Hurricane Irene headed for NEUScoast, should I be worried?

[RaginCajun]

Semi funny story here.....

My dad wanted to buy a generator..... so he starts look 2 days before the storm and every store was sold out. So I helped him look and between the two of us..... we found one. So he spends $1000 on one big enough to run the sump pump, the fridge/freezer, and the AC. So the storm comes..... his power never went out but his sump pump broke! He was so fvckin pissed lol! He ran out to home depot and got the last sump pump on the shelf.

~Haz~

thats irony for ya! just get prepared for the next one that is only a few days away.

[Gaspari1255]

My mom isnt far from you and said it was nothing.
I saw paterson now. Its a disaster. Good thing i moved i would have been flooded out if i was still in Fair Lawn i lived a block from the river

That's probably the best thing that has happened to Paterson within the last 20 years.

[lovbyts]

Semi funny story here.....

My dad wanted to buy a generator..... so he starts look 2 days before the storm and every store was sold out. So I helped him look and between the two of us..... we found one. So he spends $1000 on one big enough to run the sump pump, the fridge/freezer, and the AC. So the storm comes..... his power never went out but his sump pump broke! He was so fvckin pissed lol! He ran out to home depot and got the last sump pump on the shelf.

~Haz~

After a storm warning is never a good time to buy but yes, try to explain that to someone who wants one then.... I bought one for my mom years ago 4000W, electric start and it runs her whole house perfectly except the microwave takes 2x a long to heat water. LOL I picked it up for $250 2nd hand. Damn thing runs 15hrs one one tank of gas, 5gal. I have basically the same thing but it only runs 8hrs if I'm lucky.

I want one of the 15Kw one for the next house that use gas, Diesel, natural gas or propane so you are covered. There are some nice units out there for around $3k or less.