[TheForge] OT -- East Coast correspondents -- how goes H. Irene?

[Saint Phlip]

I realize that. We had a generator, but it took Rob until Thursday to
get it running- and money's just a wee bit tight atm. Did, however,
look ay generators, and the ones I saw in the 8 KW range were about
$2000- plus the electrician's fees for setting them up.

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:
> A decent 8KW generator would have paid for itself right off.  You might
> want to run out and get one as I hear the next storm, it is feared, may
> take a similar track.
>
> On 9/3/2011 5:59 PM, Saint Phlip wrote:
>> We just got electric back. There was no reason for us to be out so
>> long, other than the greed and incompetence of our local electric
>> company. They think they want 75 million for clean up? Bull. We pay
>> the second highest electric rates in the entire US. They cheaped out
>> on the infrastructure that was the excuse for those rates. Be very
>> glad guys, that none of you are my congesspersons or electric company
>> executives.
>>
>> But thanks, guys, for being concerned. We were basically just fine-
>> the difficulty is the $1000 worth of food we lost in the freezers.
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Andrew Vida<osan at netlabs.net>  wrote:
>>> Season's just getting started. =8^o
>>>
>>> On 9/2/2011 8:44 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:
>>>> Glad to hear so many are coping with the storm as I expect a bunch of
>>>> blacksmiths to cope with . . . Stuff. I'm darned relieved Irene wasn't as
>>>> bad as she could've been. Still, bad enough.
>>>>
>>>> Way to go.
>>>> Jer
>>
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-- 
Saint Phlip

So, you think your data is safe?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/23/schneier.google.hacking/index.html?hpt=T2

Heat it up
Hit it hard
Repent as necessary.

Priorities:

It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools which make the smith.

.I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary
notices I have read with pleasure. -Clarence Darrow