housepicks Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 Get a gas generator, 2 cords and 2 breakers. Shut off your main breaker and plug in your breakers hard wired from the cord. Make sure not to put both breakers on the same hot leg. Bring both neutrals to the neutral buss bar. Use 20 amp breaker and 12 gauge cords. Boom you have power throughout the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKolzig Posted August 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 yes my brother can do that these are quotes from ppl from iowa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKolzig Posted August 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 " It’s because the generation is down too. They start there of course. Transmission comes second. Since the generation system was destroyed they have to make a new one. Back up ones still have to be tailored for the job assuming there is one. If not, you gotta wait for China to make it. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 " I remember a few days ago when I thought the power could just snap on at any moment like I have every other time. Then I followed my powerline through the neighborhood. Tree on it, tree on it, part of house on it, pole down and on and on. No progress in a week whatsoever other than 1 tree gone. " Many terrific tree and stump removal specialists in Iowa.........very prompt also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
housepicks Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 I asked fish is he knew of any rivers that were suitable for white water rafting. He didn’t know, because he hasn’t lived there in years. However...... He’s aware on how prompt tree workers are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKolzig Posted August 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 President Donald Trump approved a major federal disaster declaration for Iowa on Monday, Aug. 17, less than 24 hours after Gov. Kim Reynolds sent him a request that detailed nearly $4 billion needed to assist with recovery from last week's derecho. The president plans to visit Cedar Rapids on Tuesday to survey damage and meet with state and local officials, a White House official confirmed to the Des Moines Register Monday afternoon."I just approved an emergency declaration for Iowa, who had an incredible windstorm like probably they've never seen before. It really did a lot of damage," Trump told reporters Monday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKolzig Posted August 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 Cedar Rapids, Iowa (CNN)Thousands remain without power, dozens are in shelters and pantries are popping up to provide food for those who've lost everything.A week after disastrous storms, Cedar Rapids "is like a battlefield," a Desert Storm veteran said.It was one of the hardest hit cities last week, with more than 800 buildings suffering partial collapse of the roof, walls, ceiling or floors, Cedar Rapids Fire Chief Greg Smith said. More than 20 school buildings in the city sustained damage as well.Now, the city is still struggling to get back to normal. "Literally it looks like the building was hit with artillery shells," Tim Kipping, who served as a Marine in Desert Storm, told KCRG as he stood in front of a decimated apartment complex where the crew said they could smell the stench of rotting food.Jennifer Smith recalled being trapped in her care at an intersection August 10 when the winds hit."I threw my seat back, as I'm seeing stuff hitting my window, and I was like, 'Oh, my God,' and I was shaking," she recalled. "There were trees everywhere out there and those trees were falling down."Winds of more than 100 mph were recorded August 10 as the line of severe storms moved through the Midwest leaving damaged homes, downed trees and more than a million without power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatboatboat Posted August 22, 2020 Report Share Posted August 22, 2020 Fish did you know him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatboatboat Posted August 26, 2020 Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 Fish if looting and rioting and shootings started in the Las Vegas area would you load up the wife the dog the money and head to Iowa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatboatboat Posted August 26, 2020 Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 Cough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted August 26, 2020 Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 Fish if looting and rioting and shootings started in the Las Vegas area would you load up the wife the dog the money and head to Iowa?The outstanding LVMPD would not stand for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatboatboat Posted August 26, 2020 Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 Send wife money and dog.They dont deserve to fall into harms way. Besides its sweet corn season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKolzig Posted August 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 power not even 100% restored yet. 2 weeks later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted August 26, 2020 Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 power not even 100% restored yet. 2 weeks laterIt's early, the first freeze in Iowa not for another good 2-3 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted August 26, 2020 Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 It's early, the first freeze in Iowa not for another good 2-3 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyhawk Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 Flattened cornfields all along I80 Before the storm hit, the U.S. Department of Agriculture had been expecting a record national corn crop this year of 15.3 billion bushels harvested from about 84 million acres. Iowa was to provide about 18% of that production. Iowa’s crop was valued at about $9.81 billion in 2019.The Iowa Corn Growers Association said it is too soon to accurately describe how much of this year's crop was lost. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said Tuesday that tens of millions of bushels of grain stored at farm cooperatives and privately on farms were damaged or destroyed.POWER OUTAGES TOP 1 MILLION IN MIDWEST AFTER DERECHO, SOME MAY BE OUT FOR 'DAYS'Western Iowa has been declared an extreme drought zone and corn plants there were already weakened due to a lack of moisture. Those fields are likely a loss, Hart said.According to a USDA report dated Aug. 1, farmers in much of central and eastern Iowa had been expecting near-record yields with healthy plants that could bou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatboatboat Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 [Video] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKolzig Posted September 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 y not worth anything>? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatboatboat Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 No demand. Oil prices low and China swine slaughter lowered global feed demand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKolzig Posted September 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 corn fuel energy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 No demand.Oil prices low and China swine slaughter lowered global feed demandJust stop, corn is like $3.70 bushel, farmers will harvest it and they may even make money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatboatboat Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 OkYou know more than I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 OkYou know more than I doAt $3.70 bushel, if it's a good crop they can get 200 + bushels / acre, that's $700 per acre, yea, they'll be harvesting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatboatboat Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Gosh ya think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatboatboat Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 You do know i am "they "Right?To tune of 1200+ acres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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