Honda Generators

Like the women in an office who plug that little electric heater under their desk into the UPS for their computer. ^_^

TDD

...and they're so likely to send trucks into an area where there is doubt that they'll come back (soon).

I've never seen one *WITH* one. If it's not safe for the kiddies on the street, they're closed.

Or complain that the computer shuts down when they turn on a laser printer?

The wood barracks we used in basic would blow a fuse if someone turned on a radio, while someone else was using an electric razor.

Do you have any idea how long the state of Florida is, and how many tanker loads of gasoline it takes to evacutate an area? FEMA stopped gasoline deliveries to Florida in the last round of huricanes that hit this area. They were sitting along I 75, across the state border.

You don't need to go back that far. They are getting more common in the NE year after year-- a fairly big one in western MA last summer; One in western NY last week-- and the scroller on the TV is reporting one in the Catskills as I type this.

I'm happy to say I haven't been within miles of one-

Jim

Maybe in Alabamaistan or NY, but the newer public buildings in this area are built to be hurricane shelters.

Umm. Nevermind.

Or Georgia, or Ohio, or Illinois, or Vermont. None. Even the ones with fallout shelters. ;-)

Everyone has their priorities.

Here in the First World the main roads will be clear enough for fire trucks and school buses within two days max. Snow plows and bucket loaders push the fallen trees aside.

Not a problem. There have been a few times I really wish folks would just leave the area. Makes it much easier to do the job and leave when you don't have tourists "wondering what's going on"...

The local schools around me are hit/miss on who does have back-up power. The local one did have until they added on to the place.

A couple others nearby have either fixed units or huge portables (ex-military surplus usually)

Some got grants and insurance funding after the floods and added power on as they discovered being a storm shelter doesn't work very well without power.

Um, that's my point.

I remember schools in Ohio with them. Not big enough to run everything, but big enough for the school to function.

These are the same as those huge Diesel generators they use at Cell towers.

You can see one in this image, to the right side of the roof. It's the yellow rectangle that's parallel to the highway.

Most of the Honda Generators around here, are near ground level.

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I've had one skip over me at a higher altitude, it's a strange sight. O_o

TDD

We used to have a Honda generator, my Dad had.

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Or marbles.

Hey, Honda generators need gas, too!

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Then store it in your living room, until you need it? Y2K madness all over again.