we had already planned to "winterize" our animals Sunday afternoon. We moved all of the chickens inside the barn, and we moved the two duck coops to their permanent winter locations, next to the barn and out of the wind. We couldn't have timed that move better.

4 Responses to “Our electricity has been restored”

  1. Miz Pat Says:
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    I wonder if a propane generator is cheaper. You did good planning for your family. Great job!

  2. LuckyRobin Says:
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    Glad you made it through unscathed. We had minimal things we would use on our generator. The fridge, the freezer, a bank of outlets, the microwave and one bank of lights that covered the kid's bathroom and their bedroom lights. The rest of the rooms we lit with kerosene or candles or rechargeable lanterns and we heated with the wood stove. By doing that we could make the gasoline last a lot longer than it would have.

  3. rob62521 Says:
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    Glad you and your family are safe.

  4. Looking Forward Says:
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    Yes I saw the weather on the news and was thinking of all our SA friends in the midwest.
    Glad the power outage was the worst of it.

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