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maynard said:
Sounds like you guys are prepared…
Hopefully no injuries or worse in your area as a result of the storm.

Midwestern weather can be really unpredictable at times.
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I realized I need to get a couple lights that work with our Ryobi batteries because those are always charged and I have a few of those little flashlights that plug into outlets and stay charged and go on when the power is out. I need a bunch more.

Our area of town has underground power lines and usually our power doesn’t go out but there’s so many downed power lines it did.

Still no internet this morning. Il just glad no one in town was hurt.
 
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cyure said:
I realized I need to get a couple lights that work with our Ryobi batteries because those are always charged and I have a few of those little flashlights that plug into outlets and stay charged and go on when the power is out. I need a bunch more.

Our area of town has underground power lines and usually our power doesn’t go out but there’s so many downed power lines it did.

Still no internet this morning. Il just glad no one in town was hurt.
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Glad to hear you’re safe. Is this a usual amount of storms this year? It seems to be. Or, maybe I’m just more aware now.
 
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cyure said:
Well last night was exciting here. We had emergency alert and tornado sirens go off about 8:45 or so. We were in the basement for about an hour. Power flashed a few times and finally went off and was out for hours. Thankfully we have underground power lines in our neighborhood. Power came back on hours later but our internet is still down.
Glad everyone is safe
I just read a post that a wall out at a new building at the Rivian plant collapsed and there’s lots of downed power lines and trees in town.

Hope everyone else is okay! View attachment 14960
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cyure said:
I realized I need to get a couple lights that work with our Ryobi batteries because those are always charged and I have a few of those little flashlights that plug into outlets and stay charged and go on when the power is out. I need a bunch more.

Our area of town has underground power lines and usually our power doesn’t go out but there’s so many downed power lines it did.

Still no internet this morning. Il just glad no one in town was hurt.
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Safety first. Glad you guys are safe
 
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cyure said:
I realized I need to get a couple lights that work with our Ryobi batteries because those are always charged and I have a few of those little flashlights that plug into outlets and stay charged and go on when the power is out. I need a bunch more.
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You can never have too many lights when the power goes out! 😁

If you don't have an inverter yet, Ryobi has a good selection for both the 18V and 40V batteries. With 120V AC power outlets and USB-A and USB-C outlets, they are super useful to have on hand when the power goes out.
 
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BeerParty said:
You can never have too many lights when the power goes out! 😁

If you don't have an inverter yet, Ryobi has a good selection for both the 18V and 40V batteries. With 120V AC power outlets and USB-A and USB-C outlets, they are super useful to have on hand when the power goes out.
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I ordered a bunch of stuff on Amazon. We will be prepared for the next one!
 
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cyure said:
I ordered a bunch of stuff on Amazon. We will be prepared for the next one!
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There are these nifty rechargeable lightbulbs that we got, courtesy of a recommendation from our next-door neighbor (who is usually a jerk, but was pretty kind in this instance). They have little hooks and can be hung from things that you can hang stuff on hooks from or can be screwed into sockets or plugged into walls for charging. They’re damn handy. If these aren’t exactly them, then these are very much like the ones we have:
Helpful lightbulbs
 
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cyure said:
I realized I need to get a couple lights that work with our Ryobi batteries because those are always charged and I have a few of those little flashlights that plug into outlets and stay charged and go on when the power is out. I need a bunch more.

Our area of town has underground power lines and usually our power doesn’t go out but there’s so many downed power lines it did.

Still no internet this morning. Il just glad no one in town was hurt.
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Not to rub it in…

I really like having an EV that can provide emergency power when the grid fails…

;)
 
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