Steve, I don't hear what you're talking about at allso I'm confused here. If you can tell me where it is, I meanI know yu can Make jaws, do something, I can make it burp sort of. Sorry I can't be of more help. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Boodram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 9:45 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Popping Sound In JAWSFw: [BlindHandyMan] CycloneConditions Here
> Hi here's the e-mail. The sound is in the fifth paragraph of this message, > somewhere near the word power. > Phone: 1-868-636-3519 > Fax: 1-868-679-1001 > Mobile: 1-868-730-8377 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: William Stephan > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:01 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Cyclone Conditions Here > > > Lee: > > Here in Western Missouri, we have some weather-related potential > disasters. > We do sometimes get significant snow and wind, though unless you're caught > out in it, it's more of a major inconvenience than a true disaster. Where > I > live, everybody gets occasional basement flooding, but again, these houses > were built basically to withstand that, mine for instance has a five inch > differential between the height of the floor at the basement walls and the > drain. > > The things we really have to think about are tornados and ice storms. If > you get hit by a tornado, there's going to be significant devastation it's > true, but by definition, it tends to be pretty spotty, so places like > Greensburg notwithstanding, generally infrastructure is going to be in > tact. > > Ice storms though, can cover a widespread area, so not only will you > perhaps > have no electricity, but you might not be able even to find a hotel room > within several miles of where you live. > > So, a generator is probably a wise investment here. > > When my wife and I bought the place, we were pretty flush with cash, and > thought about buying a serious generator, i.e. one that automatically > tests > itself, starts automatically on power interruption etc. But, the price tag > on one of those is a deal breaker. > > We've not had a power failure of any duration here for several years, so > we're probably due for one. > > I think if I could find something in say a 5kw size, I might buy it. The > > We have an old and more or less unused garage we share with a neighbor, > and > I think I could cut a vent to exhaust the fumes. I would probably just > back > feed through an outside outlet and be careful about what we ran. > > One of the things that's kept me from doing this is that I don't like the > idea of storing gasoline in large enough quantities to run a generator for > a > couple days. Since my wife and I don't drive, this presents a bit of a > problem. > > I don't really mind maintaining equipment, but the sole purpose of this > generator would be as a hedge against a possible weather event, so I > waffle > as to whether or not I think the work and expense is really worthwhile. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Lee A. Stone > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 4:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cyclone Conditions Here > > I ap9ologize for being late on responses but. Ray this is right on topic > in my iopinion for this list. Brother Geno tried to get some awareness > a year ago either on this list or blind like me. are we as blind handy > men or handywomen ready for any sort of massive situation like Ray > described in this post or something like Katrina which hit the USA > coast lines in 2006. ?? I know there is no way of being prepared for > everything but this subject came up on so many lists just after 911 > which Hit Manhattan. . I happen to live in the Northeast part of the USA > as many of you know and yes storms hit here too. My question to the > list, beginning with those who have hundreds or maybe thousands tied up > in supplies like power saws or nice cars or trucks . are you really > prepared? at one time I could have said yes to all my questions but > basically in this house we are ready again, but not always for power > outages because of a very large generator. so lets start there. will > everyone on the list run out and buy and then maintain a generator? I > think not as it is niot really a budget item. but besides that. is your > family aware, are you aware as to where you can go tomorrow , shoiuld a > disaster hit your area. forget the big costs of something but are you > really prepared as best you can for that sudden change in weather or > related things which can turn your life upside down?Lee > > -- > Beware of computerized fortune-tellers! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > __._,_.___ > Messages in this topic (0) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic > Messages | Files | Photos | Polls | Members > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! 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