Subj : Re: Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet. To : Maurice Kinal From : Nancy Backus Date : Sun Jan 20 2019 19:28:02 -=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 17-Jan-2019 19:25 <=- NB>> Maybe they got some extra time to enjoy the area before trekking NB>> home... MK> Maybe. I heard that there were hotels, bed and breakfast, etc. giving MK> them free beds/food/etc on the downtime they got so it wouldn't MK> surprise me if there were a few extra perks like that once the power MK> was restored. Also I noticed quite a few of the local farms were MK> having outdoor feasts for quite large amounts of guests. I'd be MK> willing to go out on a limb and say many of those guests were power MK> restoration crews. Quite likely.... very willing to show their appreciation for the work done by the visiting work crews... :) NB>> Are people investing in generators after this storm....? MK> If you could find one then yes. I looked and everywhere I went had no MK> stock. Not that surprising at that point.... have to keep your eyes open for the new stock to arrive, I guess... :) NB>> we ate out (there were a few restaurants that either had power NB>> or had generators) MK> Not an option here. I think I'll save up my pennies and invest in a MK> generator this summer for next winter. I've seen a few advertised the MK> will do both gas and propane, and although there is a power drop MK> running on propane (around 300 watts) I think the running time will be MK> longer on a decent sized propane tank which makes it more tempting MK> than the short uptime running on gas. We'll see. Hopefully there MK> won't be a major outage before spring. Hopefully. :) You might get a better price waiting until summer, too... ;) ttyl neb .... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (1:229/452) .