Day 2 with no power

[helomech]

A line of storms came through yesterday and knocked out the power. The wife is home and I am away at work. She has cleared the road with the tractor, and got the generator running. We have 2 incubators full of eggs right now, so we have to run the generator none stop. All is normal other than that.

Here is a pic she sent me.

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii247/helomech1973/home/10151408_10203766479789281_916219989_n_zpsf2a1fe9b .jpg (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/helomech1973/media/home/10151408_10203766479789281_916219989_n_zpsf2a1fe9b .jpg.html)

[mitunnelrat]

No power sucks, but at least she has things well in hand while you're away.

I'd hate to lose power right now. We've got a freezer full of food and I haven't picked a generator up yet since it didn't matter so much over the winter. Hopefully I'll have enough out of my tax return after I do some more work on the garage and pick up a chainsaw.

[helomech]

Yeah we practice all the time. I just put over 200lbs of chicken meat in one of my freezers. Both of my chest freezers are full of meat, but they will go at least 2 days with no power before they start thawing. The aquapoinics and the incubators are the top priorities right now. I need to get a small solar system that will run those type things.

[ElevenBravo]

Sounds like another day at the farm for Helo, three thumbs up for being prepped!

EB

[helomech]

Thanks EB, still no power and gas is expensive right now. We are always the last to get power back, because there are only 3 of us that are on the line that goes to my house.

[ElevenBravo]

Yes, gas is expensive... esp when you have to run genset 24 hr...

Im convinced when/if I get my perfect houch, Ill be running propane fridge and chest freezer (google). More expensive, BUT... doesnt rely on electricity.

EB

[helomech]

Yeah, I looked into those, but I can't find a big one. All the ones I find are too small for my uses. I am just going to get a solar set up for my freezers and fridge, and then I won't have to worry with that any more.

[Sniper-T]

kudos Helo. prepping is all about. Being able to deal with any situation that arises, even when you are from home. Kudo's to your wife as well!

[Stormfeather]

You know you can run the gennie for like a hour on and 3 hours off easily, to maintain freezer temperature right? It doesnt have to keep running all the time, this saves bigtime on gas

[LUNCHBOX]

I hate to say it but maybe you have to decide on the hatchlings. It sounds as if you have your freezers stocked well so maybe look at Storms 1 hour on 3 hours off.

Wasn't getting into your pockets, just looking at the cheaper side.

[helomech]

Power just came back on. Normally when power is out we just run it at night, but the goose eggs are not really replaceable right now. Also I have the 3 inside fish tanks with my breeder tilapia in them, and the aquaponics to deal with.

[Caveman Survival]

Shitty to hear about your ordeal, but at least it was a temp one. There's a reason we all do what we do and it doesn't have to involve a zombie outbreak. You've just proved that having a plan, analyzing deficiencies in that plan and seeking to correct this deficiencies is what prepping is all about. Kudos my friend.

[helomech]

Thanks Caveman, power outages are a normal occurrence around my place. Our power has gone out at least 4 times this year, really need to get my solar going.