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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,879
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Originally Posted by Bugsinrugs
In my area lots of people have stand alone generators powered from 500 gallon propane tanks. They soon found out that they were depleting their propane rapidly. With the snow and downed trees the propane companies could not get to lots of customers. I gave away a couple of cords of wood to friends that ran dry on their propane and could not heat their house.
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Yep, it's back to basics for me when the power goes. Full woodshed to feed a wood stove, kerosene for lighting, hand pump at the well for water. Transistor radio for entertainment. It was interesting to play with the radio during Oregon's last big power outage. Could find out how the power crews were progressing towards my area as radio stations got back on the air.
Flooding? No real plan beyond evacuation. But that's never happened here during the 40+ years I've lived here.
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