NVJAY775
My home away from home.
- Location
- Gardnerville, Nevada, United States
Thanks man! That's a lot cheaper than a new generator for sure. I'm going to try it out.
Other East coasters
- Thread starter wsuwrhr
- Start date
Thanks man! That's a lot cheaper than a new generator for sure. I'm going to try it out.
shawn_NJ
Chasing waves.
- Location
- Daytona Beach
One thing to note. We are at sealevel (obviously why this thread was started to begin with...lol). If you are trying to get the 2400 to run your ac at high elevation the caps might not be enough. But will still make starting the ac alot easier on the gen, even if you have to trade up to a 3000.
BruceSki
Formerly Motoman25
- Location
- Long Island
Went to a station today. Verizon trucks with generators On them and 4-7 Verizon workers in charge of the Machinery standing around in front of it with the police.
They had a line of cars that were Verizon workers and cops who jumped the line then they let a few people gas up. Shortly after the cops came out and locked the pumps and shut the power back down.
I guess they are saving the fuel in the tanks for emergency vehicles and power service vehicles. Supposedly most of the out of state workers here to help have their own vehicles and aren't driving around in power company trucks. I helped push some guys car up the line cause he ran out of gas. Looked like he had everything he owned in the backseat.
They are saying no power from my parents house--->south until thanksgiving or later. Many houses are condemned already and will be knocked down. I just hope they can rebuild back to what it was and it doesn't turn to poop here.
Went and donated a bunch of food/toiletries/warm jackets to the Red Cross earlier today too. Hopefully people are staying warm tonight.
They had a line of cars that were Verizon workers and cops who jumped the line then they let a few people gas up. Shortly after the cops came out and locked the pumps and shut the power back down.
I guess they are saving the fuel in the tanks for emergency vehicles and power service vehicles. Supposedly most of the out of state workers here to help have their own vehicles and aren't driving around in power company trucks. I helped push some guys car up the line cause he ran out of gas. Looked like he had everything he owned in the backseat.
They are saying no power from my parents house--->south until thanksgiving or later. Many houses are condemned already and will be knocked down. I just hope they can rebuild back to what it was and it doesn't turn to poop here.
Went and donated a bunch of food/toiletries/warm jackets to the Red Cross earlier today too. Hopefully people are staying warm tonight.
madness maker
John
- Location
- freaked on long island
Got my generator up and running on natural gas today, would have been nice to have a conversion kit fron us carb, or even just the on demand nat.gas regulator. it took some time to get it to run without surging,playing with diffrent size/length/taper of my half ass feed tube setup into the intake, a/f is adjusted by a simple needle valve..far from perfect,but works pretty well considering,been running for over 8hrs now with the fuel petcock in the off postition.i can shut the nat gas and open gasoline valve and have it running back on that in seconds. hopefully they can get power restored asap for all of us that dont have any.
(def not an osha approved setup... and def and not to be left unattended) ha
(def not an osha approved setup... and def and not to be left unattended) ha
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- Location
- Santa Maria, CA
That's some smart thinking there. Hope you guys get some fuel and power soon up there. I still have none but gas has been flowing pretty good today. I looked out towards lbi tonight so weird to only see a few house lights at the north end then just black until the bridge.
Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&...4&start=24&ndsp=31&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:20,i:179
Hope they rebuild faster than here. 18 months later and very little rebuilt yet.
you can see the brown streak. that was the tornado path. The City here has put so many restrictions on "How they want you to rebuild".
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BruceSki
Formerly Motoman25
- Location
- Long Island
Ugh. I hope for the people living in those areas sake that they all rebuild. If its ends up like that it will be bad. I hope the insurance companies and FEMA pull through.
Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
FEMA is a joke.
cattledog
EH TEAM RACING
- Location
- toronto canada
canadian power crews and the canadian red cross arrived last night to help, its time for me to make a donation to the red cross shawn nj said they were there helping people out
shawn_NJ
Chasing waves.
- Location
- Daytona Beach
Yep the red cross has been in almost every beach town in jersey giving out hot meals, food, water, mres, flashlights, and lots of other stuff. I went to the truck to see if they had a extra lighter, and they would let me leave without taking dinners and mre's. Really good people who would give you the shirt off there backs. I donated to them as soon as I got home.
- Location
- baldwin ny
we at personal watercraft pretty much lost everything in the shop. and all the boats in the yard are all over the place and sunk. jetskis are all over the place on the train tracks. wost thing is both of the forklifts sank. i got one of the 2 running but the lil lift we use the most is doa. the buliding is still there but we had 5 foot of water in it. toolboxs all sunk welders,you name it sank. motors we had out and were working on sunk. we still have no power. all the docks are broken. we work the past 4 days and got most of the boats back in the yard. now we have to start looking for all the skis that are missing.
we still have 20 or so boats to haul but with no lift its going to b fun. but its not as bad as some people got it.
we will just keep on keeping on.
some of the pics bruce posted are mine.
we still have 20 or so boats to haul but with no lift its going to b fun. but its not as bad as some people got it.
we will just keep on keeping on.
some of the pics bruce posted are mine.
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- Location
- Cleveland Ohio
I've got friends in Manhattan living off of FEMA water and food right now...can't get out of there and no power.
madness maker
John
- Location
- freaked on long island
i was thinking you guys might have been hit hard at the shop,being where you are located, hope you guys have the quickest recovery you can dealing with the cleanup. and getting the shop back up and running.
wsuwrhr
Purveyor of the Biggest Brapp
- Location
- Alta Loma, working in Upland
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- Location
- baldwin ny
Yeah it's hard. We have to start over pretty. Much but I am thankfull for what we have.my house and fam are ok and that's all that really matters. We are not as bad off as some. We are in island park and the next town over is long beach and they are in trouble over there. Lets face it boats and skis are not needed. A roof over your head heat and hot water are.so every time I start to say I had enough I just look across the bay.
BruceSki
Formerly Motoman25
- Location
- Long Island
Ill see if I can swing down there and give a hand this week if my parents don't need more help.
- Location
- baldwin ny
Thanks for the offer but spend your time on people that need the help.this stuff is just triva.
Bobert540
Site Supporter
- Location
- Rockford,MI
I just passed a caravan of utility trucks headed east on rt78 in PA. Saw more generators on flatbeds as well. It is nice to see more reinforcements heading your way.
- Location
- baldwin ny
Good they need them. The power plant for long beach is "unrepairable" I was told. South Baldwin is still without power also.
BruceSki
Formerly Motoman25
- Location
- Long Island
Some more pics from a guy in long beach that shot us jet skiing before.
