[BOOF-M3]

Got gas.

[M_Six]

FIL in CT lost power for more than a week during that freak October ice storm a few years back. He invested $8k in a whole-house, natural gas powered generator. It's been used once since then very briefly during a snowstorm. So it seems investing in a whole-house, natural gas generator is a pretty good guarantee against future outages.

[Mr Tonka]

Originally Posted by BOOF-M3

Running out of gas by Bushnell. Need some help if someone knows anyone up here. Gas stations are crazy. No gas.

been looking to see if the internet has gas stations wth gas listed somewhere, can't find anything. Just a bunch of sensationalized crap.

Good luck!

[Mr Tonka]

Oh yeah, power is back on.

Was sitting out back by the pool listening to the lovely sound of generator harmonizing from different parts of the lake when there was a huge explosion on the other side of the lake. Then, the lights came on, all around the lake. Then more green transformer flashes from the next grid down the line.

Fingers crossed, it's stayed on so far. Light flickering... just hope it stays on til morning so i can get a shower. Screw that, i'm getting a shower now.

[1MOREMOD]

Is key west open or will I have to swim there

[elistan]

Originally Posted by tdott

I'm stuck in Dallas and it looks like the earliest flight back is Thursday.
PBI was closed today with only 1 Delta flight departing.

My house in Palm Beach County lost power overnight for roughly 6 hours, but came back in the morning and has been fine since.

Can't wait to get back home, good thing I bought travel insurance, problem is they are only covering $200 per day, that barely covers the hotel and car rental for my extended stay here in Dallas. FYI Dallas is boring so far!! Is there anything to do here?

What kind of stuff do you like doing! There's the Dallas Museum of Art, the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas World Acquarium, Trinity River Audubon Center, Uptown for social scene, Northpark Center for high end shopping (plus cool artwork displays like original Warhol pieces,) White Rock Lake to go for a run, out east a couple hours is the Dallas Karting Center with 60 mph karts available for rent, go eat at Pappas Bros if you want to drop your entire per diem on a single meal...

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Is key west open or will I have to swim there

Roads and bridges supposed to be ok but there may not be a place to stay there.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

Roads and bridges supposed to be ok but there may not be a place to stay there.

You all good?

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by Lups

You all good?

Yes thank you. Just waiting for power. Gonna go try to find gasoline in a little while.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

Yes thank you. Just waiting for power. Gonna go try to find gasoline in a little while.

Good to hear, and please know all of us here think you guys are nuts! We pay extra to sleep in an igloo hotel in the winter, but even a thought of a tropical weather and wind makes us all go crawling under our beds.

[TrevorM3]

hope everyone is OK. Lost power sunday AM, got it back yesterday around 6pm.

the hospital was INSANE. 40 bed ER, had over 70 patients throughout a 12hr shift.. Jesus

[F30lolz]

Back at work in Brickell. I could have worked from home but having two screens makes working much easier compared to only one. We are required to leave no later than 5pm today as there still is a curfew in place so they can clean up the roads. Had to zig zag my way here with down power lines, trees, twigs, debris from jtodd_fl, 1MOREMOD, UncleWede and left over party thongs from ///M Power-Belgium.

Irma was a bad bitch.

[Fundguy1]

Still no power here

[RickFLM4]

I found some gasoline but could only get Super (93 octane). Generator is supposed to use regular. I have a mix of remaining regular and super in it now and it seems fine. Anyone more mechanically inclined than me know of any consequences from using super in the generator (other than overpaying for gas)? At least I can put it in our cars if we get lucky and power comes on soon.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Fundguy1

Still no power here

Wow, that sucks. Where in Orlando are you?

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by F30lolz

Back at work in Brickell. I could have worked from home but having two screens makes working much easier compared to only one. We are required to leave no later than 5pm today as there still is a curfew in place so they can clean up the roads. Had to zig zag my way here with down power lines, trees, twigs, debris from jtodd_fl, 1MOREMOD, UncleWede and left over party thongs from ///M Power-Belgium.

Irma was a bad bitch.

MKSixer had the van this past weekend, I'm not taking the rap for any of that shit!

[Fundguy1]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Wow, that sucks. Where in Orlando are you?

Windermere

[Our03z4]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

I found some gasoline but could only get Super (93 octane). Generator is supposed to use regular. I have a mix of remaining regular and super in it now and it seems fine. Anyone more mechanically inclined than me know of any consequences from using super in the generator (other than overpaying for gas)? At least I can put it in our cars if we get lucky and power comes on soon.

No harm at all. I use 93 in all small engines for my companies.

[upstatedoc]

Originally Posted by Our03z4

No harm at all. I use 93 in all small engines for my companies.

I use 93 and all my lawn machines and snowblower

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Fundguy1

Windermere

Ah, so opposite side from my sister's place. Closer to the storm path, so probably a lot more damage.

[RickFLM4]

Power has returned! According to thermostat, it was 84 degrees in the house when I turned the power from generator to electric company.

[F30lolz]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

Power has returned! According to thermostat, it was 84 degrees in the house when I turned the power from generator to electric company.

Congrats, now its Fundguy1's turn.