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Lister Engines => Lister Based Generators => Topic started by: SHIPCHIEF on September 07, 2017, 05:19:29 PM
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Hurricane Irma is upon Florida in a few days.
Our prayers go out to them.
Rocketboy and Cujet have survived 3 hurricanes with Listeroid generators a-thumpin'
Perhaps they will think of this forum and check in again?
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I am a few miles north of them and am certainly concerned for my safety.
I will be staying in my shop with the wife and 2 dogs. We rode one out last
year but it was nothing compared to this storm.
I haven't used my Listeroids for anything but testing but that noisey
old Changfa has never let me down yet !
Stay safe,
Gary
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Best of luck guys! Stay safe!
dieselgman
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Irma got me thinking of this site and the folks down in that area. I miss the Lister stuff and haven't checked in a long time. Life has just been in the way...
Hang in there you guys!
Good luck and stay safe...
BE SMART AND DON'T TAKE ANY CHANCES!
Steve
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6/1's are great to use as a lifeline anchor, they are not going anywhere. Not sure that a surge wave will do much to move one either.
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Joan and I were looking for a different place from the Seattle, Washington area back in '93 so we headed for Florida and the Keys. We weren't out of the airport an hour and ran into a bunch of square block mountains of rubbish collected from Andrew's path. Wow!
It instantly became a nice vacation without any property search considerations what so ever.
Good luck.
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another rant by glort.......really ??
i should be so lucky, I should live so long...
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Glort, I dont understand how anyone could be prepared for 150 mph winds and massive flooding when living in any US town or city. With people forced into city living, any possibility of self reliance is simply not there. Living the way we do down under, yes, we can provide for ourselves in an almost unlimited way..... hell, i dont even bother with insurance.
The scale of these hurricanes are beyond comprehension. I am pretty sure people in Florida will likely need more than an off grid Lister and a vege garden to survive this without worry. Basically they have nothing but a pessimistic reliance on a government, which sadly has not a good record in past hurricane events..... Katrina as but one example.
Compounded with looting and opportunistic crime, its all pretty hopeless.... they are not only at the mercy of nature.
Good luck to everyone up there, youre gunna need it by the looks.
My heart really goes out to Cuba, they are even less capable of fixing the damage and sadly cannot rely on help from their neighbour to the north for much of anything.
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I wish I could read that long. What was the second half about?
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What I really don't get with people whom live in these storm ravaged areas that seem to get hit every year, often multiple times is firstly, why the hell they are there in the first place, and secondly, being their choice, why so few are really prepared?
It may have been something I read on rocket boys site about his lister where he spoke of demanding neighbors wanting his power after another storm took the grid out but had no generators of their own. In such circumstances I would not at all be charitable.
They will probably look at people like Rocket and Cujet sitting round with the lights on, watching TV eating a hot meal and talk of them like they are privileged and express resentment towards them. The fact they could be in the same position themselves will be lost on them or ignored and they will blame someone else for not being as "lucky" or well off.
They sure as hell wouldn't want to come bitching and whingeing and expecting my help that would be for sure.
If you can't be bothered to look after yourself, you sure as shit would not want to come asking me to look after you.
I love the freedom of Florida. I moved here in 1983, sick and tired of the utter lack of freedom in CT and NY. The beaurocratic restrictions, the "you can't do that" attitude and so on. At 19 years old, I was working for a company testing outboard racing engines and a race car company that did some development for Ford. Both businesses were being actively attacked by local bureaucrats. To say they were "anti" industrial business was an understatement. If you were not "white collar" you were "pushed out". Even today, Connecticut is littered with closed factories.
I visited Daytona Beach for vacation and fell in love. People were driving dune buggies on the beach, flying airplanes all over the state! People shot guns in the local sand pit, People had loud side exhausts on their pickup trucks, people rode dirt bikes with tags miles into the woods for a day's fun exploring. People were not charged personal property tax, state income tax, emissions and vehicle testing, $20,000 real estate taxes and people could actually afford a nice place to live.
It was the opposite of Connecticut, where you had 2 recreational choices. Sailing a sailboat in the sometimes filthy Long Island Sound, or Golf. Anybody that loves motorsports found Connecticut utterly restrictive. Not to mention stunningly unaffordable.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University epitomized the "Florida Freedom" thing. Tuition back then was an absolute bargain, and opportunity was everywhere.
I don't know where you live, but it sounds really nice. Want a new neighbor?
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I made a very nice life for myself and family, on a very modest income. And outdoor activities are possible year round. There is no time of the year where I'm grounded due to wing icing or prevailing poor weather.
I'll take the hurricanes, and the freedom. I can't stomach CA, NY, CT, MA etc. The controlling liberals infuriate me.
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I wish I could read that long. What was the second half about?
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I wish I could read that long. What was the second half about?
