Ah yes, ice. I remember that.

Costco line today I was almost to the very back of the store!

The highways even look like veins

DO YOUR WORST

https://i.imgur.com/uXSvAry.jpeg

what is this device and how does it assist you? Keep your internet up or something so you can make Chiefs content?

It's an uninterruptible power supply, yes.

Blizzard warning for northwest Missouri.

This shit is stupid. I hope the storm breaks apart in mid air

Had that with Covid....felt like I was in a disaster movie.

Thursday around 5:00 PM the line was that long as well.

It only lasts 3 hours?

Yikes.

Isn't a backup power supply just to keep it from having brownouts, not be a generator for your computer though

UPS for small electrical blips and outages. Short term.

No worries. :thumb:

Who would soak a rope in Kerosene?

It's not a generator, ninny.

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Must smoked a lot it seems.

??????

thought the same thing

You got solar panels to charge that? I've been considering something like that if my generator ever craps out on me.

That sounds way too expensive for something I'd use a few times a year.

Makes sense. It's good to have an alternate power source when you need it though. While other people were losing all their food after the hurricanes this past year, I stayed fairly comfortable and had power for my fridge and freezer

You can get a 100w solar panel for $120.

They may be cheaper at harbor freight, although the quality may not be that great.

And? What's the cost to install it? Where is the energy going to be stored? What's that gonna cost? Sounds like a pain in the ass.

it is 9f and will be -1 tomorrow morning. Great time to have Dew in the garage.

Generac has seemed like a good option, if willing to throw down $5k

The ones he's talking about are portable. Just set it out in the yard and plug it in. A lot of van lifers/rv owners use them. Especially out west where they're banning gas powered generators

I have a generac 8000w portable. I just have not hooked it up to the house yet. Dad had it hooked up to the farmhouse. Powered the pump, tv, lights and electricity to the furnace.



Those with gas insert fireplaces. Check to see if you have a battery hookup under the furnace. You should be able to get it to light with batteries. The fan wont run, but at least you have some heat.

It’s portable, and I would assume you’d store the energy in your UPS battery.

I forgot, do they use salt/sand/brine in the KC areas?

LMAO. The battery charges just fine from an outlet, man. WTF am I going to do with a solar panel at 8 PM when the power is out?

I guess that would be useful if the power went out during the day. But now I gotta worry about running a cord from the outside into the house? In zero degree temps? ROFL

Yeah, for what you're using it for, it probably wouldn't make sense. Prolonged power outages are a part of Florida living and having a power source that doesn't use gas, which is usually in short supply during a hurricane, is appealing to me.

Yes, mostly salt. When I lived in Nashville it was mostly brine.

Like a sheet of ice in st joe

I thot u live in Waldo

time to get out the ice skates

Would not want to be in the ER the next few days. A lot of broken bones and dislocated joints.

Body shop dream.....but you may be waiting 4 weeks to get in.

people are sooo stupid

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He stoled it from Jeff Pennar. Penner works for a local tv station

Also Gary Lezajk reposted the pic crediting Penner


This is Overland Park.

LMAOLMAOLMAOLMAO

Call the ****ing cops

Lost power for 5 hours last night:)

Couldn't get the generator to work:(

I pulled maintenance 2 months ago...dunno. I hadn't gotten around to utilizing the propane hook up, like a dummy.

Woke up to a couple of inches of snow this morning and it's starting to come down steady here in the Northland.

Winter wonderland and all that good stuff

We had ice (less than GoChiefs post) and a half inch or so of snow with a ****ton of wind of course.

I didn't leave my house yesterday for the first time in... I don't know - a long time.

Make 100% sure you install a disconnect, so you don't nuke your power guys upstream.

Our roads were fine down here. Every milk carton and every egg in the area are sold out though.

ROFL

I saw the ****fest that was the Garden City Walmart Friday. Holy balls. Fortunately for us we had the staples so I didn't have to deal with that **** mess.

It's slick as hell up here though. At one point I booted the dog out, and she was sliding all over the sidewalk, even with 4 wheel drive. At one point she stopped moving and was still slowly sliding down the sidewalk. ROFL

Thank God for indoor plumbing.

There's going to be a lot of french toast and scrambled eggs in your town.

Heaven!

Mennonites are the McGuyvers of cooking and baking. They can make an 8 course meal out of flour, milk, and eggs.

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LMAO

One of the greatest comedies of all-time.

Just saying

Truth!

My favorite part of not being in Florida is never having to worry about a Hurricane...every year.

Yeah why worry about snow OR hurricanes, move to LA!






*gets caught in a earthquake-induced mudslide that is also on fire

Part of the trade off.
;)

Damn supposed to get 10-15 inches now

Yet Joplin no snow

Omaha no snow

Grocery store owners this week

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****ing love watching the dog do snow zoomies

shit is hilarious! LMAO

how did someone downvote this?

Snow is deep here in Shawnee. Haven't been out to measure.

Went to the Evergy website and there are very few power outages across the metro.

Edit: It just started snowing really hard again.

because InvinciBill's life is horrible

It’s snowing here. Nothing like you all are getting, but it is snowing.

Looks like Bob and people down that way gonna get slapped by mama nature.

Be safe and good luck.

****

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Sort of weather, but fires in CA were amazing and gross at the same time. I watched it on the computer. Yuck.

100 mph winds in some places blowing fires.

Your house? Hopefully the melting snow does not run water inside anywhere.
That will be a problem for some going forward.

That is why I had a roof rake for my old house,

Here in Glendale Ca 4 miles from the fire line. it is fuggin Armageddon.

Holy shit look at those blinds. Also looks like it hasn't been cleaned since the 80s

That gutter nail is supposed to be perpendicular to your house. Clean your gutters once in a while, dummy.

Maybe clean that nasty ceiling fan while you're at it.

ROFL

Good luck man

It's ****ing freezing out. Piss off. The ceiling fan needs paint, is all.

Porch ceiling fan, did I see this residence on Live PD?

That sucks. I love Glendale and that street where the Galleria is (Brand I think).

Yeah, Brand blvd. We’re closer to Pasadena so we need to be ready to bail if need be. Luckily the wind is dying down. Sht was blowing 100 mph last night.

Front of that house looks like it's on its last legs. Honestly you would have been better off had a big tree fell on it