Major ICE storm

[chetg@...]

Hi Bob & Carol,

Just got back from South Padre at noon today. Windy and cool in South
Padre (low of 45 Friday morning), but warmed up nicely to low to mid 60's
during the day. Shrimp was great. Ate them three times a day. Have a
great trip.

Chet Geist
1981 FC33, Austin, Texas


Original Message:
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From: Bob & Carol Howald` rhowald@...
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:05:26 +0000
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Major ICE storm


Well, we've had our major storm here in the midwest. Got about 1" of
ice on Thursday night and about 4 inch's of snow on top of that. All
electric was off in most of our area. We had major tree damage and the
place looks like
a bomb went off. We lost our electricity for 46 hours. I started the
kabota generator in the coach and ran 125' of 10-3 extension cords. we
powered 2 hi-eff. furnaces plus 3 refers plus numberous lights hot
plate's etc plus the coach heat. No problem at all. ran the gen. for 45
hrs continuiously. (glad I use Synthetic oil in everything)..Can't wait
to get to South Padre! On the other topic, I use 2 24,000 # air
over hyd jack's when working on the coach and then place 12000 # jack
stands. When feeling uncomfortable about the blocking I ocasionally use
6x6 wood blocks that I use with the boat blocking. I have to use a 4000
# floor jack just to lift the front of my dodge diesel truck!
Looking forward to thaw here in the heart land. Bob&Carol
93pt40,Il.



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