So I spent most of today refinishing kitchen cabinets. Ended up taking a break to install a battery in my parent's SUV. After getting back from grabbing a few drinks with friends at a local establishment i returned home. I headed out to the shop to put another coat of paint on the cabinet doors. Meanwhile all I can hear is the terrible wind outside. I get down to my last three doors and the power goes out. Being the resourceful person that I am, I calmly in the pitch black shop make it over to my tool box. Open up my electrical drawer and pull out one of the many flashlights (always have to get them free with coupon from harbor freight). Small problem with the generator, is the battery. The battery in it was a circa 2008 interstate that literally blew it's top off and cracked the case. I was planning on picking up a new battery for the generator later this week. Fortunately the battery that I pulled from my parent's truck still had some juice in it after all. I put that battery in the generator and it fired right up. And not even 3 days prier I had ran a new power wire for the alternator and put some new terminals on the cables. It was really one of those stars aligning moments having that battery core to get the lights back on. I was able to finish painting the cabinets, run to the gas station and get another 5 gallons of gas for the fuel drum, and make it online to tell my story. Will have to do a proper survey of the property in the morning for damage. Only thing found so far from the winds is a piece of soffit from the shop got torn out and destroyed. Power is still out in my area. An eventful day to say the least.
