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<blockquote data-quote="7stw" data-source="post: 1956656" data-attributes="member: 18402"><p>I lived in rural northeast Kansas for a while and we where out of power in 07/08 for 33 days it was a huge icestorm with 22" of snow afterward itcame in a few days before Christmas and was a real b[#<h. But after a while we adapted with the help of several generators. Water for livestock Was the biggest problem no ponds where we had cattle all depended on wells and that presented some challenges it was a cold bastard and when the power went out the heaters quit working and the wells froze. It taught me a lot about self reliance the town was out for three days and it took lots longer to get all power back on some neighbors were out longer than where. In Oklahoma two days after the Christmas eve blizzard but the tornados in the piedmont /Cashion area three years ago had us out for three days. I grew up in Arkansas and was used to ice storms or tornados knocking power out for a few days I learned to keep a generator and some oil lamps as well as a kerosene heater around with a camp stove and some easy to prepare food. And in the spring summer I learned to find your nearest source of dry ice for your deep freezer. But the biggest thing I learned in ne Kansas was that when transmission lines go down and are crushed like beer cans it's going to be awhile so get used to living "off the grid" and you can get real comfortable but damn the excitement when the power does finally come back on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7stw, post: 1956656, member: 18402"] I lived in rural northeast Kansas for a while and we where out of power in 07/08 for 33 days it was a huge icestorm with 22" of snow afterward itcame in a few days before Christmas and was a real b[#<h. But after a while we adapted with the help of several generators. Water for livestock Was the biggest problem no ponds where we had cattle all depended on wells and that presented some challenges it was a cold bastard and when the power went out the heaters quit working and the wells froze. It taught me a lot about self reliance the town was out for three days and it took lots longer to get all power back on some neighbors were out longer than where. In Oklahoma two days after the Christmas eve blizzard but the tornados in the piedmont /Cashion area three years ago had us out for three days. I grew up in Arkansas and was used to ice storms or tornados knocking power out for a few days I learned to keep a generator and some oil lamps as well as a kerosene heater around with a camp stove and some easy to prepare food. And in the spring summer I learned to find your nearest source of dry ice for your deep freezer. But the biggest thing I learned in ne Kansas was that when transmission lines go down and are crushed like beer cans it's going to be awhile so get used to living "off the grid" and you can get real comfortable but damn the excitement when the power does finally come back on. [/QUOTE]
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