Saturday, October 12, 2019

The Power Outage IV

We went out to our place and discovered the power was on, finally. It may have come on last night around sunset. Everything except refrigerator and freezer contents survived intact, those perishables we simply put in trash.

Before the next outage, I’m guessing we’ll buy a little gasoline-fueled generator to power the RV and tide us over until we can get the whole-house propane-fueled generator installed and functional. A lot of RVers have had generators for years, we’ve just never felt the need till now. The technology is mature, fortunately.

Not being able to depend on our electrical provider is merely another of the many quality degradations which characterize modern life, alas. Conservative cartoonists are making fun of our power outage, calling it the Beta test for the Green New Deal. They’re not far wrong. It sure didn’t make Tesla ownership look more promising.