Posted: 12/23/2007 8:03:12 AM EDT
| I'm in Mokena (NE Will County) and it's been out since 2:15 this morning. Got the generator roaring away in the garage. |
| I didn't lose power(Midlothian, south Cook County) but my GF(Palos Hills, southwest Cook, near DuPage) lost power and my sister(Chicago Ridge, also Cook Co.) had a window on her 3rd floor condo blow out at 3 AM last night. My mom was over there house sitting. Everyone is ok at my sister's, my GF has power back on. |
Picture it being right at the edge of the garage, with the exhaust pointing out, and the door closed down to right above the exhaust. It was venting outside. The plan has always been to get a transfer switch in the basement, in which case the generator would be outside in back, but that's one of those things I haven't gotten around to. Power ended up coming back on at about 12:30, so it was out for a little over 10 hours. I wired an extension cord into the furnace at about noon, so I had the heat running again. Next time I'll do that a lot earlier, since it turned out to be really simple. I'm in Mokena. I know my church in Palos Park didn't have power this morning, but my in-laws in Palos Heights did. It'd be pretty crappy to be without power for a day or two with the weather this cold. |