Well, we’re in the middle of a big storm. We went to the basement when the tornado siren went off, but we already suspected that because the lights were blinking and the wind and rain was CRAZY. We lost power (it’s still off) but I was fully charged and still managed to have one bar of LTE on my cell phone. My emergency lights all worked like a charm. Very nice to have some light when it gets dark so fast. One minute we were listening to EWF and the next we were scrambling for safer spaces.
After 30 minutes it stopped sounding awful, so now we are back upstairs in the family room. No power, but we’re good. I’ve tethered my iPad to my iPhone, so still have contact with the outside world. And I’m back up to 5G up here on the main level of our house!
If no power in another hour, we will go set up the generator. The rain should stop by then. We have 2 fridge/freezer combos, and one full freezer. Can’t lose that food. It would be at least hundreds of dollars of food. Maybe even a thousand or so.
When this came through the KC area the wind gusts were a bit like something slammed on the house, and the house would creak and groan. It was disturbing, like something in a horror film. Gusts were up to 75MPH, so just below hurricane force. We caught one corner of the storm as it passed so it did not last long.
This is a dangerous storm.
(Sure you are aware of this already, but make certain that your generator is outside so that you are not breathing exhaust!)