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Re: Hurricane Jeanne

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Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Umm.. was that a joke? I hope so. How do you post on CD without power.
Did you build a generator out of your old Lego hovercrafts?? :ahh:

I tried something that worked well and others might want to try it in the future.

I used my laptop (with it's internal battery) and plugged my cable modem and router into my UPS (from my desktop) and turned it on. I unplugged the desktop from it so the only drain on it was the modem and router. I turned the UPS off after a half hour and didn't give it a chance to fully drain so I don't know how long it would have lasted. For the desktop with a 17" monitor it's rated for about 18 minutes. The only thing annoying was the beeps it kept letting out.

Re: Hurricane Jeanne

I started a puzzle on Saturday night. Our lights started flickering at 6:15 PM. We finally lost power at 8:25. Yesterday the power came on at 6:45. I was in the kitchen getting ready to eat. As soon as i came on i ran outside screaming "power, power, power, we've got electricity! turn on your lights! the powers on! the powers on!" it was sooo funny. but the best thing was that we ate dinner outside, even tho the lights were on inside. it was sooo wonderful. there was absolutely NO noise! all the generators had turned off, everyone had gone inside, and it was too soon for everyone to have turned on thier air conditioners yet, so it was complete quiet. I have not heard that noise in forever, it was just so amazing...