Got snow?

[brads70]

Just lost power this morning at 6AM.  I'm running on a generator, 2 space heaters, a fan forced wood stove. I've got my laptops, slingboxTV, DSL and routers all on the generator and battery backups. 60% of my zip code area is down and no answer as to when it will be back up? -6 degrees F right now.

Good thing that I bought a generator after that time when the whole grid went down for 5 days. How the hell would you keep your pipes from freezing if you aren't prepared?

Now I need to stock up with gas since all of the local stations are out of power too.

Stay safe!

[ShelbyDogg]

Stay safe!

Luckily, power was only off for 6 hours. It was a wake up call for me to get my extra wiring installed so I can just plug my generator into the house.   Now it the snow wasn't so deep........

[dodj]

Luckily, power was only off for 6 hours. It was a wake up call for me to get my extra wiring installed so I can just plug my generator into the house.   Now it the snow wasn't so deep........

I wired my generator to back-feed through a panel breaker. When the power goes out I switch off the 200amp main and switch on the generator breaker. 

[rattlesnake]

Big warm up today. Its now 5 degrees yeh!!!

[Topcat]

I feel for you all going thru this winter vortex.

I couldn't even fathom what it's like nor be able to deal with it.

Super cold weather gives me mega cracks on every finger tip making it painful to touch anything.

[ShelbyDogg]

I wired my generator to back-feed through a panel breaker. When the power goes out I switch off the 200amp main and switch on the generator breaker. 

I wired my old house wired the same way. I put in an outside dryer plug under the deck. After killing the mains, I would just wheel out the generator, plug in my patch cord, then fire it up.   You have to make sure that the big loads are off though, like the electric furnace or A/C. My 6500 watt generator still only comes with a 30 amp socket.

Probably start looking for a whole house generator this year.

[brads70]

I  my old house wired the same way. I put in an outside dryer plug under the deck. After killing the mains, I would just wheel out the generator, plug in my patch cord, then fire it up.   You have to make sure that the big loads are off though, like the electric furnace or A/C. My 6500 watt generator still only comes with a 30 amp socket.

Probably start looking for a whole house generator this year.

 I have lots of customers that use Generac back up generators that run off natural gas. Hard wired into the house etc... They seem to work good , like anything else.... as long as you maintain them.

[Topcat]

A huge Arctic blast is heading right into the central portion North America.
Northern borders of the U.S. and Canada will be hit hard next week.

This is basically a frozen Typhoon heading our way.
All commercial fishing boats in the Baltic sea are grounded.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/11/07/typhoon-nuri-alaska-storm-aleutian-islands/18630885/

[cuda]

We got about 6 inches on the ground now and I think that its done soon. I'm glad that I took the Cuda out yesterday for my last drive of the season. Winter sucks !!!

[dfrazz]

Beautiful day today cruising the Cuda around!  The bottom drops out around noon on Monday in Denver for a pretty sucky week....

[dfrazz]

Beautiful day today cruising the Cuda around!  The bottom drops out around noon on Monday in Denver for a pretty sucky week....

Officially at 2:06 pm the snow has starting to fly here in Denver.  The temp has dropped 20 degrees in 3 hrs...

[roadman5312]

Cold (upper 60s lower 70s) and damp here in Central Fl.  Just miserable weather. Just in case anybody gives a rats a$$     

[brads70]

Warm day here too ....up in the frozen wasteland know as Canada . No snow, tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer! 

Keep that snow down south would ya! 

[moparman82]

Got our first last night here in omaha, it was 60 and sunny yesterday, dropped to 17 last night and snowed, highs here around 30 for the next 10 days and supposed to get more snow on sat

[BIGSHCLUNK]

Snowing here right now.............