Thread: Hurricane Matthew

Hopefully his place is ok. Ginny is trying to get hold of Danny.

OK guys ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Just got power back on = 4 days without power ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Everything OK here, tree branches down, no power or phone/internet ...........
Several places weathered rather bad but we and close neighbors did OK ........

Lets get back to fishin ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Alright! Good news.

Originally Posted by Phantom309

OK guys ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Just got power back on = 4 days without power ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Everything OK here, tree branches down, no power or phone/internet ...........
Several places weathered rather bad but we and close neighbors did OK ........

Lets get back to fishin ! ! ! ! ! ! !

KM4WZX and no alternate/backup power source? What gives????

Originally Posted by flycaster

KM4WZX and no alternate/backup power source? What gives????

Ha !
Well, I did have my 2-meter handy talkie, and we did use em the night of the storm (had Hams at all the emergency shelters)
But, I had to take my 10-meter vertical ground plane down (22ft high) so the winds wouldn't break it etc, etc .......

Oh, yeah, I had my generator going = It'd run for 15 minutes then shut down as if out of gas, I'd crank it back up, it'd run
bout 15 min then shut down again.
Neighbor across the street loaned me his (when power goes out around here, those guys on the other side of the street
always have power) = it saved me a lot of cranking , then messed up = wouldn't crank, I go back to cranking
mine every 15 minutes ....
Oh, we had power all through the storm till daylight the next morning = then, the power went out ......

Finally got to fixin both yesterday morning = neighbor's needed new spark plug, mine = had to take off carburator bowl,
take out float/needle valve, blow out holes, put all back together = runs great = then, we get power back lol ........

It was a good blow for sure, little scary at times .........

Originally Posted by Phantom309

Ha !
Well, I did have my 2-meter handy talkie, and we did use em the night of the storm (had Hams at all the emergency shelters)
But, I had to take my 10-meter vertical ground plane down (22ft high) so the winds wouldn't break it etc, etc .......

Oh, yeah, I had my generator going = It'd run for 15 minutes then shut down as if out of gas, I'd crank it back up, it'd run
bout 15 min then shut down again.
Neighbor across the street loaned me his (when power goes out around here, those guys on the other side of the street
always have power) = it saved me a lot of cranking , then messed up = wouldn't crank, I go back to cranking
mine every 15 minutes ....
Oh, we had power all through the storm till daylight the next morning = then, the power went out ......

Finally got to fixin both yesterday morning = neighbor's needed new spark plug, mine = had to take off carburator bowl,
take out float/needle valve, blow out holes, put all back together = runs great = then, we get power back lol ........

It was a good blow for sure, little scary at times .........

Thats what Bill said!

Wow, we made it through that with pure luck & prayers. Lots of tree damage & debris, took 1.5 days of cutting trees just to get to my house.

I live on a 1 lane dead end dirt rd so it's only 3 house that need to get in & out. We finally got the rd cleared enough for power trucks & they have been
repairing poles & lines, removing the tangles of trees. Finally got power last night at 8pm, houses faired good, lost half of the roof on my shed & my neighbors
weren't so lucky. 1 has weather head & fuse panel ripped off the house & other has trees in the side of it but we all made it. It will take a while for the clean up
but we've been through it before. Thanks for checking up on me & hope to be fishin soon if they don't close the waters.
I'm so glad I don't have to fight the cat over the litter box anymore too !!

Great news Brian.