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Posted by Olwyn.Mary on July 25, 2009, 12:31 pm
Emily Bengston wrote:
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> Olwyn Mary, I am so sorry to hear that. Pneumonia is a nasty thing, Now
> that you are better, I hope you will remain well.
> It's been my experience as we get older, sometimes, we just have to do
> things for the comfort of ourselves, regardless of what we would like.
>
> One DS, who lives in Greta, told me recently, that she expects a hurricane
> this year because, when it snows in winter, there will be one the next year.
> I only pray that it doesn't happen this year.
>
> Emily
>
>
No, no. No hurricanes this year. Why? Well, we decided the heck with
it. We did have to evacuate after Katrina, but then we obediently left
town last year for Gustav and it was worse where we went than it was at
home. So, we spent the bucks and have bought a generator. We will be
going out today to buy a small, one-room, window air conditioner - Home
Depot has them on sale this week - and those two items, along with my
usual hurricane preps, will keep us going through anything smaller than
a major, major direct hit.
Tell your ds we have them covered!
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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Posted by Olwyn.Mary on July 25, 2009, 4:05 pm
Olwyn.Mary wrote:
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> No, no. No hurricanes this year. Why? Well, we decided the heck with
> it. We did have to evacuate after Katrina, but then we obediently left
> town last year for Gustav and it was worse where we went than it was at
> home. So, we spent the bucks and have bought a generator. We will be
> going out today to buy a small, one-room, window air conditioner - Home
> Depot has them on sale this week - and those two items, along with my
> usual hurricane preps, will keep us going through anything smaller than
> a major, major direct hit.
>
> Tell your ds we have them covered!
>
> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
I should have added, now that we are all prepared, of course nothing
will hit us, just to show I "wasted" my money on generator, air
conditioner etc.
Call it "Umbrella power".
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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Posted by on July 25, 2009, 4:24 pm
OM - sorry to hear about you being ill again. In our area, it seems
that pneumonia is *THE* illness to have this summer....the
pediatrician's office has seen more children with pneumonia since the
beginning of May then they have seen in the last few years. And lucky
me, both my children got it!!! Of course, they couldn't have had it
at the same time because that would have been too easy....son then me
with bronchitis then hubbys surgery, THEN daughter got it....sheesh.
Fortunately (or not) it doesn't seem to be getting the adults around
here as much.
Hope you are back to your normal perky self soon.
Larisa, of the back twinges and a desk too cluttered to get to the
machine mending
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Posted by Pogonip on July 25, 2009, 5:23 pm
Olwyn.Mary wrote:
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> Olwyn.Mary wrote:
>
>> No, no. No hurricanes this year. Why? Well, we decided the heck
>> with it. We did have to evacuate after Katrina, but then we
>> obediently left town last year for Gustav and it was worse where we
>> went than it was at home. So, we spent the bucks and have bought a
>> generator. We will be going out today to buy a small, one-room,
>> window air conditioner - Home Depot has them on sale this week - and
>> those two items, along with my usual hurricane preps, will keep us
>> going through anything smaller than a major, major direct hit.
>> Tell your ds we have them covered!
>> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
>
> I should have added, now that we are all prepared, of course nothing
> will hit us, just to show I "wasted" my money on generator, air
> conditioner etc.
>
> Call it "Umbrella power".
>
> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
I think this is wise of you. Even if you don't get a major storm, a
generator may come in handy, as will the a/c unit. It may be that at
some time you'll decide to turn off the whole-house a/c and just cool
one or two rooms. For economy or some other reason. I would not
consider it a waste, at all. It's planning.
After the electric wires behind the apartment building next door crossed
(after losing insulation) and we and others were hit with surges, which
burned out the controller on our furnace, we had a whole-house surge
protector installed. There have been no surges since then, but who
knows? The conditions that led to the problem in the first place are
still there -- power lines strung along a line of trees, and if they
don't keep the trees pruned, they will rub insulation again. But maybe
we won't have expensive repairs.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by BEI Design on July 25, 2009, 6:41 pm
Pogonip wrote:
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> After the electric wires behind the apartment building
> next door crossed (after losing insulation) and we and
> others were hit with surges, which burned out the
> controller on our furnace, we had a whole-house surge
> protector installed. There have been no surges since
> then, but who knows? The conditions that led to the
> problem in the first place are still there -- power lines
> strung along a line of trees, and if they don't keep the
> trees pruned, they will rub insulation again. But maybe
> we won't have expensive repairs.
One of the amenities I love about my 38-year-old (built on
spec and bought brand new) house and the surrounding
neighborhood, is that the builder put ALL the utilities
underground. It takes a major, MAJOR shutdown somewhere
else in the system for us to lose power. I think it's
happened maybe four times in all this time, and none were
longer than a couple of hours.
The cable company also put their cables underground when
they brought cable TV to this neighborhood 20 years ago or
so. I had a larger electrical line run into the house in
'95 when we added AC, the power company had to dig a largish
hole next to the house to patch in the new wire, but it
didn't cost us anything extra for the work.
None of that means I think I'm immune, but I'm happy that
it's rare. And it looks better as well. ;-)
--
Beverly
http://ickes.us/default.aspxune
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> that you are better, I hope you will remain well.
> It's been my experience as we get older, sometimes, we just have to do
> things for the comfort of ourselves, regardless of what we would like.
>
> One DS, who lives in Greta, told me recently, that she expects a hurricane
> this year because, when it snows in winter, there will be one the next year.
> I only pray that it doesn't happen this year.
>
> Emily
>
>