Who Else Is Getting Ready for Yet Another Nor'Easter Snow Storm?

[Grace]

We also are in a rural area, with a well. Shortly after we moved in, 21 years ago, we bought a generator. Not one of those whole-house units, but we are able to plug it into the side of the house. Inside is a panel with 5 switches. We can run the furnace, well, fridge, hot water heater and assorted lights around the house.

It's been a God send over the years. Yes, it's not much fun to drag around in the snow, but at least we can have heat and water - flush and shower

[sparks19]

I agree. Our heat is all baseboard heating and our stove is electric. if the power goes out it's gonna get cold in here... FAST. We;ve got a lot of clothes, a lot of blankets and a butt load of candles LOL but no fireplace. at least the van is fully gased up lol and we do have the grill if we need to cook

right now we are just wondering how sturdy our roof is

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

We also are in a rural area, with a well. Shortly after we moved in, 21 years ago, we bought a generator. Not one of those whole-house units, but we are able to plug it into the side of the house. Inside is a panel with 5 switches. We can run the furnace, well, fridge, hot water heater and assorted lights around the house.

It's been a God send over the years. Yes, it's not much fun to drag around in the snow, but at least we can have heat and water - flush and shower

I need to get my husband to look into one of those. We had a small one at one time and we used it in a warm weather power outtage just to run lights and the tv.
In fact, I told my husband that since he doesn't want to leave "the farm" and I want to move into an easier living situation like a 55+ community, that he has 2 choices:
We move or we get generator and snow blower!

Would you mind sharing what kind of generator it is or a link to it or something so I can show and tell my husband about it?

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

I agree. Our heat is all baseboard heating and our stove is electric. if the power goes out it's gonna get cold in here... FAST. We;ve got a lot of clothes, a lot of blankets and a butt load of candles LOL but no fireplace. at least the van is fully gased up lol and we do have the grill if we need to cook

right now we are just wondering how sturdy our roof is

The pipes in the crawl space really should be wrapped in that thermal stuff. The kind that heats electrically wouldn't help in power outtages but just some wrapping would help some.
I think our roof is okay.
We've got plenty of clothes and blankets, too, but I'm ALWAYS cold, even with the thermostat set at 68 or 70! So a power failure is going to equal me getting cold real quick. I guess I could always have a marathon cooking and baking session in the kitchen to keep warm since we can light the stove with a match since it's gas.

[Grace]

Pat here is a link to our generator. There is a Gentran panel inside, near the breaker box, and the generator connects to that. You can get ones similar, but cheaper, but this one is very quiet.

Douglas said the prices of whole-house generators is going down - you might want to look into one of those.

You said you have a gas stove - do you have natural gas, or propane?

The nice thing about the whole-house - they turn on and off automatically when the power goes off.

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

Pat here is a link to our generator. There is a Gentran panel inside, near the breaker box, and the generator connects to that. You can get ones similar, but cheaper, but this one is very quiet.

Douglas said the prices of whole-house generators is going down - you might want to look into one of those.

You said you have a gas stove - do you have natural gas, or propane?

The nice thing about the whole-house - they turn on and off automatically when the power goes off.

THANK YOU! I will show this info to my DH in the morning, he's gone to dreamland already!

Our stove is propane.

[orangemm]

We got some freezing rain last night, but they are calling for additional snow today with high winds. It has to be bad if the bank is closed!

Guess we'll just hunker down and pray that the power doesn't go out.

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

We got some freezing rain last night, but they are calling for additional snow today with high winds. It has to be bad if the bank is closed!

Guess we'll just hunker down and pray that the power doesn't go out.

Same here. Our vehicles in the driveway have a pile of snow on them again but on the ground we had cleared there is only about 2-3" of crunch sleet/snow. Our road is actualy still clear. It's barely doing a slushy-sleet out there right now....The calm before the storm I suppose.
I did hear one encouraging report...no mention of 50+ mph winds so far, all I heard was "gusts up to 25"...that's a whole lot more comforting than what they had been saying at first.

[pomtzu]

We're under another blizzard warning and the governor has called a state of emergency again. We got about 6" last night before it turned to rain, so it was a couple of inches of slush on the porch this a.m. when I let the dogs out. It just started snowing again and is supposed to much of the day, with periods of extremely heavy snow. We are on the south edge of the storm, and they are still saying we could get 20", but I doubt that we will.

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

We're under another blizzard warning and the governor has called a state of emergency again. We got about 6" last night before it turned to rain, so it was a couple of inches of slush on the porch this a.m. when I let the dogs out. It just started snowing again and is supposed to much of the day, with periods of extremely heavy snow. We are on the south edge of the storm, and they are still saying we could get 20", but I doubt that we will.

I don't even want to look at the tv for a report...I HOPE we aren't in a blizzard warning but I wouldn't be surprised if it's a state of emergency by the afternoon.
We are also in the up to 20" band last I knew, but I'm hoping we'll get whatever the minimum for that particular band is and not the 20"!

Hang in there....12 hours or so and we should be on the other side of this storm! I plan to take lots of naps and watch tv and keep busy on the computer to keep my mind off it! Might have to shut the living room drapes so I don't see what is on the other side of the big picture window!

[Pinot's Mom]

**sigh** It's snowing **sigh** hard! It snowed about 8" to this point. We drop the winter storm warning at 10am - then we go into blizzard conditions. It's officially the snowiest winter ever.

I really wouldn't have any problem with it if I were retired, but I'm not. I work in customer service for a manufacturing facility and this has been hell for us and our customers. We have had to close again today; this will be devastating for production. OK-I've vented. **sigh**

[pomtzu]

I don't even want to look at the tv for a report...I HOPE we aren't in a blizzard warning but I wouldn't be surprised if it's a state of emergency by the afternoon.
We are also in the up to 20" band last I knew, but I'm hoping we'll get whatever the minimum for that particular band is and not the 20"!

Sorry to break the news to you, but you've got blizzard warnings too. I checked The Weather Channel site and used Cherry Hill as the city reference point, and sure enough, you've got it too.

[Puckstop31]

Super. I just watched the local TV update. We already have about 8 inches extra on the ground. "But the worst is yet to come", he says. What a JERK! LOL

They showed a map... With Lancaster county as a base (where we are) there is a "12-18" inch line that runs diagonally towards NYC that ends in the upper poconos. Plus, 30mph sustained winds this afternoon, starting around 3-4pm.


God.... We offically cry "UNCLE!" You da man, OK? So stop already.

[davidpizzica]

Up here, 40 miles north of Pittsburgh, we have 5 more inches of fresh snow on top of the 22" we've gotten in the BIG snow. Maybe an additional 1-3' possible today, too. Our big problem is the wind, which is gusting up to 40 mph, causing drifts and low visibilty. I can't wait for spring to come!

[Alysser]

Bri, my school closes much later then all the other schools, it's hard to get off school here. :P