Grumpy Old Man
Platinum Member
Well , I think more than a few neighbors got a reality check last evening when the power went out , it was like the apocalypse started and they were in the street after the first 1/2 hour with no lights/air conditioning or dinner on the stove .I have a few large generators I use on the property locked up in my trailer and 1 10,000 watt in the garage along with a few hundred feet of large gauge extension cords and we were up and running in short order .But they were like moths to a candle and came towards the light ! I had more than a dozen perplexed wanderers in my driveway with no clue as to what to do to take care of themselves . Now I have to explain that we live in a subdivision and are currently building our forever home 60 miles away on a piece of land away from these YUPPIES ! But these people were LOST after 2 hours and many were sitting in their cars running the a/c and lights a few wanted to know how I had power and they didn't and 1 demanded that I loan him a generator and fuel till the power came back on because his girlfriend wanted to watch a dvd and the cable was down ! We try to be as self sufficient as possible and are moving further out to get away from these unprepared people .But I have to say I really didn't think they would be so unprepared as they really are ! After 3 hours and no power back on the first in line to "borrow a gen and fuel" are my immediate neighbors who tolerate my constant projects ,large garden and chickens . my point is these people didn't even have a few emergency candles to burn let alone anyway to cook for themselves and short of coming to my driveway would of just had to sit in the dark ! By the 4th hour I was passing out cold soda's and beer and we fired up the gas grill to feed some of these people as they sat by the driveway lights and waited , many got in their cars and drove off towards town to the bar to sit and wait for the power to come back on and it did after about 7 hours a large tree down the road had taken the main lines down and it just took them awhile to get things going again .I just did not realize how unprepared many of these folks were even for this short power outage ! I did learn one major thing they all expected the few of us who were prepared to fill the needs of those who weren't ! :confused3:
