I've said I intended to buy a generator a number of times here on FF. I have procrastinated like a pro. I have shopped and either could not find one that struck my fancy or I didn't have the money to buy what I wanted.
Then it happened. Last night we had a very close call with a tornado. It came thru my part of Ohio. We never ever have had a tornado touch down even close to here. Last night it touched down from Coolville to Reedsville. I'm a Reedsville mailing address (not in the town). The tornado leveled multiple houses. A guy less than a mile down the road from me ended up with his truck in his living room. Massive damage to his house, but it was not leveled. It was a brick house, I'm sure that helped.
Today power is still out, and roads are closed all over as emergency crews try to clean up from this mess. We are extremely lucky no one was killed or seriously hurt here in Ohio. Just across the river, about a mile to a mile and one half away a man was killed in Belleville WV. A trailer park over there (in WV) was devastated.
So, we were extremely lucky to escape with no damage at all. However we are without power for the foreseeable future. So I went generator shopping today and actually bought one. I bought a Rigid RD8000. 10000 start up and 8000 running. Subaru engine. It has a gauge that shows the percentage of power we are consuming from the generator and so far we are at 30%. I have the fridgs running along with TV & satellite boxes and of course my computers. Along with a few lights. That's all we need for now.
So I'm a happy camper tonight. I finally got off my butt and bought a generator.
Then it happened. Last night we had a very close call with a tornado. It came thru my part of Ohio. We never ever have had a tornado touch down even close to here. Last night it touched down from Coolville to Reedsville. I'm a Reedsville mailing address (not in the town). The tornado leveled multiple houses. A guy less than a mile down the road from me ended up with his truck in his living room. Massive damage to his house, but it was not leveled. It was a brick house, I'm sure that helped.
Today power is still out, and roads are closed all over as emergency crews try to clean up from this mess. We are extremely lucky no one was killed or seriously hurt here in Ohio. Just across the river, about a mile to a mile and one half away a man was killed in Belleville WV. A trailer park over there (in WV) was devastated.
So, we were extremely lucky to escape with no damage at all. However we are without power for the foreseeable future. So I went generator shopping today and actually bought one. I bought a Rigid RD8000. 10000 start up and 8000 running. Subaru engine. It has a gauge that shows the percentage of power we are consuming from the generator and so far we are at 30%. I have the fridgs running along with TV & satellite boxes and of course my computers. Along with a few lights. That's all we need for now.
So I'm a happy camper tonight. I finally got off my butt and bought a generator.