[AT] OT Oklahoma Ice storm

[David Bruce]

Charlie, It might have been the same storm or not but we had a similar 
situation here when I was a kid. Electrical out for a week, phone out 
for two. We moved in with my grandpa and had heat from the oil heater, 
removed the grate from the top and cooked on it. My dad and one of his 
volunteer fireman buddies used the civil defense generator to cool down 
the freezer at our house and then went through the community doing the 
same. As a kid it was a great adventure but I'm sure the adults didn't 
think so.

David
NW NC

On 11/29/2015 7:35 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Sorry to hear you are caught in the ice storm.  We haven't had a bad one
> here since I was a boy.  That one put the power out for about a week or so.
> We had no generators back then but we had a kerosene stove for heat in
> the house and it wasn't so bad.  I can't remember how we cooked if we did.
> We didn't have gas appliances.  One of my friends over in the next county
> was out of power for nearly a month.
>
> Supposedly that storm is going to stay north and west of us or at least
> it will moderate before it gets here.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cecil R Bearden
> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2015 10:32 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT Oklahoma Ice storm
>
> Just missed getting the tractor hit by a falling tree limb coated with
> ice.  My best shade tree with my tool truck nearby was split in tow by
> the 1 inch of ice.  Temp has been 31 to 32 for the last 30 hours and
> raining or misting the entire time.  Roads are good as the temps have
> been warm prior to this.   Electricity went off this morning at 9am.
> Internet connection quit at 1:30pm yesterday. Trying out a US Cellular
> Hot spot wifi.  It seems to work.  The wind and rain had my cows
> shivering trying to get out of the wind.  Fed them extra yesterday and
> today and got them straightened out from being humped up.  It has rained
> about 4 inches in the last 36 hours, so the pasture is wet wherever I
> usually feed them.  This reminds me of the 2001 ice storm when we ran 27
> days on generator.  Running the 60kw Onan with the Allis Chalmers 7030
> engine right now.  If power still out tomorrow, will have to cut back to
> the 8kw Allis chalmers 2cyl diesel and move to the propane heated
> house.   Heat pump likes a minimum of 20kw to heat right...  Onan
> generator likes fuel at the rate of 3gph....  It needs some
> exercise..    The trees on my South line fence look to have really tore
> up things when their limbs broke.  Maybe this will make it easier to get
> them out of the fence and rebuild.
>
> This storm is heading East slowly.  I hope you guys don't have to
> experience the ice that we seem to always get.
>
> Stay warm & safe.
>
> Cecil in oKla
>
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