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Your comment reminds me: Down here at the Bottom of the World in the Island nearest to Australia we have two cultures, Maori and European (universally referred to as Pakeha). Pomposity & pointless verbosity isn't limited to Pakeha politicians
A while back I attended a function on a Marae (traditional Maori venue) where there was a fair bit of speechifying to-and-fro
One young Maori man stood up on the paepae (the speaking area) and spoke at considerable length.
It was clear that in his own mind he cut an impressive figure with his tattoos, his suit, his XXXXL whalebone pendant, his ornately carved walking stick and his extroverted style of oratory.
He strode manfully back and forth across the paepae, speaking in Maori, waving his stick, shaking his fine head of hair and punctuating his speech with fierce facial expressions.
Eventually he sat down.
A little girl, aged maybe six, who had sat listening politely but uncomprehendingly to this lengthy oration turned to her grandmother, a dignified older Maori lady with a genuine tattooed chin - we would call her, respectfully, a Kuia.
The little girl asked "What did the man say, Grandma?"
"Nothing" she replied . . . .
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So what was it like for you? Did you need your generators?
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I must admit to having a wee chuckle while watching some US hurricane live news channel interviewing this really fat sheila. She was only concerned about impending food shortages.despite already stocking up beforehand...... I dont actually think even a week without food would kill her, and in her case would surely be beneficial.? Theres always a funny side.
Good insight too with watching american advertisements.
These medications are right for you ads with the mandatory 30 seconds explaining some pretty awful side effects,
Finance companies offering even more debt with a young "successful "smiling chickie babe actor who obviously will do anything for money and the leggy fake titted bimbo weather presenters pretending to have a degree in meteorology.
Many of the male reporters look to rate a good 9.5 on the sphincter scale as well.
Im sure im cherry picking, but interesting non the less.
Now we have a waist deep reporter saying how troubling and dangerous it is to see residents wading in waist deep water...... CNN.
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Boy this thread really went off the tracks.
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Blood rush is why.... we live upside down. Australians also suffer heat stroke.
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Boy this thread really went off the tracks.
Yeah, I was kind of hoping we'd get some commentary from folks living through the event. Fortunately another thread had some more info, unfortunately that is where I also learned Rocketboy was no longer with us. I found his website prior to finding this forum.
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winds, water but fortunately little to no damage.
the Changfa rides again !
Gary
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Gary,
Glad you guys didn't have any damage!
I'm curious how you like your metal building? (I'm assuming that's yours in the background). Just wondering how its worked out for you since you've had it? Would you buy another one or would you put up a traditional framed metal building if you had to do it all over again?
Any thoughts/info would be appreciate.
Thanks,
Steve
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Steve,
Yes, that's my metal building.
I trust it more than my modular home.
During the hurricanes years ago I saw damage on just about eveeything except my friends building
and that's what convinced me they are the way to go.
I have stayed in it during a few storms the last 12 years and have 0 damage.
They are a good, cost effective, way to go. The cost is less than a "conventional" steel building but labor will
be more because of the amount of work involved.
I did much of the work on my building in Florida, but when I put one up on my farm in Kentucky the factory has
a crew that travels and assembles them, and I hired them. After the first one I decided I never wanted to do
that again !
You will loose some storage beacuse of the shape but I don't consider that a big deal here. In Kentucky my
building side walls are 9' so that does make a difference.
Gary
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"I was sitting here reading this thinking what an idiot you are until I realized it was one of my earlier posts !"
Amen
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Don't these Storms happen pretty much every year?
We here in Jupiter, FL were last hit in 2004-2005, with hurricanes Francis, Jeanne and Wilma 105, 120 and 105MPH. Erma knocked out power, toppled some trees, left a mess of branches, 85mph.
The statistical average is hurricane force winds every 5.8 years.
An interesting link to local statistical data.
http://www.hurricanecity.com/city/palmbeach.htm
Maybe it is time to move.....
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So what was it like for you? Did you need your generators?
We here in Jupiter, FL had some hurricane force winds. I put up my steel hurricane panels and just took them down today. It's about 25 hours work in total up and down. And, quite a serious workout! My biceps are bulging today, from moving thousands of pounds of steel.
For anyone not understanding what hurricane force winds are, I can only say this: The folks who decided the wind speed categories got it right, as even hurricane Category 1 winds are incredibly damaging.
The wind damaged trees throughout the neighborhood and we lost power for 5 days. The mighty lister ran faithfully and powered 100% of my house. We had hot water, central AC, well pump, water softener, all the lights, shop air in the garage and so on. We kept the house at 70 degrees inside, which was very comfortable. Normally, I'd have it a bit warmer, but I wanted to keep things really cool just in case we had to go without any power for a while. (such as a repair would require) Thankfully all was well. Fuel consumption was quite reasonable too. Generally about 8 gallons per day, sometimes as low as 6.
I'll give the engine an oil change, a bit of servicing and all the praise possible.