[Jims5543]

When the power is out we basically ran our portable gas generator until 11 PM then shut it down for the night. We were sleeping there was no need for it especially when it could not run the A/C.

After Hurricane Wilma last year the temps outside were in the 60's there was no need for A/C so open windows worked perfectly.

I have a Generac Propane Generator now that is capable of running the whole house. I am not sure what to do about evenings with it. Its not loud but our houses are close together. My neighbor next door is needy last year I ran both of our houses off my 5500 watt generator. Because they were too stupid to know to drain the gas out of theirs the season prior.

I know if I ask about running the new one they will want to hook up again. So there will be no conversation.

About a year after we bought our house I was re-tiling the entire living area. I had to jack hammer out all the existing tile. I started at about 7PM and would work until 12. I did this for 2 nights it was the only time I had to do it. I was up at 6 the next morning heading off to work.

The third day the lady next door knocks on my door to complain. I told her it was 2 nights and that I was done.

Meanwhile I cannot step into my yard (for 12 years now) without her dogs barking non stop at me every minute I am out. I cannot enjoy my own back yard. After I got my Dog her dogs would bark all the time from inside her house. This bacame a problem as they were bothering her now and not just me. So she put up a privacy fence and took down the shadowbox. It was quiet for a couple of years until the Hurricanes knocked the fence down. She then put up shadowbox again, now they are barking again.

I guess well all have our little problems.