Our Morning Coffee and Weather

[Hatchdog]

50 heading to somewhere in the 80’s for today. Tomorrow begins another heat up but not as bad as last week. Tuesday the high is forecast to be 105. That is stupid hot for us. Stupid! We’re heading out Monday to the confluence of the Spokane and Columbia rivers for a week of camping and fishing. It will be a few degrees warmer in camp so it won’t be very comfortable. We’ll fish early and then get off the water although generally there is a nice breeze out on the river (reservoir).

Today is preps for the trip and celebrating my wife’s 69th birthday. She was in her 30’s when we first starting dating. What happened?

[Vaquero]

Happy birthday to the Misses there Hatch.
Enjoy the trip.

RP

[Shakey Jake]

82° with 74% humidity. Got a small shower this morning and will hopefully get more this afternoon. Just had cereal and coffee this morning.
Jake

[Sir Henry]

It’s been raining off and on for most of the day then a few minutes ago it started to pour and lightning. Then the power went out. I tested the water and I seem to have water pressure. I’m not sure for how long. The on demand water heater also seemed to be working. It’s heated with propane but I thought it took electricity to run it. Same with the well.

[dave77]

I know my well has a couple of pressure tanks otherwise the pump would have to run every time you needed water. Unless you have a generator or backup battery's you'll only have water until the tanks are empty. I would think the on demand heater would still need power for the controls.

[Sir Henry]

I know my well has a couple of pressure tanks otherwise the pump would have to run every time you needed water. Unless you have a generator or backup battery's you'll only have water until the tanks are empty. I would think the on demand heater would still need power for the controls.

That’s what I thought about the on demand. Now I’m thinking it has a backup battery. I didn’t run it for very long.

The power was out for about 30 minutes.

[Ernie]

Good to have a generator when you live in an area of lower population. The higher populated areas get priority during an outage. Went through that last week's high winds but I was only out for 10 hours instead of a couple days. The longest I have been without power was 10 days. It was a January ice storm and couldn't get access to a chain saw or a generator which had immediately sold out county wide. Chain saw was necessary because the power company would not respond until the homeowner cleared the trees or branches blocking access .
I now have good chain saw, 2 generators and water. I have wanted an automatic backup generator for years but the need is so sporadic it is hard to justify the cost until you need it, then it seems worth it. I am converting one of my generators to run on natural gas and gasoline to eliminate the need for stockpiling 20 gallons of gas which will run the generator for 32 hours max. Only use it when I need the well, heat, or to periodically run the freezer and refrigerator to preserve food. You might consider getting ready to be self sufficient when you need to.

[Sir Henry]

Good to have a generator when you live in an area of lower population. The higher populated areas get priority during an outage. Went through that last week's high winds but I was only out for 10 hours instead of a couple days. The longest I have been without power was 10 days. It was a January ice storm and couldn't get access to a chain saw or a generator which had immediately sold out county wide. Chain saw was necessary because the power company would not respond until the homeowner cleared the trees or branches blocking access .
I now have good chain saw, 2 generators and water. I have wanted an automatic backup generator for years but the need is so sporadic it is hard to justify the cost until you need it, then it seems worth it. I am converting one of my generators to run on natural gas and gasoline to eliminate the need for stockpiling 20 gallons of gas which will run the generator for 32 hours max. Only use it when I need the well, heat, or to periodically run the freezer and refrigerator to preserve food. You might consider getting ready to be self sufficient when you need to.

The neighbors tell me the power is only off for short periods especially in the winter. Only the farmers have backup generators.

[cooperhawk]

Overcast 68°F 20°C
Humidity 78%
Wind Speed NE 7 mph
Barometer 30.02 in
Coffee and some banana pudding.

I'm up early to get the Winnie loaded for our trip to Duluth this morning. Carol is going to church, but I'm
staying home to get it out of the shed, get the car hooked up to it, and get my stuff loaded.

I have mentioned before that we have installed a Generac generator system. It's 22 KW and will automatically
start up and restore power to the house in 4 or 5 seconds and will run the entire house, AC and all. I also have
a 7 KW portable genset on wheels that I have used in the past and will now probably sell.

Unless you have water tanks on a hill with gravity feed, you probably have a pressure tank. In that case you
will have running water until the pressure is depleted. It will not empty the tank. If you have a submersible pump
in your well your genset will have a hard time pumping water as the starting circuits need a lot of power. What
you can do is pump pressure into the tank from a portable air tank to get more water, but when the tank is empty,
that's it.

An on demand water heater probably has a pilot light and that's why it still works with the power out.

[Oldbrass]

A pleasant 72 and sunny a high of 86 with 100% chance of thunder shower around 1 this afternoon, making the 30 minute drive into Columbia today for our shopping day at Wal-Mart and Costco and maybe swing by Harbor freight

[Ernie]

Maybe a wood stove or a good fireplace for winter. One good widespread storm changed my preparedness. Maybe the farmers know something.

