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Topic subjectRE: Jeanne Another hurricane another bullseye
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71566, RE: Jeanne Another hurricane another bullseye
Posted by mickster, Tue Sep-28-04 12:43 AM
We were without power from 1 PM sunday 'till 5 this evening.
We were awakened at 4 AM yesterday when the winds blew a large branch from the conservation behind us into the poolcage. That intial blow was the worst thing except for the 28 hours without power. The next door neighbor has a large pine hanging over their home now...just waiting for a good rain or wind and it'll be into their home.

Things I discovered during and after Jeanne...
a) A 350 VAC UPS is not sufficient to run a Mr. Coffee coffee maker
b) modern waterheaters keep the water heated/warm for 24 hours...that was really nice.
c) The electric companies really DO know where the blown transformers and other equipment outages are without our tying up their phone lines.
d) Modern refrigerator/freezers are very well insulated and do an excellent job of keeping food cold when the power goes out.
e) I'm very glad to see our other Florida stalwarts fared pretty well. Hang in ther Lilly...power crews really are doing well at restoring power.
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