After dinner on Tuesday, the Wife and I plopped down on the couch to watch the remake of Dawn of the Dead. Just when things were getting good, *BOOM* the transformer gets nailed by lightning. Our river shack is on septic and well. No power = no more water after the tank has been drained. I grabbed the flashlights and glo-sticks while Amanda light some candles. Turns out, most of the glo-sticks were past their prime. Looks like I need to restock my emergency kits! According to IPL, the power would be out until midnight.
We spent the rest of the night enjoying the silence, waiting for the power to return. By morning, it was still dark. After a shower at my Mom's place, I grabbed the cooler and some ice to try and save the food.
The power came back about noon. By then, I had made up my mind that we've lived without a generator for too long. So, I'm trading my Kel-Tec and a little cash for a new Coleman Powerman 5000, I mean Powermate 5000w. One step closer to surviving the zombie hordes. But now I'm down a firearm.
Guess it's time to save my pennies for a new carry gun!
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I've spent more hours without juice since I moved to Indy than I did in my entire eight years in K-Town. Bobbi is making serious generator acquisition noises herself...
I've been looking into the generator thing for the same reason. Power was off yesterday for 6-7 hours. I don't know enough about them yet and just what I really need to power, but I'm edumakating myself. Trading off a weapon always makes the Baby Jeebus cry, but you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes.
"Trading off a weapon always makes the Baby Jeebus cry..."
Eh...no worries, I plan on picking up a Glock 19 when I've built the firearm fund back up!
Look at the Honda generators, they're pretty freaking awesome but expensive! We need to run the wellpump, fridge and a few other misc items. I've heard the wellpump zaps a lot of energy though...
Generac.com
A 8-10Kw whole house gen installed costs about the same as a Socom II.
Forget all that plug it in when the lights go out crap. Lights go dim, gen kicks on, lock, load, crisis avoided.
Very cool!
We got our generator yesterday. It's a basic portable. 6k max load, should be plenty for what we need. If the area becomes to thick with the undead, we can take it with us!
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