Yep! That word is another super accented one! My kids say coo-ponpuh-CAHN.
How my mom said it, so that's how I say it.
But she also said, "Q-pon" (coupon) and I say COO-pon.
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Yep! That word is another super accented one! My kids say coo-ponpuh-CAHN.
How my mom said it, so that's how I say it.
But she also said, "Q-pon" (coupon) and I say COO-pon.
Pee can!puh-CAHN.
How my mom said it, so that's how I say it.
But she also said, "Q-pon" (coupon) and I say COO-pon.
Glad you checked in and doing fairly well.The storm hit, and everything was going just fine. I made stewbeef and gravy, green beans, and had about 10 - 15 mins left for the potatoes to finish up, so I could mash them, when the power went out.
Generator turned on, so I put the potatoes, and some of the boiling hot water into a big glass bowl, and finished them up in the microwave. After they were mashed, we had a delicious supper.
The storm lowered the temp. It was around 72 degrees.
The rain was blowing towards the front and left side of the house. I opened the back windows, and the patio sliders on the right side of the house, which are also protected from the rain by the patio itself. No A/C needed. That blessing has helped conserve fuel for the generator.
We were hammered for hours with 60 mph sustained winds, and up to 90 mph gusts. I'm glad to report that we sustained no damage. The chickens settled into their cages in the garage, and have done fine.
Internet went out, but with phones, and a couple tablets connected through our cell phone carrier, we were not isolated. I even played a few movies for us, on my tablet.
The electric company has been hard a work restoring power to hospitals, fire stations, law enforcement sub stations, pharmacies, grocery stores, gas stations, etc. They're a higher priority than residences, although if you live on a line that is connected to any of the priorities your power got restored promptly. Next they go after larger areas of residences, like big sub-divisions.
They told us last night, that they had sustained a good bit of equipment damage to a couple of the electrical sub stations out here, and it could take up to 3 days to get them fixed, and get us up and running. I know they were working on it tonight, because we had power for about a minute, then it went down again.
Like us, all of our neighbors have generators of some type, so it's not too big of a deal to lose power. Funny how generators sound a lot like lawn mowers. At 3 am, it sounds like everyone is out mowing their lawn.
This morning, after all the storm had passed, the cat came out onto the patio. She kept searching for Quacker Sparkles, our duck. She was very distraught that she could not find the duck. I ended up having to take her out to the garage, and show her that the duck was fine.
All the neighboring men hopped on their tractors, armed with chain saws, going to make sure none of our more immediate neighbors were trapped, either in their homes, or uable to get out of their driveways, due to fallen trees.
There are a few tiny pockets of areas that didn't lose power. Our little convenience store nearby, was up, and running. It was doing booming business, and packed with people. Long lines at the gas pumps, and long lines of people getting prepared food. We didn't really need anything, but the kids wanted OJ, which is why I went.
With them turning on the power for just a minute, I'm hopeful our power will be fully restored before it gets hot out again.
Glad you're ok. Have a cousin there, they did I'm too. A panel if their fence was broken out, power out, but doing ok.The storm hit, and everything was going just fine. I made stewbeef and gravy, green beans, and had about 10 - 15 mins left for the potatoes to finish up, so I could mash them, when the power went out.
Generator turned on, so I put the potatoes, and some of the boiling hot water into a big glass bowl, and finished them up in the microwave. After they were mashed, we had a delicious supper.
The storm lowered the temp. It was around 72 degrees.
The rain was blowing towards the front and left side of the house. I opened the back windows, and the patio sliders on the right side of the house, which are also protected from the rain by the patio itself. No A/C needed. That blessing has helped conserve fuel for the generator.
We were hammered for hours with 60 mph sustained winds, and up to 90 mph gusts. I'm glad to report that we sustained no damage. The chickens settled into their cages in the garage, and have done fine.
Internet went out, but with phones, and a couple tablets connected through our cell phone carrier, we were not isolated. I even played a few movies for us, on my tablet.
The electric company has been hard a work restoring power to hospitals, fire stations, law enforcement sub stations, pharmacies, grocery stores, gas stations, etc. They're a higher priority than residences, although if you live on a line that is connected to any of the priorities your power got restored promptly. Next they go after larger areas of residences, like big sub-divisions.
They told us last night, that they had sustained a good bit of equipment damage to a couple of the electrical sub stations out here, and it could take up to 3 days to get them fixed, and get us up and running. I know they were working on it tonight, because we had power for about a minute, then it went down again.
Like us, all of our neighbors have generators of some type, so it's not too big of a deal to lose power. Funny how generators sound a lot like lawn mowers. At 3 am, it sounds like everyone is out mowing their lawn.
This morning, after all the storm had passed, the cat came out onto the patio. She kept searching for Quacker Sparkles, our duck. She was very distraught that she could not find the duck. I ended up having to take her out to the garage, and show her that the duck was fine.
All the neighboring men hopped on their tractors, armed with chain saws, going to make sure none of our more immediate neighbors were trapped, either in their homes, or uable to get out of their driveways, due to fallen trees.
There are a few tiny pockets of areas that didn't lose power. Our little convenience store nearby, was up, and running. It was doing booming business, and packed with people. Long lines at the gas pumps, and long lines of people getting prepared food. We didn't really need anything, but the kids wanted OJ, which is why I went.
With them turning on the power for just a minute, I'm hopeful our power will be fully restored before it gets hot out again.
!!!! That is HIGHLY dangerous and likely an illegal installation. He could fry a line worker repairing the wires. Solar panel inverters must, by law, disconnect from the grid when there is no grid power. I assume the same is true for whole house generators.I was totally wrong about why the lights went on for a minute last night. A neighbor forgot to flip his breaker switch when he fired up his generator. It was bleed back into the outside line, which powered things up all down the line.
That's just what my husband said, Bruce. He could have killed somebody.!!!! That is HIGHLY dangerous and likely an illegal installation. He could fry a line worker repairing the wires. Solar panel inverters must, by law, disconnect from the grid when there is no grid power. I assume the same is true for whole house generators.
With solar, you have NO power when the grid is down unless you have batteries (which the panels can still charge) and still everything is isolated from the grid when there is no line voltage.
1 year? They aren't using high end batteries, sounds more like the old time 12V lead acid batteries linked together. But even then I wouldn't expect them to need replacement annually. Batteries should never be run down to 0, in fact I think 30% is the recommended "floor". Also need to not overcharge them. They may not have proper controllers to manage the batteries.They use batteries to store their power but on cloudy days you can hear them running a generator to charge the batteries when they run down.
We hear it and go hmmmmm, so you paid $$$$$ for a whole house solar array and now you are paying $$$$$ to the gas company in order to run your generator? So how is that solar array saving you money?
Plus one time when we talked to them the husband said with a tortured sigh...Batteries needed replaced after a year.