[Sir Henry]

Overcast 68°F 20°C
Humidity 78%
Wind Speed NE 7 mph
Barometer 30.02 in
Coffee and some banana pudding.

I'm up early to get the Winnie loaded for our trip to Duluth this morning. Carol is going to church, but I'm
staying home to get it out of the shed, get the car hooked up to it, and get my stuff loaded.

I have mentioned before that we have installed a Generac generator system. It's 22 KW and will automatically
start up and restore power to the house in 4 or 5 seconds and will run the entire house, AC and all. I also have
a 7 KW portable genset on wheels that I have used in the past and will now probably sell.

Unless you have water tanks on a hill with gravity feed, you probably have a pressure tank. In that case you
will have running water until the pressure is depleted. It will not empty the tank. If you have a submersible pump
in your well your genset will have a hard time pumping water as the starting circuits need a lot of power. What
you can do is pump pressure into the tank from a portable air tank to get more water, but when the tank is empty,
that's it.

An on demand water heater probably has a pilot light and that's why it still works with the power out.

Thanks. Wells are new to me. I’ve been reading about where my power comes from and the best I can tell is it’s from coal burning generators that are in Price County which is the county I live in. The area is self sufficient in power and not brought in from other states. There are no big cities in the local power grid to get priority. The power company sends out a monthly magazine with a lot of information.

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The bottom photo transformer can almost be seen from my home. The field is the field that I look at but from a different angle. My neighbor was over the other day and she told me she taught the guy (Ben) mentioned in the article.

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My power comes underground from that substation. I don’t have power lines on my property. I’m told I may loose power a dozen times a year but only for a few minutes. Having it out for more than two hours hasn’t happened in 20 years. The most common cause for an outage is a drunk hit a pole.

[Sir Henry]

Maybe a wood stove or a good fireplace for winter. One good widespread storm changed my preparedness. Maybe the farmers know something.

I think the farmers have 20 year old generators. My home doesn’t really have a floor plan where a wood stove or fireplace could be added. The homes that do burn wood have outside stoves that heat water.

I’m thinking of buying a small generator for camping that would power lights and such.

[cooperhawk]

I’m thinking of buying a small generator for camping that would power lights and such.

Honda makes a small portable generator that is perfect for camping. We see them a lot, but they
are spendy.

[Sir Henry]

I’m thinking of buying a small generator for camping that would power lights and such.

Honda makes a small portable generator that is perfect for camping. We see them a lot, but they
are spendy.

I was thinking of a Honda. Was also thinking solar and a lithium agricultural battery like what’s in my motor home. Having gas on hand is a problem.

[Hatchdog]

I just sold a Honda 2000 that I bought in 2008. It never had a hiccup and I was confident to sell it. Only sold it because it wouldn’t power the A/C in our trailer and it’s been so hot we wanted to run some air. Upgraded to a Firman 4K from Costco and it’s great.

51 now with a high of 91. Leaving tomorrow for the lake/river and on Tuesday it is expected to be triple digits. That A/C is going to feel good as RV’s are very poorly insulated and heat up like an oven baking cookies. I haven’t been to this National Park Service campground in 40 years but I expect it to be nice and shady due to looking at the pics online. No hookups thus the genny coming along.

[Shakey Jake]

Right now it's 90° with a "feels like" of 100°. Just had cereal and coffee earlier this morning. I've let the morning slip by and didn't get as much done early as I wanted. Now to play "catch-up".
Jake

[Ozarkwoodswalker]

I am hopeful of getting some more rain to keep easy away from this vicious drought. Hope we get one..... son called last night and him and three of his buddies are going to get together on axweekend in September and build three hunting huts that are enclosed blinds setting up in the air about 8 feet.. my son built one for himself last fall. The other two buddies each want one and the third one they are bringing down to my farm and set up so ne and my older brother can deer hunt without setting in the cold. All me and my brother will be out is about $300 in materials( son is a carpenter and already has some materiak on hand). Sounds like a great deal to me. He is a good son...

[Vaquero]

Good morning, a pleasant 73 at the moment headed to the mid 90's.
Ozark, I have a couple of hunting houses on the hunting property.
Nice to be out and not have to endure All the elements of Winter while ya hunt.
Even have small propane heaters for the really cold days.

RP

[cooperhawk]

Overcast 57°F 14°C
Humidity 100%
Wind Speed NW 5 mph
Barometer 30.07 in
No coffee yet. We're in Superior, Wi. this morning and Carol needs to be at the
Duluth Convention Centers soon, so I will run her into Duluth and then come back and
make coffee.
Storms moved through last night with rain, which I love to hear on the roof of
the Winnie while I sleep. Slept well. Now it's a beautiful morning, but pretty
cool.
We had dinner with out youngest daughter and her family last evening at a
supper Club. They bought. Nice. We will see then later today as we are scheduled
for a harbor cruise on a boat with free drinks and pizza paid for by the Lawyers Assn.
Stay safe and have a good one.