We’ve talked about it. The thing is, where we are at, we have only had a major outage twice in 18 years. This one and then the last one was 2006. In 2011 (I think) we lost power for 24 hours. So, it may not really be worth the $$.
We were able to implement our shelter in place plan and it worked. With a few issues that we will correct. And I will talk about in the next week or so. But yes, natural disasters are the most common reason to be prepared.
No wind over here on the right side of the state, but we just got 7-8” of wet snow. I had to move a broken tree out of my road to get home last night. Thankfully, even though power was out for a while in town, ours stayed on. We’re always ready for storms and outages though, so all is good.
Most predictions I have seen say more snow but slightly warmer than normal. I hope that’s right. Snow is great, but I’m not real fond of sub-zero temps.
Weirdly in Sumner we only had flickering lights. Down in the valley it’s like nothing happened.
Stay safe (and as warm as you can). We may not have to deal with the cold, but we in Florida feel your high wind-related pain!
Yeah, this reminded me of the years I lived near Savannah. Except for the stupid cold.
Glad you and the family are well. Next investment may be a Generac!
We’ve talked about it. The thing is, where we are at, we have only had a major outage twice in 18 years. This one and then the last one was 2006. In 2011 (I think) we lost power for 24 hours. So, it may not really be worth the $$.
Wow! Glad you and your family are alive and safe!
Glad to know you are safe and well. A good reminder to be and stay prepared!
We were able to implement our shelter in place plan and it worked. With a few issues that we will correct. And I will talk about in the next week or so. But yes, natural disasters are the most common reason to be prepared.
Stay safe
Power is back on tonight, so only 48 hours … not nearly as bad as the folks in the western Carolinas after Helene.
Very true
I grew up in Seattle (1977 - 1993), never experienced anything like this. Glad you two are ok!
No wind over here on the right side of the state, but we just got 7-8” of wet snow. I had to move a broken tree out of my road to get home last night. Thankfully, even though power was out for a while in town, ours stayed on. We’re always ready for storms and outages though, so all is good.
Gonna be a hard winter. North cascades pass is already closed for the winter
Most predictions I have seen say more snow but slightly warmer than normal. I hope that’s right. Snow is great, but I’m not real fond of sub-zero temps.
I spent a lot of time in Yakima Firing Center in sub zero, not my favorite for sure
I’ll be writing a “shelter in place” preparedness post that goes into a lot more detail and also covers off on the things we learned to improve