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ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 20:11

We had a friend who was on a respirator and was coming home by personal choice. They installed an automatic back-up genny with 300 gallons of propane. It would start on a power outage and run until the grid came back hot and shut down with automatic switching to comply with the codes. I never did learn what it cost.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 18:08

Hi Ross and Vagreys,
I'm in Myrtle Beach this Labor day weekend and earlier today was thinking about your thread.
Hope everyone is as good as back to normal after Irene?

Even living more Inland (my home is about 2 hours from the closest beach), I have also considered installing a backup gen set. Most severe weather we get here are from Tornados.
Problem is when we have a severe weather situation, everyone scrambles for propane gas around here and if the outage lasts a few days, one may not be able to get a refill. But a 300 gallon tank (as mentioned by Ross) might last long enough to get over the worst.
I'll probably go for gasolene powered, in my area that would be more easily available. Backup power around the home is important.

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 22:41

The problem with gasoline in a genny is the long intervals between uses. The fuel will go stale. with propane you can use the same tank for cooking and heating. Gasoline is wounderful for mobility but for stationary work it has no benefit.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 13:37

The fuel being able to go stale is a problem, I'm going to have to do a little more finding out from my end how I could hold a decent supply of propane. With me living in a subdivision and my yard is not all that big I would have to find out from the city if they would allow me having a propane tank installed.
Maybe this is a good opportunity to re-look at my whole living situation (so to speak), for example possibly changing my electric stove to a gas one (I prefer gas stoves).
And of course look around in my area what other residents have done.

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 14:11

One added benefit to propane is the very low carbon monoxide levels emited from engines. That is why they use it for forklifts in warehouses.

uwanna61 · Post by **uwanna61** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:50

Ross
Nice looking boat!
Is that the periscope just to the left going straight up?

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 14:09

No . That is used to check the height of bridges above the water.

And it really does float. This was taken last week.

uwanna61 · Post by **uwanna61** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 14:14

Good one Ross I like it

Chuckwagon · Post by **Chuckwagon** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 08:28

Substitute Sausage
(by Chuckwagon)

This one's dedicated to Ross Hill aka ssorllih.

My fam`ly wanted links for lunch,
They said they`d sure be nice;
I didn`t have any rusk for them,
So I substituted rice.

I didn`t have any garlic salt,
So I used some garlic paste,
A whole tin - not half a can;
I don`t believe in waste.

I didn`t have a bit of wine,
So I just threw in some ice;
I didn`t even have cayenne,
So I used some other spice.

I didn`t have a lean pork butt,
Used "bargain" beef instead;
At the nifty price I paid for it,
Who cares if it ain`t red.

Out of powdered dextrose,
I used molasses in its place;
And I didn`t have a bit of salt,
So I used pepper - just a trace!

I didn`t have a "large beef bung",
Or the casings from a lamb.
So I stuffed the mince into a sock,
I didn`t give a damn.

No hick`ry, apple, oak, or birch,
I burned some weeds instead,
I smoked those links fer` fifteen hours;
I really used my head!

A friend gave me this danged recipe;
He said I couldn`t beat it.
There must be something wrong with him;
I couldn`t even eat it!

I fed my fam`ly links for lunch,
What if I changed them just a bit?
The awful taste just ain`t my fault,
The recipe just ain`t worth ... spit!

Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon

Big Guy · Post by **Big Guy** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:53

sounds like a good recipe.I think I know what went wrong. You need to wash that sock before using it.

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 16:32

Didn't air dry them long enough to develop the proper flavors.

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 06:16

We have been getting a little extra rain water on this side of the country. We could pipe it back to Texas in one of the pipelines maybe. This is what our marina looked like on Tuesday.

And this is what it looks like today.

Chuckwagon · Post by **Chuckwagon** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 07:24

Hey Ross,
How about putting a few more words to those photos. The marina looks like a neat place but really... uh... "wet"!

Can you tell us a little about it? Lots of us are land-locked landlubbers. Out where I am, it has to rain twice to get wet!

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 17:21

The seawall was straight until hurricane Irene came through and dumped about 6 inches of rain on us and the ground got soft and pushed the seawall out over the pier. That's long floating part where the boats are docked. For a temporary fix until they could make repairs they filled the sink hole with gravel so that we could get to our boats. On Tuesday I knew the rain from Tropical Storm Lee was coming and the Susquehanna river basin runs all the way up to Cooperstwon NY and the Baseball Hall of Fame. Hurricane Irene wet the ground pretty good but that soaked in and didn't run off too much. Then came LEE with about a foot of rain in his/her kit and dumped it on a strip of very wet land a couple of hunderd miles wide and about four hundred miles long. Now all of that water is trying to come down a mile wide river. It is in such a frenzy that along the way it is picking up everything that isn't tied down and bringing it along. Trees, tanks of all discription, sewage enormously diluted, kind of like homeopathic medicine. When the river gets to the Bay it spreads out to about six miles wide and drops off its load of silt and jetsam.
On Tuesday the water level was at a normal level of about 3 to 6 feet below the top of the seawall. Yesterday it was about a foot and a half above the seawall.

When I took this picture the water had receded about 8 inches.
This picture is of the ramp to the pier where our boat is docked.

and this is what it looked like two weeks ago after Irene.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 20:34

Wow Ross, up your way there is really some bad flooding happening! Has your home still got power?
I was looking at the Condo's in your photos where the water level is reaching now, and it looks like they were built a little higher off the ground level, about 5 or 6 feet.
Has the water level started to recede yet?

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