Only 1.03 inches of rain where I live so the amount of rain has been okay to deal with so far (at least here). However, over 3 people have died from the storm or storms so far since Tuesday so that means life has been pretty difficult for some people that they couldn't survive the storm.
So, there are a lot of people who likely didn't have a very nice Christmas unless they went somewhere else or rented a local hotel room. However, local hotels and restaurants are trying to help local people who are suffering in various different ways who own a house here or are renting and don't have power.
We are lucky because we have a generator and this generator already has paid for itself many times over in power outages the last 2 or 3 years so far. It is a Yamaha 2200 inverter.
I would highly recommend this generator as long as during the year when you are not using it you start it for a few minutes every 2 weeks. The mechanic at the motorcycle shop told us to do this or else the carburetor jets will clog because they are so small. However, other than having to start it every 2 weeks it has been the best generator I have ever owned and about equal to an Onan I had built into our motorhome we owned until around 2016.
I am able to run two refrigerators, 2 lamps, a Wifi, Cable TV, 60 inch flat screen TV, a Tivo and if there is wifi I can stream from any of the providers who we are paying for for Streaming.
However, you might need a gas stove that you can light without an electric automatic sparker which we have and also your oven isn't going to work if it's electric. But, a small microwave oven we can use as well without drawing too much electricity. So, it's really useful to have something like this. However, watch out for Carbon monoxide. We have our generator in an plastic Shed we bought at Ace hardware where it and gasoline cans can store easily. However, watch out to not get rain or moisture into your gas cans you need to have them sealed well so they don't get moisture because we got one bad tank that I think must have had a little moisture or water in it because the engine ran pretty rough on that tank of gas. However, otherwise as long as you are careful where you put this in a wind regarding the emergency feature on it regarding carbon monoxide which will shut the engine off it there is too much where it is you should be okay. Very simple to operate.
Note: I usually store gasoline cans outside of plastic Shed once generator is running. I didn't realize the exhaust port was where it was and had plastic gas cans too close to the exhaust port and so the nearest gas cans got pretty warm before I realized this. So, even though it was raining I put the plastic Gas Cans out in the rain and wind away from the exhaust port of the generator. However, it's important to keep the generator out of the rain or it can be dangerous in multiple ways to itself or to you. Water and electrical things running this much electricity might not be safe for you or children to be too close to when it is raining.
However, when you are starting it up don't have electric cord to house attached because it creates too much load on the engine until the engine revs up enough to it's normal RPMs (revolutions per minute).
So, I remove the electrical cord whenever I shut it down to fill up gas tank and then plug it in after the engine gets going up to full speed. you will hear the engine groan a little if it is immediately carrying the load to your refrigerator and other things. However, it will make really strange noises if you are carrying too many things on your generator power wise. So, listen to the engine of the generator so you don't burn it up from overloading it electrically through your 100 foot outdoor power cord or whatever you have cord wise that will work. However, it's better if it's a a 3 prong because it is less likely you will get shocked in the rain when starting it or plugging the electric cord into the generator.
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