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gasilat | 12-01-2009 02:39 PM
Major snow storm 1 Attachment(s) last night. Wet and heavy and power went out about 3 am. I got up about 5 am and started doing the backup thing...not shtf just a minor inconvenience... Fired up our little honda generator and got our monitor heating stove going and heat back in the place and lights. Turned on the radio and scanner and listened to the chaos going on out there that always happens during the first major snowstorm. :emotions16: Phone landlines were down too and that is not usual for us during a power outage. They are back up at the moment, but spotty and thats how I'm on the net. My ATT cell phone worked so I had communications, but my mom is on a different cell provider and hers wasn't going. Went down and fired up her honda generator and got her heating stove going and lights. Came back home got the campstove fired up and made coffee and took her down some along with the handheld walkie talkie so we could communicate between the two houses. Shes 80 years old and lives on my property in her house. Shoveled decks and puttered around. Not a big deal but a power outage is always a good test for "am i really prepared and what in my plan didn't work". We have woodstoves in both houses so we don't need a generator for heat. Candles are all we need for light. Lots of snow out there to melt for water...not a big deal. :) Turning your power off in the winter is a great test for preparation awareness and finetuning the backup temporary operation plan. Turning your power off for a month and hanging up the car keys and not going anywhere is a great test for the backup longterm operation plan. ........

Professur | 12-01-2009 02:43 PM
Re: Major snow storm You stuck your 80 yer old mother up in a treehouse?

MNeagle | 12-01-2009 02:53 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by Professur (Post 2053557) You stuck your 80 yer old mother up in a treehouse?
:4_1_72: :111: Good one professur!!!

livtocruz | 12-01-2009 02:55 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by Professur (Post 2053557) You stuck your 80 yer old mother up in a tree house?
:111::111::111::111: :signs14: gasilat, you have to admit, posting that picture left you wide open for Professur's post.

Dude | 12-01-2009 03:06 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by Professur (Post 2053557) You stuck your 80 yer old mother up in a treehouse?
I'd hate to ask where your MIL is...

Golddust | 12-01-2009 03:22 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by gasilat (Post 2053551) last night. Wet and heavy and power went out about 3 am. I got up about 5 am and started doing the backup thing...not shtf just a minor inconvenience... Fired up our little honda generator and got our monitor heating stove going and heat back in the place and lights. Turned on the radio and scanner and listened to the chaos going on out there that always happens during the first major snowstorm. :emotions16: Phone landlines were down too and that is not usual for us during a power outage. They are back up at the moment, but spotty and thats how I'm on the net. My ATT cell phone worked so I had communications, but my mom is on a different cell provider and hers wasn't going. Went down and fired up her honda generator and got her heating stove going and lights. Came back home got the campstove fired up and made coffee and took her down some along with the handheld walkie talkie so we could communicate between the two houses. Shes 80 years old and lives on my property in her house. Shoveled decks and puttered around. Not a big deal but a power outage is always a good test for "am i really prepared and what in my plan didn't work". We have woodstoves in both houses so we don't need a generator for heat. Candles are all we need for light. Lots of snow out there to melt for water...not a big deal. :) Turning your power off in the winter is a great test for preparation awareness and finetuning the backup temporary operation plan. Turning your power off for a month and hanging up the car keys and not going anywhere is a great test for the backup longterm operation plan. ........
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Originally Posted by Professur (Post 2053557) You stuck your 80 yer old mother up in a treehouse?
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Originally Posted by MNeagle (Post 2053583) :4_1_72: :111: Good one professur!!!
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Originally Posted by livtocruz (Post 2053586) :111::111::111::111: :signs14: gasilat, you have to admit, posting that picture left you wide open for Professur's post.
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Originally Posted by Dude (Post 2053606) I'd hate to ask where your MIL is...
What an opening , This is too good....:111:

