On Ice

[chh]

We got about an inch of ice where I live in Eastern Oklahoma, then some sleet/snow mix on top of that. My electricity was off twice yesterday for about 2 hours each time, and some neighbors ended up being off just over 24 hrs. Sure not as bad as our ice storms in 2000 or 2007. I had the generator set up and ready just in case. Also had my little spare generator set up and ready to take and loan to my sister and BIL.

Was interesting getting around to feed the cattle ect. this morning. The 4wd really paid off today, in the P/U and tractor both.

 

[coobie]

No I don't.

You should,trust me I know.Our power grid is in dire straits,much of it is from the 30,s & 40,s.

 

[ByronBob]

with 3 tractors sitting around waiting for farmer lbrown to put them to work, you would think he would have gotten a pto genset for one of his tractors by now. Those 3 tractors sure get lonely sitting there with little work since it's spread among 3 BX's .

LB I gotta agree with this. You have a boat load of stuff at your place and you don't have a power source? Why not.

Always expect the power grid to fail at some point.

 

[turbo36]

Just got the Elect back on a few minutes ago.
It went off about 6AM.
Ice storm caused it.

Just when I was enjoying the silence

Seriously, happy to hear you have the power back. Now you can get to work on the tree damage.

 

[LBrown59]

To Many other things at the top of the list.

We had a power failure way back in 1994 that lasted 3 or 4 days.
This is the only power outage that lasted more than a few hours during the 42 years we've lived here.
I guess one extended outage every 42 years don't push a gen set very far up the list.

LB I gotta agree with this. You have a boat load of stuff at your place and you don't have a power source? Why not.

Always expect the power grid to fail at some point.

 

[QRTRHRS]

LB.

Glad to see ya back, sure hope you had heat!____gas, fireplace..etc

Yesterday we had freezing rain and sleet all day.___1 1/2 inch. ice.

Today we are getting snow and the forecast says 30 to 40 mph.winds

been lucky so far, electric just off for a few minutes, other places of the state a mess.

Glad ya back

Bill
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Junction City area just north of me but right below Danville looks like somebody called in an air strike. Like LB said, it does not happen to often but I expect there will be a run on generators later on. I saw some long lines of people with five gallon jugs at one of the few gas stations open that have kerosene for sale.

 

[JohnDeere4300]

To Many other things at the top of the list.

We had a power failure way back in 1994 that lasted 3 or 4 days.
This is the only power outage that lasted more than a few hours during the 42 years we've lived here.
I guess one extended outage every 42 years don't push a gen set very far up the list.

LB.

You have been lucky on your power in the last 42 years, that ice storm that went through this week could have left you in the dark
until spring, i just heard on the news that some parts in KY won't
have power until the middle of next month.

Junction City area just north of me but right below Danville looks like somebody called in an air strike. Like LB said, it does not happen to often but I expect there will be a run on generators later on. I saw some long lines of people with five gallon jugs at one of the few gas stations open that have kerosene for sale.

I just heard on the news that Kentucky was hit the hardest.
they said close to a million without power, they had to bring in different crews from different states to help restore power.

We was lucky we didn't lose power, with all the ice we got then a coat
of snow on top of that.

I think the forecast starting first of next week is a snow storm
with blizzard like conditions, sure hope we don't get no ice.
And i sure hope the people without power can get it restored.

 

[Chuck52]

I wish they'd bury all the power lines possible. We get lots of ice, though we dodged the bullet on this one. Getting as much of the grid underground as possible would help some.

Chuck

 

[chh]

I'd agree with that, but in Tulsa they have been talking and sort of working that way. According to AEP-PSO all new neighborhoods on their grid will have buried lines, but they claim it cost somewhere in the range of $2 million dollars a mile(if I remember correctly) to bury them in existing neighborhoods. Plus main transmission lines will still have to be overhead. Out here in the country, I'm fairly sure we will never see buried lines, so I guess I will plan on have a generator of some kind permantely. I fiquire rural electric coops will just think that kind of money could buy a lot of poles.

 

[Chuck52]

I have about the oldest house in my neighborhood and I think maybe the only one with above ground electric service. Of course the mains are still on poles, but the service to the houses is buried. I checked on how much it would be to have the electric company bury my line from a pole that's about 500' from the house and it will be about $5000. New houses get free buried installation, but existing service is the customer's problem. That pole at about 500' is on my property, too, and the pole at the road is about another 500' from it. I didn't even ask about burying the whole run! Anyway, eventually I'll lose the lne to ice. It's just a matter of time.

Chuck