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powerboatr wrote:we have been lucky out here
we just have surges or split second its light, no its dark, no its light, no its dark
followed by a resetting of the puters and modems


favorite is right in the middle of an online test at A&M and BAM your logged off

Sounds like a UPS might be in order (Uninterruptible Power Supply)

Skiprr wrote:What do plants in North Dakota do? Tell 'em we had two plants go off-grid because the temperature dropped below 20 degrees, and they'd probably just stare at you in disbelief...

More likely they'd

flintknapper wrote:It's Bush's fault, in case anyone was wondering.

I mean....everything else was/is.

... and will continue to be, too!

C-dub wrote:My house is almost all electric. Water heater is gas and so is the furnace. However, the thermostat for the furnace is electric and does not work when there is no electricity. I do have a fireplace and plenty of wood. It is burning as I type.

It wouldn't matter. Assuming by a "gas furnace", you mean your heat is generated by a Forced-Hot-Air system, even if you could get the burners to light, there'd be no juice to run the fans that circulate it. If you did trick the burners to come on, all those BTUs would just build up in the furnace until the entire thing burst into flames, or melted down. By the way, IANAHVACT (I am not a HVAC Technician!)

Our power went off twice this morning, too. Once at 7:00am, and again around 9:50.

The pipes in the master bathroom froze last night too -- No damage (AFAICT), and got it thawed out about an hour ago.