Publico, Pro Se | 12-01-2009 03:44 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by Professur (Post 2053557) You stuck your 80 yer old mother up in a treehouse?
At one time it was a tree: http://www.fugly.com/media/IMAGES/St...er_hubbard.jpg

gasilat | 12-01-2009 03:45 PM
Re: Major snow storm lol...thats not a treehouse thats a cache... in old time alaska caches were used to store meat during the winter (think outdoor freezer cause their was no electricity and where the animals can't get to it). If i was using it for that i would take old wood stove piping and tack it to the legs so the critters can't climb... during the summer months when the occupants of their cabin were away, say after the winter trapping months and they moved further to the coast for the commercial fishing season the caches were used to store things like rifles and other gear in case the cabins got broke into by a bear and trashed the place... i have a small remote cabin the bears broke into 8 years (in the spring is when they do it when they come out of hibernation and looking for a little free snack and before the salmon start running and they are busy fishing on streams) out of the 25 years i've owned it and so i know what kind of damage they can do ! i had a box of wine inside the cabin one year and a black bear broke in during the spring, bit the box of wine and lapped it up and got a little tipsy...he chewed up every thing in the place and it took me two hours just to clean the place up ! Let alone having to replace a lot of items... Bear saliva is incredibly hard to clean off of things...its like glue !

gasilat | 12-01-2009 03:53 PM
Re: Major snow storm 1 Attachment(s) Quote:
Originally Posted by Professur (Post 2053557) You stuck your 80 yer old mother up in a treehouse?
haha i need to proof read my posts better cause i didn't see that one coming ! i'm glad it snowed...keep it coming so we can get around in the backcountry on the snowmachine. Low snowfall years mean a lot of country is off limits cause you just can't get there... .........

Professur | 12-01-2009 04:05 PM
Re: Major snow storm Beauty view, dude.

livtocruz | 12-01-2009 04:18 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by Professur (Post 2053721) Beauty view, dude.
Ditto!!!!!

CajunCoin | 12-01-2009 04:30 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by Professur (Post 2053557) You stuck your 80 yer old mother up in a treehouse?
c'est pas la belle maire, c'est un cache mon ami! Meat storage shack.

Professur | 12-01-2009 04:45 PM
Re: Major snow storm M�re, mon cher. Maire is mayor. Mais si quelqu'un veut criss� le maire dans un cache, bien � eu. Personne va lui manque ;)

Twisted Avatar | 12-01-2009 04:54 PM
Re: Major snow storm What type of generator are you using to power everything up??? T

Goldfinger007 | 12-01-2009 05:02 PM
Re: Major snow storm What is that wooden thing hanging off the eave of the main house? Looks like another one on the left side of the treehouse. At first I thought is was a flying wooden UFO. :biggrin:

Golddust | 12-01-2009 05:06 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by Goldfinger007 (Post 2053813) What is that wooden thing hanging off the eave of the main house? Looks like another one on the left side of the treehouse. At first I thought is was a flying wooden UFO. :biggrin:
Looks like summer time, plant hanging baskets.

MNeagle | 12-01-2009 05:11 PM
Re: Major snow storm birdfeeder maybe? Would they have feeders out in bear country?

Golddust | 12-01-2009 05:13 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by MNeagle (Post 2053835) birdfeeder maybe? Would they have feeders out in bear country?
You nailed it.... Enlarge the pict and you will see....

gasilat | 12-01-2009 05:13 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by Twisted Avatar (Post 2053800) What type of generator are you using to power everything up??? T
i have honda generators. its the small one only a 1000 watts and for temporary backup power only. Right now its on low throttle cause of low demand and just purring and running my heater, computer and the wife is watching satellite tv...so pretty much all we want. i have a Toro 3000 watt out in the shop but i rarely use it cause most of our outages don't last longer than a day and really we don't need that much power for that short of time...

Publico, Pro Se | 12-01-2009 05:15 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by MNeagle (Post 2053835) birdfeeder maybe? Would they have feeders out in bear country?
To attract bears for an easy shooting. If you live in bear country it's your responsibility to think like a bear.

gasilat | 12-01-2009 05:21 PM
Re: Major snow storm 1 Attachment(s) those are hanging plant baskets but we also use them as feeders for the birds and the squirrels... ...........

oldmansmith | 12-01-2009 05:22 PM
Re: Major snow storm No problems here, we had an ice storm and power went out for 5 days. Masonry fireplace- plenty of heat (we had to move our bedroom because, without fans, it was TOO hot upstairs); gas stove; plenty of food we canned ourselves; hand pump for water. IMHO, lose the generator, in an actual emergency you will run out of petrol.

gasilat | 12-01-2009 05:47 PM
Re: Major snow storm 1 Attachment(s) i agree about the generator its just for temporary convenience not necessary at all if ya plan right... ~complexity is the root of all failure for a longterm backup plan~ give me a small cabin, woodstove, firewood pile, an outhouse, a stream for water and a years supply of food and i'll be just fine... http://goldismoney.info/forums/showt...=cabins+forest .......

