Rough Day

[KenP]

Originally Posted by mdoyle

Anyway the trick I learned while we waited someplace cool with our new baby for the power to return, was to call our home. If the answering machine picked up, the power was on

We were doing that from the get-go, but something weird happened after awhile. The phone wouldn't ring, we were getting a busy signal. Really pissed us off.

I had a couple of generator folks give us estimates about 6 months ago and found out some interesting things. The first is that a whole house generator, as in the kind that will run all the A/C's and everything else, can be pretty darned expensive. I'm re-evaluating my expectations here.

The other thing I learned is that because of our proximity to the water and that we fall under the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act, we have to jump a number of regulatory hoops to get a generator. Just like gettting a pool here is a real PITA.

I still see a generator in the near future, not the massive scale I really want.