What did YOU do today?

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I shoveled snow off my temporary tarp shelters. Had one 2x4 bust directly over my car at 2am night before last. didn't touch the car tho. But the loud CRACK woke me up! I'll be adding some support beams...

 

[JoshT]

Had one 2x4 bust directly over my car at 2am night before last. didn't touch the car tho. But the load CRACK woke me up!

That would be a scary wakeup call. Like a tree falling on the house during a storm, except if it is storming, I'm kind of prepared for that possibility. Glad to hear the ride was unscathed.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

 

[racsan]

Nothing so far today, got to work & was about to fire the machine up and a transformer nearby blew. So no power for the next few hours, est 9:30. sitting with the emergency lights on for the past hour & a half , they are starting to dim. getting chilly as well. I say we go home & try again tomorrow! Let 2nd run today’s schedule.

 

[racsan]

well the day got busier, at 930 there still wasn’t power & at 945 they updated the estimated time to 12. since it cooled off enough inside that it would take at least a hour to warm up enough to run they sent us home. My parents live about 4 miles from my work and theres a substation just down the road, thought Id call & check in. mom answers but cant seem to hear me so I have my daughter contact them through messenger. turns out they had no power either. So I run home , grab the trailer, load up the generator & extension cords & head that way. (yes the little 3500 generator could fit in the escape but my shoulders cant handle lifting it, but I can drag it up a ramp!) got to my parents & they seemed to be ok, theres a sunroom on the backside of the house that gets full sun and theres a propane heater in there, wasnt too bad temp wise. Dad had plenty of charged up battery packs for his oxygen concentrator. I knew he had a tractor pto generator there but wasnt sure he would be up to getting it all going if they needed it. About noon I came back home, ran the generator a bit since it had been awhile since it had last ran. put stuff up & went to look at the old backhoe 8N Ive gotton some parts from. It last ran in 85 or 88. engine will still roll over, shift rails not seized. Hhmmmn. I might have to drag that home & get it operational again. loader & backhoe removed 10 years ago, was parked because backhoe boom broke while digging out a septic tank.
and the power- came back on around 2:00.

 

[sgtsandman]

We got our first real snow and the usual shenanigans happened. People who panic and hold everyone else up, people who wait until the last minute to put some good tires on their vehicles, and just plain idiots.

In other news, it has been a good test of the Falken Wildpeaks on the 2019. If they continue to perform like they did this morning, I would highly recommend these tires.