Well storm rolled though knocked the power out , don't seem nothing too out the normal buuut since my lil generator don't seem to wanna work ( seriously test the dang thing monthly and was doing just fine ) it's arst in crafts time... Pretty neat what you can do with some kinda wick ,oil and a container. This case paper towel coconut oil and a mason jar

There’s some ingenuity right there.

All them late night YouTube survival videos finally coming into play

And update , emptied out the old gas let it sit for a bit and my lil tail gator cranked right up...though I realized I really need to get back on my game used to have a few cans of gas along with smaller can all measured out with the oil for my gen along with extension cords and all righter where they need to be....yeah Igo half a can of pre mixed

Told the wife if I even mention something else over $100 that's not bills before I get a new generator to slap me and was looking at one the other day too ...but Christmas shopping

Nice

Side note what did folks used to use for lamp wicks when store bought ones weren't around ? Know cotton rope was one but what else

use REAL gasoline, not that corn stuff.

Cattail fluff

Yeah gotta few places around that sell 100% usually get that. That or the canned pre mix apparently its still not (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) good but better then the ethanol

will your generator run your fridges and freezers? one at a time works. just dont open them very often. get out a days worth of groceries, put it in a cooler, run your freezers fridge each for an hour or so every morning. I hate a multiple day power outage. we modern folks are just too soft i guess. i have coleman lanterns and plenty of white gas. generator is a four stroke. i could run it on white gas if i had too. needs an oil change and started. been a year i suppose. i turn the gas off and run it till it dies. drain the tank. has worked so far.

Nah just one of those little 2 stroke tail gating deals. Enough to charge a phone run a few tools , a fan , a few lights we have on tripods .

It's weird ,grew up not having anything to run the fridge or freezer if the lights went out I don't even think of it as a problem. Whole bottom is lined with frozen water bottles and got a bags of ice on the sides and like poper goes out throw a few blanks on it and about everything will keep for a week or so.dont keep a ton in the fridge actually. Usually just water was gonna get cooked that day condiments, left over and drinks.


Funny story actually was on the boat two hitches ago and the fridge and main freezer went out , at the same time weird enough, the two guys from Texas and the other from Arkansas where freaking out and me and the pilot ( where about three hours away from one another) where just moving stuff to coolers and the mini fridge like it was nothing. Told em this thy of stuff happens to use a few times a year during hurricane season and we don't see the big issue especially since we had a ice maker still working

Interesting

Do need to get some more colman lanterns too though now that you mention it

We invested in a Generac hooked up to natural gas this fall. Power was off for hours last night. The Generac came on and ran everything in the house. Great piece of mind since my son's family are visiting and the granddaughters were warm and cozy.

Yep eveyone around here is slowly getting them. Dad got one last year and loves it . It's on the list when I get my raise lol. You have like a tank or you have a gas line ran from town ? Eveyon out here has a 125-150 tank that gets filled Evey few months buy the gas company

That's called a "Molotov cocktail". It's a felony if you throw it I think.

Those generacs are pretty slick. There’s a rich guy in town on a feeder that rarly even sees a bump. He’s got one connected to his gas service, doesn’t even have to top the fuel up…….but that thing will rarely be running. His feeder also has the hospital and fuel stations on it, it’d be the first to get back on in any event. Hospital because it’s a critical customer & fuel stations to keep our trucks mobile.

For those with knowledge of the Generacs, I’ve heard horror stories of $800 fuel bills over 2-3 day outages. Anything to that?

I’ve lived rural all my life and have always just dealt with any power outages. Gotten to the point in my life where I can afford some creature comforts like installing a nice system just incase.

No tank. Hooked directly to the natural gas line coming into the house.

Arkansas folks are used to power outages,but usually not in hot weather.ice storm power outages can last for weeks here

When night fishing from the bank,we used to take old beer cans and fill them with paint thinner.(it's cheap and what we had).twist a paper towel down in them for a wick.4 or 5 of those spread out on the bank lights it up real nice and keeps bugs away pretty good