Preparing for Power Outages?

That's similar in size to a Miller or Lincoln mid-size engine-drive arc welder. For that size engine (16-20 hp) compare the pricing to a Miller Bobcat or Lincoln Ranger and you have an arc welder along with power generation.

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Jonathan Grobe wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@worf.netins.net:

Usually nothing. But this winter we have already had two outages. The first was due to high winds bringing down the lines. THe second was due to a car bringing down a power pole.

The first one I was ready for. When i heard the forcast for high winds I hung the camping lantern from the hook in the living room celing and made sure the camp stove was fueled up. We filled the freezer with ice packs. When the power went out, my wife transfered the ice packs and some food into the cooler. Big supprise was finding out that the gas fireplace didn't have an emergency bypass. I have now have an inverter and can run the fire place off a battery if necessary.

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Gordon

Kitchen appliances are not designed to heat houses. I hope you have a CO detector and smoke detectors. That way, when your house burns down you can get out safely, then stand real close to the fire to stay warm.

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larryc

Powdered milk is for cooking, like that biscuit recipe that calls for milk or a loaf of bread. You can also get powdered buttermilk, which works well for buttermilk pancakes. Powdered milk is nonfat milk solids.

Evaporated milk is palatable, but it doesn't taste like fresh milk. It has been cooked. It's great for cooked milk recipes like puddings and custards. You cut it with an equal amount of water to reconstitute it. If you need to stretch it, you can mix it with reconstituted powdered milk and end up with a low fat product that isn't horrible.

Condensed milk is sweetened, and normally just used in confectioner's recipes.

I normally keep a couple gallons of milk (in quart cardboard containers) frozen in the freezer. The milk solids separate in the freezing, but you can shake the crap out of the carton and mix it back up again.

Another thing I run out of during disasters is eggs. I toss a few containers of "scramblers" (pasteurized egg product) in the freezer, and thaw them when the fresh eggs are gone. Since they are pasteurized, you can use them in old time recipes to make real ice cream or caesar dressing. In the old days they used to sell powdered eggs, which tasted horrible by themselves, but cooked up nicely in recipes.

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larryc

OTOH, kitchen appliances are not sentenient beings and don't know what they're heating. They'll no more burn down the house heating air than they will heating water, roast beef, turkey, etc.

OTOH2, some DO produce a lot of CO. The propane range in my MH can click off 100 PPM CO in under an hour with all three burners going.

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Neon John

Strawman argument. Nobody has said that appliances might be sentient. The argument is about wether or not they are designed to be used to heat a room and they most certainly not.

It won't burn the house down, but you possibly might not live through the night.

Clearly yours has affected you judging by the quality of your post.

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AZ Nomad

I want broadband again. We're in Brown County, south-central Indiana. Nothing ever changes here.

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Don

We're surrounded by tall trees and the dish has to face south. I was told the 2 way internet dishes are more sensitive than the 1 way TV dishes and after having both for almost a year now I agree. Our internet will go out much more frequently than the TV.

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Don

Pay attention. I wasn't talking about *everyone* and you shouldn't be either.

Buying themselves a job? You must have read that silliness in a socialist rag somewhere.

Nope, no problem at all. Its called, keeping your eye on the goal. How long have you been buying your job from your boss?

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Don

At least now the time does (G&D&R). Who is Nashville's phone company? Kurt (From Indy) Ullman

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Kurt Ullman

Don wrote

or you run with a

primary goal of the

the profit is the

Go and f*ck yourself.

You have always been, and always will be, completely and utterly irrelevant.

What you might or might not have been talking about in spades.

What matters is what SOME businesses do as far as the original claim about the primary goal of businesses is.

Pathetic, really.

Not necessarily. Mainly just a lifestyle choice.

Bit hard since I've never actually been stupid enough to read one.

I do however know plenty who run their own business, in fact I know more of those than those who are wage slaves.

Many more in fact.

Fraid so.

Its actually called desperately attempting to bullshit your way out of your predicament.

I'm not a wage slave, stupid.

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Rod Speed

In Brown County, you don't need broadband. Too much fun available just outside the door. I'm from the counties just on either side of there, so I have spent a lot of time on or near 46- I'd trade this brand new DSL line here in SW MI, for a Brown County address, in a heartbeat.

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ameijers

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"wage slave" - one who has become incurably addicted to their desires for what money can buy?

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Jim

snipped-for-privacy@teleport.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:

you still can buy powdered eggs,also powdered egg whites. try Google.

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Jim Yanik

Nope, someone who depends on a wage for their income.

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Rod Speed

thank you for the explanation.

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Jim

Ooo - Brown County! That is some gorgeous country!

AL

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AL

That eliminates you, welfare boy.

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William Souden

I live in AZ.

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Ashton Crusher

Ashton Crusher wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Flagstaff?

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