IKE's Aftermath

jfko6 · Post by **jfko6** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:59 am

U.S. Army troops doled out ice, food and other neccessary supplies to residents of Galvenston, TX. The mayor of Galveston says there's no power, gas or communication and, for now, people should stay away. (Sept. 14)
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jfko6 · Post by **jfko6** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:26 pm

Breaking news on energy crisis. This comes after of a weekend of uncertainty for Wall Street: a failed investment bank Lehman Brothers, a bank merger for Merril Lynch and uncertainty about the rescue and recovery efforts in Texas.

jfko6 · Post by **jfko6** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:31 pm

Now the stock market is tanking. Man check your inventory of MRE's and make sure you have enough for your survival.

jfko6 · Post by **jfko6** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:04 pm

We just seen a meltdown on Wall Street today. And more foreclosures and bank mergers are predicted.

Dekard · Post by **Dekard** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:35 am

DangerousDave wrote:...my power was out 10 days. I just hooked up the Generac 6500 to backfeed into the dryer socket, and ran the fridge, tv, satelitte, etc, with the 40+ gallons of gasoline I reserved...

not one to pick on forum members, but dave, you have certainly earned your dangerous name.

i hope you have good insurance, especially a good liability policy. by "backfeeding" your genie into your dryer circuit, you run the risk of electrocuting any lineman working on the power lines near your home once the power comes back on.

PAY an electrician to install a transfer switch on your electrical panel for you to plug your genie into OR plug the appliances directly into the outlets on your genie.

i also suggest you don't run the genie in your kitchen or garage (j/k. i doubt you'd do something that stoopid)

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jfko6 · Post by **jfko6** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:51 pm

Now This. What's next.

Bad news. AIG has already been convicted of fraud in the past.
Be Prepared. Be Prepared.

jfko6 · Post by **jfko6** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:57 pm

The President in his speech to the nation says, "our entire economy is in danger" See the articles and video at the Presidents website than see what to do at the end of this post.

See the CNN article for more information.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/ ... index.html

See the video on WhiteHouse.gov
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases ... 24-10.html

Be Prepared
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DangerousDave · Post by **DangerousDave** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:00 pm

Deckard, you half right. As long as you turn off the power companys' master switch on your house, it's impossible for a backfeed current to go up into the lines, when back-feeding from a generator. If your master switch is open, yea, you could knock a lineman off a pole 2 miles down the road.

Post by **kman** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:02 pm

I'm splitting this topic. Please keep talking about Hurricane Ike here but let's move the market crash discussion here:

September 29, 2008 Market Crash
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IKE's Aftermath

IKE's Aftermath

President Bush on Energy

Tank

Market Crash

FBI

"our entire economy is in danger"