Not always. In a real emergency, that fuel may be taken by the city or county for emergency vehicles. There have been up to three week interruptions in fuel delivery during and after a hurricane. The county had a one week supply, so crews were sent out to pump out the tanks of stations with no electricity. It was replaced when the first tankers started to arrive.
I am not sure how many times I said this, but in this unlikely "real emergency" I would only run the generator sporadically.
We do not have hurricanes here in Illinois.
iTravel, and time. I do believe it's important for people to do SOMETHING for their own benefit. Even if you have to invent hokey stuff like bring a quart of CD rated diesel oil for my machine, or five galons of diesel. If you set up as Iggys Power and Light, people begin to expect it, and then they get crabby if you aren't there fast enough, or if you run out of fuel when "they need" power.
Glad they had the manners to replace the fuel. Still, it's spooky to have the government moving in on private business like that. Hope they at least got permission.
Let the Record show that Gunner Asch on or about Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:46:47 -0800 did write/type or cause to appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
I left it close. It being winter, it wasn't a "big" problem.
Of course, if the power had stayed off till the weekend, I would have had to do "something" about the problem.
- pyotr filipivich We will drink no whiskey before its nine. It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!
How did you find your way out? We can learn from your technique.
If you think the situation is likely, count the number of steps on stairs and short, deliberate paces down a hall.
"so far"
My...but thats helpful thinking and planning..no?
You will never be a survivalist with that lsort of mindset.
Just a victim.
Bummer
Gunner
"Aren't cats Libertarian? They just want to be left alone. I think our dog is a Democrat, as he is always looking for a handout" Unknown Usnet Poster
Heh, heh, I'm pretty sure my dog is a liberal - he has no balls. Keyton
yes indeed.
Seems the fellow has chosen a Mack truck to run to the grocery store in.
2 miles to the gallon...but it has plenty of power.Gunner
"Aren't cats Libertarian? They just want to be left alone. I think our dog is a Democrat, as he is always looking for a handout" Unknown Usnet Poster
Heh, heh, I'm pretty sure my dog is a liberal - he has no balls. Keyton
One assumes you dont have a refinery in the back yard?
Gunner
"Aren't cats Libertarian? They just want to be left alone. I think our dog is a Democrat, as he is always looking for a handout" Unknown Usnet Poster
Heh, heh, I'm pretty sure my dog is a liberal - he has no balls. Keyton
We had a few big ice storms. Whole big areas, maybe half county size, were without electricity for days.
That, to me, is the kind of situation when fuel is available, perhaps at the expense of a trip to a gas station 20 miles away.
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It is.
There is a cost to everything. For example to storing 300 gallons of diesel fuel on my property.
i
Not even a crematory
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Seems to me like Iggy's done some pretty good thinking and planning in his life so far, and is surviving pretty well.
My sis lives in SC, and she has sent me some pictures of ice storms. I'd rather go through a hurricane, and I've been through a few. Any sort of home storage, planning, or preparation can come in very handy.
Steve
During a storm like that, it might as well be 1000 miles away. trees down, power lines across the road, and the high chance of dying just on the off chance that 1000 people aren't ahead of you in line. That is a fool's mission.
I took a survival driving course in Alaska in the '70s. Only a fool would risk being out any longer than absolutely necessary. Part of the driving test was on four inches of slick ice, covered with water.
Of course they did. It had to be pumped out of the locked filling ports. They had paperwork for the owner to sign, and they witnessed the meter to see exactly how much was removed. It wasn't doing the station any good, and it might be a member of their family who needed an ambulance, fire truck or the rescue squad to save their lives. If the tanks were empty, they didn't have to worry about thieves cutting the locks and stealing a couple thousand gallons.
How far are you from the New Madrid Fault?
Hummmm?
Gunner
"Aren't cats Libertarian? They just want to be left alone. I think our dog is a Democrat, as he is always looking for a handout" Unknown Usnet Poster
Heh, heh, I'm pretty sure my dog is a liberal - he has no balls. Keyton
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