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Posted by: jbd on Mar 02, 2010 - 06:30 PM |
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Well, I finally have time to write something about the wind storm that hit us on Thursday 25 Feb 2010. Our weather station's anemometer was recording winds of 50 MPH when the power went out around 23:45 (11:45pm) The utility power didn't come back on until Sunday at 14:15 (2:15pm).
Normally, we're prepared for this kind of thing - we have a big generator that is supposed to kick on when the power goes out (we need to keep the electric fences charged and the water trough's flowing, and the freezers cold). Unfortunately, the generator failed its exercise test earlier in the month so it was in the shop. Coincidentally, I brought it back on Thursday night, but didn't have time to re-install it.
So I was up most of Thursday night moving extension cords and getting the backup-backup generator working. I was able to get our electrician (Scott Hagerty) and our carpenter (Martin Charrette) to come help me re-install the big generator. Unfortunately, I didn't foresee them getting stopped by all the road carnage on the way to the house (see this picture ). But they were able to hack their way through it and got to the house around 9am.
We got the generator re-installed in record time (2.5 hours) and it was up and running around 11am. We had power! Unfortunately, all our neighbors didn't, and we helped them out with water, internet access and the occasional shower.
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