Publico, Pro Se | 12-01-2009 05:58 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by gasilat (Post 2053892) give me a small cabin, woodstove, firewood pile, an outhouse, a stream for water, a years supply of food, a hot woman and i'll be just fine...
I'll be living down the road with my needs.

oldmansmith | 12-01-2009 06:02 PM
Re: Major snow storm Where are you Gasilat? I have friends in Wasilla, spent some time there in the early 1980's. I climbed Denali and hitchhiked around the road portions of the state.

gasilat | 12-01-2009 06:11 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by Prosepublico (Post 2053909) I'll be living down the road with my needs.
haha i never said a hot woman...knock that off over there...they would be whining all day long about how tough they had it. no thanks ! okay, how about a good woman that likes the outdoors..and does camp chores. now thats got possibilities...

gasilat | 12-01-2009 06:15 PM
Re: Major snow storm i live on the kenai peninsula...been here for over fifty years and wouldn't have it any other way...

Publico, Pro Se | 12-01-2009 06:19 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by gasilat (Post 2053939) haha i never said a hot woman...knock that off over there...they would be whining all day long about how tough they had it. no thanks ! okay, how about a good woman that likes the outdoors..and does camp chores. now thats got possibilities...
I don't think these will mind about being out in the wilderness. Nice guy that I am you get to choose one: http://img.wallpaperstock.net:81/pla..._1738_1280.jpg

gasilat | 12-01-2009 06:50 PM
Re: Major snow storm stay away from those types...they got sense of entitlement written all over them... find one that likes to plant a garden and shovel snow and bake bread... :coolbeer:

Publico, Pro Se | 12-01-2009 06:54 PM
Re: Major snow storm That's why I want four or more. When the first one whines send her out to get the fire wood and lock the door. The others will soon whip into shape.

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oldmansmith | 12-01-2009 07:53 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by gasilat (Post 2053947) i live on the kenai peninsula...been here for over fifty years and wouldn't have it any other way...
Great area! I worked in a salmon factory in Homer one summer, went over to Kenai across the bay. Love those halibut (big ass flounder we would call them here).

gasilat | 12-01-2009 09:56 PM
Re: Major snow storm Homer is a cool place...i spent this last 4th of july camped out on the beach there in a tent... I got a photo of the Homer spit in the distant background in this thread, you can just barely see the spit on the horizon reaching out into kachemak bay in the first photo...it was taken while i was across the bay looking back towards Homer...at the time i was spending that night in a yurt no less... http://goldismoney.info/forums/showt...hlight=halibut

____hoot____ | 12-02-2009 12:49 AM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by gasilat (Post 2053947) i live on the kenai peninsula...been here for over fifty years and wouldn't have it any other way...
Worked up there as a kid in the 70s. Up and down the ARR line on track gangs. Siesmic in the winter down by Homer, burrrrrrrr Left a red 1957 ford pu with bullet holes in the back with a friend up by Moose Pass the last time I was there in 78; ever see it?

mick silver | 12-02-2009 12:54 AM
Re: Major snow storm great looking home gasilat . thanks for the pic . if you have more show them if you would . i like seeing them

MNeagle | 12-02-2009 11:22 AM
Re: Major snow storm Have your power back yet?

Publico, Pro Se | 12-02-2009 09:49 PM
Re: Major snow storm Apparently not. And he's run out of gas for the genny.

gasilat | 12-03-2009 02:06 AM
Re: Major snow storm we're back up on the grid here....thank you for checking on me... much appreciated...

TokenHippie | 12-03-2009 03:39 AM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by gasilat (Post 2053947) i live on the kenai peninsula...been here for over fifty years and wouldn't have it any other way...
I was camped out in that storm, at the Primrose Landing Campground. Until all the tree limbs started coming down. When the third one came down, I decided to make the sensible call and head back to town :Surrender:, got through a few hours before the avalanche closed the highway at mm 21. Not as much hiking as I had planned but plenty of adventure and things to be thankful for.

mouse | 12-03-2009 10:47 AM
Re: Major snow storm I just wanted to say, gorgeous pictures! If you have anymore, it would be much appreciated if you posted them. I love winter photography....

