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Still NO Power in Hartland.....
Jun 11, 2008 | 12:37 PM
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As with many others, I am still without power since Sunday storms. DTE estimates another one or two days before we see any restoration. Our house is in utter chaos including no water. We have three bathrooms and can not use them. We lost all the new groceries we bought Friday...which was more than our usual shopping trip...to save on return trips.

Not having waited these many days before to restore power and being new to sub-pumps and well water, Can somebody tell me if it is possible to flush the toilets? We do not have a generator nor can we afford one with the gas prices and with everything we just lost. There is no decent lodging in our area and I can't go farther because our daughter is still in school.

A suggestion was to check with our home owners insurance for recovery on the food, all the water we had to purchase, etc. Is this a true suggestion or will I be wasting time?

Obviously, I don't have access to internet, tv, etc other than at work.....Can somebody please tell me what is taking so long ? It will be five days without service and my patients is no longer there. I am sure I am speaking for others as well.

Frustrated, stressed out, and begging for my power back.

Hartland viewer, Livingston County

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Tallmanok2 read my blog view my photos
Jun 12, 2008 | 7:05 AM

A toilet will flush if you pour a bucket of water down it.
sarge-m read my blog
Jun 14, 2008 | 7:35 AM

You fill the back tank of the toilet with water and it will flush normally.

It sounds as if you are in a rural area. You would be self sufficient if you had a generator. You don't need a big exspensive one to be comfortable. A $500 generator will supply most of your needs and will allow you to run your pumps. You may have to shut down unnessary things like a hot water heater (if it is electric). Hot water will stay hot for a week in your tank if it is summertime.
Limit showers and recharge your hot water tank at night when you are not using any other electric. (Only after you have used all the hot water) You don't want to leave a generator on all night every night, it is to exspensive.
Attaching your generator to your home will cost you around $300 if you do it yourself, you will need a special switch box (Around $200) and wire and a 220 plug. (Sorry ShockHazard.)

I have had to use mine twice in the past year, it is the best thing to have. Don't forget to always have gas on hand and use a fuel stabilizer to keep it fresh and rotate your gas supply so it doesn't go bad. I tag my gas cans with a fuel bought date so it doesn't go bad and I keep 10 to 15 gallons on hand all the times. You will use about 5 gallons in 12 hours.
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