[Coco] After Rita

[johnadonaldson at comcast.net]

One of my neices husband went to S&S and bought a commercial grade generator for emergencies. Darn thing will power the whole house including the
AC. He wanted to stay cool durn a emergency.

John Donaldson


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> Roger 
> 
> Glad to hear that you survived Rita. 
> 
> Three days to get your power restored that is quick. My brother lives 
> in Hobe Sound Florida and took both direct hits from Frances and 
> Jeane last year . Both times his power was out for a week. The 
> saving grace he had was the 5KW generator. He was able to hook it 
> up to his hot water heater and take a hot shower. The rest of the 
> time he powered a few lights and his refrigerator and freezer. 
> 
> James 
> 
> On 26 Sep 2005 at 22:40, Roger Taylor wrote: 
> 
> From: "Roger Taylor" 
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" 
> 
> Subject: Re: [Coco] After Rita 
> Date sent: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 22:40:51 -0500 
> Send reply to: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts 
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> 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Dave Kelly" 
> > To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" 
> > Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 2:50 PM Subject: [Coco] After Rita 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Well, I guess an update for Sunday September 25, 2005 is in order. 
> > > Sorta. Rita has passed and the world around here is returning to 
> > > the land of the sane. 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Here in Todd Mission I could find no damage. One person on our 
> > > street said he had a tree come down. Only hiccups in the power. 
> > > Enough to reset your clock or your computer. No outages. Not 
> > > enough rain to wet the ground good. 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Really, Dave? The power in my area of Kilore just NOW came back on at 
> > 10:20pm Sep 26, Monday. 
> > 
> > I moved my kids into Louisiana on Sunday morning until things were to 
> > restore, and they will miss school tomorrow because it's too late to 
> > go get them today, ofcourse. I've eaten canned foods for days, took 
> > cold baths, slept with the windows open with no breezes (the air has 
> > been dead still since Rita moved out), so it's been rough here. 
> > 
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