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Is it 25 degrees inside your house?

These are good points. My suggestion is that people really need to have a plan on what's important to keep powered up versus what's a luxury to have running. Knowing loads of the necessary items that have to stay running is key. Making adjustments now is also important, like changing to LED bulbs and knowing what to unplug on circuits that are normally powered up to save on overall power usage. Plus, refriges don't need to be powered on constantly. If you keep them closed, they can go multiple hours without needing to be run. What I did knowing Sandy was coming, was to fill all extra space in the freezer with water bottles. These all ended up being frozen before we lost power and helped to keep the fridge cold. Plus, before the storm hit, I turned the fridges to their coldest setting, to get everything as cold as possible. When I fired up the genny periodically during the day, it was just stabilizing the fridges, as they were holding a lot of the cold already.

Actually, the new magazine ban/restriction that was just voted on in the Assembly has a stun gun ban attached to it. I haven't seen anyone actually make reference to it.

You brought up a good point too. That most people don't need a 5000 watt generator for the average house. Most of today's houses, specially if they have newer appliances, can be kept powered up on smaller generators that use a lot less fuel to run. I remember a few neighbors during Sandy running 5000w gennys all day long to keep a few bulbs lit. I can imagine how much gas they burned through.

Yep, I was going to mention that, never drain them down to 50%. One of the best tools in the tool box. It's REALLY important to know what each of the items on a circuit draw in power.

Honda, as in vehicle? That's my third option, charge by running my truck. if the gen craps out and solar doesn't produce because of clouds, the vehicle is Plan C. Like I mentioned above, One is none, Two is one, and Three is the plan. If I pushed (which I haven't), almost three days easy, without recharging, based on average draw down. But, when I used it for Sandy, I topped it off every time I ran the genny. If I kept it hooked up to the panels, it would power the house forever (without the central A/C running). It's all about power management.

That's the definite way to go. I melted down a refrige once in the past running it on a modified sine wave inverter.

No actual array on roof (planning on installing some this summer), but a portable set up with 3 - 250 watt panels that I deploy as needed. Battery bank is 600 AH, can charge off of gen set, normally its on trickle charger to keep topped off and ready, or can be charged from panels. 2500 watt, pure sine wave as main, 1500 watt and 1000 watt units as back-up. Transfer switch I installed at panel. Can switch between gen set input or battery bank/inverter input, depending on where I want the power to come from.

Did it ever occur to you that maybe those boomers are smart enough to know not to put their complete history, friends, personal facts and assorted other personal items out on a web site they DON'T control and have no idea where that information is going? Maybe the younger generations are the incompetent ones.....

Exactly right, nothing says "come get me" more than the sound of a running generator at night. This is exactly why I run the deep cycle battery system at night. Not a single sound, yet I can keep the important items powered up. We went I think 8 days without power with Sandy, had a few days with power back on, then back in the dark for another 4 days or so when that freak snow storm came through and knocked the power back out. Lots of testing of different back-up plans.

One point about generators, they are not fool-proof and are mechanical tools. I know some people who either couldn't get their generator to run when they needed it, or had gas or mechanical issues and ended up without power. To take comfort, thinking you have a generator and everything will be fine, is foolish. The key is to have backup plans. My mantra is, "One is none, Two is one, and Three is the plan". If you don't have Plan B or Plan C already in place, you're screwed. The best plan is to try and live with minimal power needs, design your bug-in where you need the least amount of power. Having some solar panels to recharge batteries should be on your list. Get a few 12 volt deep cycle batteries and a inverter and keep the batteries always charged. Same with Heat. Have plan B and Plan C. Furnace is Plan A, have a wood or gas fireplace as Plan B. Have a propane heater as Plan C. Same with Water. Same with Food. You get the point.......

My generator runs on propane (20 lb tanks), so if things got really dicey, I know I can always find tanks in almost every backyard hooked up to people's grills. Plus, I use deep cycle batteries to run lights and electronics of off an inverter, and only fire up the generator to recharge the batteries and run the fridges or furnace. This way, I only fire up the generator 3 or 4 times a day for like an hour or so at a time. I get multiple days from one tank of propane that way. I have no intention of bugging out, I'm staying to defend the homestead.

The 4473 only gets completed when you're actually purchasing at the dealer. She was filing out the original FID application and P2P permits. The packet includes questions concerning mental health treatment and includes that background check and request for treatment. The form is called Consent for Mental Health Records Search. That search is what probably flagged her.

Yep, just enforce the EXISTING laws instead of passing NEW useless laws that criminals won't obey. Sounds easy, doesn't it. Can someone please explain that to Gov. Asshole?

Have you actually gone into your phone's actual settings, and not directly from the app: Settings, then Apps, then Facebook, the App info and look to see what permissions are still being allowed? The window should look something like this, not the settings panel in the app itself: Changing a few settings from inside the app doesn't stop it all.

So, why use it then? Has anyone here actually logged into their FB account and downloaded their history yet to see all the personal details they have siphoned off of your phones and personal life?

Exactly!! If FB users actually went and looked at the Permissions they granted the app, then went and downloaded their history, they would be absolutely amazed at what personal information FB "vacuumed" from their phones. They're not called "sheep" for no reason. Then, go look at what Google has "vacuumed", and they would smash their phones with a hammer. But, but, but, "I have to stay in contact with my friends"....... and watch cat videos on Youtube..... Geeze...

Wait, are you saying that this guy lied on the 4473 (which is a felony) to obtain and sell illegal handguns? Haven't the Liberals been screaming for "common sense gun laws", which would stop this. After all, just one more NEW law (on top of the 20,000 existing laws) would stop these criminals, right, according to the Liberals? /sarc

It's not a monopoly when users VOLUNTARILY submit and share all their personal information on the site. Users have a choice to participate or not.

If you have the Facebook app on your phone, EVERYTHING you've ever searched, looked up, texts, contact lists, phone calls, other apps and every button push you've done on your phone has been captured by Facebook. How do you like that invasion of privacy?

I thought you were talking about HER, not you?

How about a pink Ruger 10/22 Tactical in a AR configuration. Virtually no recoil and lightweight, but still cool looking and fun to shoot: https://ruger.com/products/1022Tactical/specSheets/11175.html

He probably told her there was jewelry there. I can relate to that. That's why only my sons know what's in the safes and the where the keys are.

Wait, are you married to MY wife??????

The upper GMRS channels (on the 22 channel models) can go up to 2 watts. FRS lower channels is usually at the 1/2 watt.