People seem scared. Anyone else notice?

[RickN]

Actually, I can envision a situation where the riots continue under Biden. The Marxists and anarchists already know that the liberal politicians would be quick to cave to their demands.

I agree but I think the riots have little to do with politics anymore. Sure some of the BLM marches do but the nightly riots are just young punks raising hell because they know they will not face jail time. Probably not even a fine. They will continue until the liberals crack down on them.

 

[ignerntbend]

People who live on Facebook should pack up there younguns, and take what they can carry.
They should pack their Ma and pack their Pa. Try to cross the border and immigrate to the real world.
Folks ould be a lot less skeered.

 

[chuter]

If you live in OKC go walk through Quail Springs mall at 3:00p.m. on a Saturday and pay attention to the crowd. Took my granddaughter lady Saturday. First time I've been there since March. Ain't going back. I felt safer at WalMart. In that mall you could just feel a palpable tension from certain from certain members of society. Their body language spoke volumes.

I told my wife not to go to any malls until after the election, just doesn't seem like a good place to be.

 

[Mos Eisley]

There's only two malls left in the metro here. The one near me has outside entrances for the Carharrt store, Lenscrafters, and the jewelry store I patronize. That's all I need. Dicks closed up their store in a strip mall and moved to the big mall probably because rental space is a steal there. I hope they're reaping the rewards of almost no traffic.

 

[Dale00]

Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good

 

[ratski]

I just pulled the trigger on a portable generator and some accessories. I've never needed one at the house we've been in for 20 years. Seems like a good investment now. Lowe's has a notice up saying they are doing high volume right now and things may be delayed. It's two weeks out for delivery. Hope it goes through with no delays.

I learned A LOT about generators during an ice storm about 10 years ago.
Was without power for 9 days except for my generator.

Tip 1. I had my house wired by an electrician friend so that I can run a power cord from the generator to a single plug on the outside of my house. I switch two breakers in the house. One takes my house off line and the other allows the genny to supply the power to the house. Only thing I can't run is the AC and maybe the dryer. I have an 8500 generator.
https://www.okshooters.com/threads/got-the-house-wired-finally.203548/



Tip 2. Strange as it seems, our Rowenta Auto On Iron was tripping the circuits even though it wasn't on. Apparently it has a "power up" setting that draws power when it is first "turned on", so once the power was off, the iron went into "power up mode" and it draws something like 2000 watts.

Tip 3. Get an idea of how long your generator runs on one tank of gas. I thought I was prepared with 10 gallons of gas. That was enough for one day and most of the gas pumps were down due to lack of power. Then we ran out of regular gas. Having several 5 gallon gas cans to fill up when you need them sure beat only having 4 2.5gallon cans.

Tip 4. Have a siphon to transfer the gas from the can to the generator. At 3AM in the morning, at 0 degrees in a wind when nature suddenly is calling you (urgently), you don't want to be holding a 30 pound weight up in the air!!!
Also consider converting the spouts:
https://www.okshooters.com/threads/converting-carb-compliant-to-actually-usable.152606/

Tip 5. Learn as much as you can about running your genny and keeping it running BEFORE you need to know it!!!

Dave

 

[John6185]

Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good

. That is what the Bible says, do not repay evil for evil (paraphrase) but, we can only turn our cheeks so far and so much. These people will literally kill us and our families-they don't care nor do they have any morals.

 

[xseler]

Can't say that I'm scared -- however, I can say that I'm even more aware now than in the past. And, incrementally more prepared.

 

[p238shooter]

I had 7 days without power several years ago. Yep, be sure your carburetor is not gummed up also. Mine has a drain on the float bowl cover. I let the fuel system "air out" a few days after running it.

With all that is going on, I am glad I live way out in the country, sure would hate to live in any big city right now.

 

[SoonerP226]

With all that is going on, I am glad I live way out in the country, sure would hate to live in any big city right now.

I guess it depends on what you mean by big city, but as far as I can tell, ain't jack happening in Tulsa.