TCC | 12-03-2009 03:42 PM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by gasilat (Post 2053947) i live on the kenai peninsula...been here for over fifty years and wouldn't have it any other way...
Good on you. A handful of years ago I had opportunity to fly in to Anchorage. When it was clear the peninsula was so beautiful. I recall the fishing villages along the coast line and the occasional homestead. Fortunately I hjad the best seat in the house and could enjoy the view. Never forgot that. Used to build with logs in the 70's and 80's while in BC using the saddle notch and did some stained glass in the gables. Thanks for the memories. Can never say never.

gasilat | 12-03-2009 11:24 PM
Re: Major snow storm 1 Attachment(s) Quote:
Originally Posted by mouse (Post 2057467) I just wanted to say, gorgeous pictures! If you have anymore, it would be much appreciated if you posted them. I love winter photography....
thank you mouse...i got a trip planned for january and i think i might have some winter shots worth sharing in a thread then. its tough to get my best winter memories in a photo, a lynx running off in the woods when approached, a wolf pack out on the frozen lake, a lone wolf in the fog, a coyote running along side of my snowmachine like its my own dog, a wolverine silently passing by...a sky so clear at night and so full of stars they are uncountable... i'm taking the family on a multi-day snowmachine trip in january, probably 120 miles or so roundtrip. we'll be staying at old log cabins in wilderness, should see some wildlife and if the snow conditions are right take a ride up to the glacier...sometimes in the winter we'll see mountain goats hanging out low on the mountainside on the south side of the glacier... ........

gasilat | 12-05-2009 11:20 PM
Re: Major snow storm 1 Attachment(s) Quote:
Originally Posted by TokenHippie (Post 2057112) I was camped out in that storm, at the Primrose Landing Campground. Until all the tree limbs started coming down. When the third one came down, I decided to make the sensible call and head back to town :Surrender:, got through a few hours before the avalanche closed the highway at mm 21. Not as much hiking as I had planned but plenty of adventure and things to be thankful for.
I’ve been to the Primrose campground a few times...we’ve snowmachined up the Primrose trail before...an old gold mining trail from over a century ago... I dug into my antique postcard collection and found one of Primrose falls...the backside says it’s a velox real photo postcard which would date this postcard somewhere between 1909-1914.... i'm not sure who the photographer was...hmm eos ...now schallerer owned the alaska shop photography business in seward around that time maybe its one of his relatives, cause thats not how he signed his photograhs... i heard about that avalanche... .....

R U Insured | 12-06-2009 01:53 AM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by gasilat (Post 2053551) last night. Wet and heavy and power went out about 3 am. I got up about 5 am and started doing the backup thing...not shtf just a minor inconvenience... Fired up our little honda generator and got our monitor heating stove going and heat back in the place and lights. Turned on the radio and scanner and listened to the chaos going on out there that always happens during the first major snowstorm. :emotions16: Phone landlines were down too and that is not usual for us during a power outage. They are back up at the moment, but spotty and thats how I'm on the net. My ATT cell phone worked so I had communications, but my mom is on a different cell provider and hers wasn't going. Went down and fired up her honda generator and got her heating stove going and lights. Came back home got the campstove fired up and made coffee and took her down some along with the handheld walkie talkie so we could communicate between the two houses. Shes 80 years old and lives on my property in her house. Shoveled decks and puttered around. Not a big deal but a power outage is always a good test for "am i really prepared and what in my plan didn't work". We have woodstoves in both houses so we don't need a generator for heat. Candles are all we need for light. Lots of snow out there to melt for water...not a big deal. :) Turning your power off in the winter is a great test for preparation awareness and finetuning the backup temporary operation plan. Turning your power off for a month and hanging up the car keys and not going anywhere is a great test for the backup longterm operation plan. ........
I made it easy on myself moved to Florida watched gators swimming in the river and have many birds I call chickens don't know what they really are but I know if I have to I'll eat them sorry about the snow storm and keep your mom warm and safe !!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh I havn't been out of tee shirts and shorts yet not being smig but I already buged out

supn9 | 12-06-2009 03:40 AM
Re: Major snow storm Quote:
Originally Posted by gasilat (Post 2053697) haha i need to proof read my posts better cause i didn't see that one coming ! i'm glad it snowed...keep it coming so we can get around in the backcountry on the snowmachine. Low snowfall years mean a lot of country is off limits cause you just can't get there... .........
Very nice view. Thanks for sharing.

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