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George

On 10/3/2010 12:31 AM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:15:31 -0400, wrote:

zzzzzzzzzz wrote the following:
On Sat, 02 Oct 2010 08:24:12 -0400, Art wrote:

On 10/2/2010 7:54 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

"Dean Hoffman"
wrote

I wonder how long it will run on the
size of tank you have. You might spend
a lot of time getting fuel.
There are many for sale on Ebay also.

Assuming you can get fuel during a big
outage. Propane bulk tanks use an
electric pump to transfer. I like the
idea of propane over gas though.

But, gasoline pumps need electricity,
also.

Long-term outages rarely cover a wide-area, except in perhaps a CA earthquake.

...or in the NE during a widespread heavy snow or ice storm, or
hurricane.

Nope. Outages are never widespread and long-lasting. Even when some homes
have been knocked out for three weeks, most have power restored in hours.

Guessing you have never been to the NE in the winter? How would you
restore service in hours when major parts of the infrastructure have
been taken down by ice and ice laden trees?

Hurricane Floyd back in 1999 took out a wide range of wired
services besides electricity, and included telephone, cable, and
internet. The outage lasted 72 hours for me. It took the help of a
number of utility companies from other inland states to restore power .

Some were likely back on line in hours after the winds subsided.

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