I’m on a well. I also don’t have a home generator. No power means no water. It also means I can’t circulate my pool water to prevent it from freezing. We can’t drain our pools in the South, like here in Houston at least, like you folks up North. I did have the water running mostly everywhere before the power went out. I finished dumping everything else like the line to the ice maker this morning. Fingers crossed that the house pipes will be okay as they should be empty. My well head and above ground pool pipes are another problem. I do have my well head wrapped as well as I can with insulation, trash bag, furniture blanket, and another trash bag.
Beyond that I do have a small generator and am able to make coffee and cook with a toaster oven. I’d rather not be outside trying to grill. My grill is on the dark north side of the house and being a kamado it’s impossible to move. I also have a natural gas fireplace so we’re huddled around it.
Roads aren’t great. Rather not wreck. Heat lamps likely sold out already.
I knew how to prepare for a hurricane. Total power outage during winter wasn’t a thought. I figured like 1989 there would be rotating blackouts. Not really that bad. We’ve been out since around 2AM and don’t expect to get power back until tomorrow at the earliest.
I’m on a well. I also don’t have a home generator. No power means no water. It also means I can’t circulate my pool water to prevent it from freezing. We can’t drain our pools in the South, like here in Houston at least, like you folks up North. I did have the water running mostly everywhere before the power went out. I finished dumping everything else like the line to the ice maker this morning. Fingers crossed that the house pipes will be okay as they should be empty. My well head and above ground pool pipes are another problem. I do have my well head wrapped as well as I can with insulation, trash bag, furniture blanket, and another trash bag.
Beyond that I do have a small generator and am able to make coffee and cook with a toaster oven. I’d rather not be outside trying to grill. My grill is on the dark north side of the house and being a kamado it’s impossible to move. I also have a natural gas fireplace so we’re huddled around it.
Our power was out 9 hours today. Praying it stays on.
Can u get the generator close enough to the well to attach one of those big metal lamp lights to keep well head warm?
Roads aren’t great. Rather not wreck. Heat lamps likely sold out already.
I knew how to prepare for a hurricane. Total power outage during winter wasn’t a thought. I figured like 1989 there would be rotating blackouts. Not really that bad. We’ve been out since around 2AM and don’t expect to get power back until tomorrow at the earliest.
Use the exhaust!