Red Dawn tomorrow!

[kmitch200]

Well, red moon anyway.

Total lunar eclipse at moonset/sunrise. News said last total one until April 15, 2014.
The farther north and west you are in the US the better.

[fightingquaker13]

Damn you! I just saw the title of your post and started on switching out handguards on the AR and changing the batteries on the Eotech. I was fixing to go to the storage unit to get my canoe. Don't startle a brother like that.
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[kmitch200]

Well at least you're all ready. 

[tombogan03884]

Damn you! I just saw the title of your post and started on switching out handguards on the AR and changing the batteries on the Eotech. I was fixing to go to the storage unit to get my canoe. Don't startle a brother like that.
FQ13

He even woke up the neighbors yelling "Wolverines".
They thought he was having the DT's . 

[alfsauve]

So feeling a little paranoid yesterday.  

Wife and i got home about 4:30, kicked off our shoes and where talking about the days events when suddenly the lights went out.  No storms or winds.  It just went off.  Having read One Second After I started to worry. So I checked several battery powered electronics and they all worked.   I cranked up a battery powered radio it was the typical drive time chatter.  No mention of any wide spread power outage. We waited a little bit then I called the power company's robo-customer service, who said they were aware of the problem and hope to have it repaired in 3 hours.

About 6:30pm we had to get ready to go to my wife's office party and we dressed by kerosene lamp (I have several that I keep filled).    I still wasn't sure how wide spread this was, or what we'd run into going to the party, so I packed the G23 with 4 mags.

Part of me felt a little foolish as we drove out of the neighborhood and saw it was only our block that was out.   When we got home later that night power had been restored.    

It made me realize that I'm not as prepared as I might like to think I am.   Not so much in supplies but in that awkward period between the when "the event" happens and my awareness of its scope and breath.

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[tombogan03884]

So feeling a little paranoid yesterday. 

Wife and i got home about 4:30, kicked off our shoes and where talking about the days events when suddenly the lights went out.  No storms or winds.  It just went off.  Having read One Second After I started to worry. So I checked several battery powered electronics and they all worked.   I cranked up a battery powered radio it was the typical drive time chatter.  No mention of any wide spread power outage. We waited a little bit then I called the power company's robo-customer service, who said they were aware of the problem and hope to have it repaired in 3 hours.

About 6:30pm we had to get ready to go to my wife's office party and we dressed by kerosene lamp (I have several that I keep filled).    I still wasn't sure how wide spread this was, or what we'd run into going to the party, so I packed the G23 with 4 mags.

Part of me felt a little foolish as we drove out of the neighborhood and saw it was only our block that was out.   When we got home later that night power had been restored.   

It made me realize that I'm not as prepared as I might like to think I am.  Not so much in supplies but in that awkward period between the when "the event" happens and my awareness of its scope and breath.

I don't know what your terrain is like but I have to ask, Did you, you know, look out the windows ?
Or maybe step out in the yard and see if there was any light visible ? 

[fightingquaker13]

Might want to buy some of the Coleman battery powered lanterns. They look like the old gas/propane ones, but they don't cause carbon monoxide or set the house on fire. They are plenty bright enough to light up a room and run on D batteries. I have gotten more than my money's worth out of them. I also bought a small battery powered collapsible model. Its a little bigger than a pack of cigs and  will give dim but usable light in a room and be brite enough to read by in a tent or camper. No mess, no burns, no fragile mantles or glass, and no fear of fires. I keep my old ones, but darn the new ones are nice for situations where the power is out for a few days or a camping trip.
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PS as to the OP, its cloudy and raining tonight.

[tombogan03884]

HA HA, Clear up here   
About 15 degrees though.

[fightingquaker13]

HA HA, Clear up here   
About 15 degrees though.

72 and raining or 15 and clear? Gee, I'll have to think about that one.....
FQ13

[tombogan03884]

72 and raining or 15 and clear? Gee, I'll have to think about that one.....
FQ13

We had warm and rainy Tuesday, I'll take "Clear and cold".