HELP! Extended power outage!

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Originally Posted by led-zep

There isn't a WalMart in maybe another city that still has power? Getting those hand warmers as stated above would be good.

If your power stays out for several days Im about 50 miles south of Houston. I could probably get some supplys and priority ship them to you. Since we are so close they should arrive next day. Anyway I could help let me know.


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Thank you so much for your kind offer. We are less than 2 miles from a Wal-Mart that had also lost power but about 6 miles from one that still had power. If it had gotten too bad, we would have gone to the other one. I would have still stressed though so the motel/hotel was my top choice. There is a Northern Tool less than 5 miles from me and I will be buying a generator in the morning. I'm getting one with enough juice to run my refrigerator and the oil filled heater and heat pads for our babies. Thanks again to you and everyone that was here for us.

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Originally Posted by faulkan

Thank you so much for your kind offer. We are less than 2 miles from a Wal-Mart that had also lost power but about 6 miles from one that still had power. If it had gotten too bad, we would have gone to the other one. I would have still stressed though so the motel/hotel was my top choice. There is a Northern Tool less than 5 miles from me and I will be buying a generator in the morning. I'm getting one with enough juice to run my refrigerator and the oil filled heater and heat pads for our babies. Thanks again to you and everyone that was here for us.

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No problem. Thats what friends are for. Glad everything turned out ok.


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Originally Posted by led-zep

No problem. That's what friends are for. Glad everything turned out ok.


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You and this group are amazing! I'm so thankful for each and every one of you.

My fiancee is worried that the short-term 70ish temps might have caused heath issues. This is mostly because I was pinging off the walls. Should we be concerned now that temps are returning to normal? We have been hand-warming both of our babies since power came back on.

I was thinking I dont know if its been mentioned before or not but those computer battery back ups may not be a bad idea to plug the themostats into.

I dont know how long they would last but they may buy some valuable. Maybe worth looking into.


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Originally Posted by led-zep

I was thinking I dont know if its been mentioned before or not but those computer battery back ups may not be a bad idea to plug the themostats into.

I dont know how long they would last but they may buy some valuable. Maybe worth looking into.


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We thought of that but the ones we had our computers were already dying by the time we thought of using them. Great idea though.

It's definitely a scary thing. In the past I've always thrown them into a pillow case and put them under my shirt, and slept on the couch. Kept me from rolling over and squishing them. But now that I have 5 at my house, I really should look into getting a generator before Fall comes into full swing. I've already made one 2am crazed drive to a friend's house 8 miles away just to get electricity.

Does anyone know of any small affordable generators online?

What I hate are white outs where they purposefully turn off the electricity. I understand why they can be necessary, but still.

Is it bad that we base life decisions in our animals? Lol. I was fine with me, my fiancee and her 17 year old son dealing with the cold but I'll be damned if the snakes will suffer.

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Here's the upside. Our boa was in the blue a few days ago and we knew he'd shed soon. Shortly after the power came back on, my fiancee wet him down and he immediately started shedding. Once he finished, he took dinner with no issues. Our beautiful little pin took her first frozen thawed (hair dryer activated) meal. She'd been eating live only prior to now. This was a wonderful night overall. We're happy, the babies are happy...everyone is happy. Yay!