After Irene we had friends living with us for a week as there was 2-1/2
feet of water in the basement of their riverside home (which is about
20-25 feet above the normal water level). The guy's brother who lives
not far from them was even less fortunate as the front foundation wall
was pushed in. Fortunately, we're on the top of a high hill which keeps
us high and dry.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/16/2012 6:48 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
> We're saving it for the future. Last time we could have used it was a
> year ago for Tropical Storm Irene (no power for 6 days). It's an
> investment in a better life AND Home Depot will not accept generator
> returns (a policy set up after Irene).
>
> ___________________________________
> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
> Olympus OM Service since 1977
> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>
> On 11/15/2012 10:41 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Bet that's the most expensive 24 hours of power you've ever bought. I
>> was about to say I hope you get a lot more use of it when I realized
>> that was not the right thing to say. :-)
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> On 11/15/2012 10:22 PM, John Hermanson wrote:
>>> I visited the local Home depot on the way to work on Friday 11/9. The
>>> girls at the customer service desk said that when they have generators
>>> they are stacked right up at the main entrance. They had none. My wife
>>> called the store one hour later, "oh, let me check in the back...we have
>>> five 7K units, if you want one better come right down".
>>>
>>> I took a half day off and went home to set it up. That night we had
>>> heat, hot water and Fios TV. 24 hours later our neighborhood power was
>>> restore.
>>>
>>> ___________________________________
>>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
>>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>>> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
>>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>>>
>>> On 11/15/2012 10:30 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>> Wow. 12 days is a long time without power and I can well understand the
>>>> decision to buy a generator. But I'm surprised you could even find one.
>>>> Maybe you had to travel a long way to get it.
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/14/2012 7:10 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
>>>>> I posted this a few days ago:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Good to be back. Power was out for 12 days. Two trees down on our
>>>>> property, a third leaning at 30 degrees over our patio. One old pine
>>>>> tree fell where I would normally park my car. We got lots of usage from
>>>>> our LED AA powered flashlights and then invested in a 7000 watt generator.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've attached a small pic though I don't know if it'll go through. "
>>>>>
>>>>> That kept the message from going through (limit 40K).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ___________________________________
>>>>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
>>>>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>>>>> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
>>>>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>>>>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/13/2012 6:15 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>>>> Hey, I'm glad to see you're here. I was concerned you were without
>>>>>> power after Sandy. I checked the Long Island Power Authority's outage
>>>>>> map and saw there were still several hundred customers in Huntington
>>>>>> without power. But maybe you were without power and just got it back.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This reminds me that I was at Sands Point, Long Island in 1976 when the
>>>>>> eye of Hurricane Holly passed overhead. Looks like Huntington is maybe
>>>>>> 10 miles away so you probably remember that one as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/13/2012 6:56 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
>>>>>>> We have a 3 day turnaround.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ___________________________________
>>>>>>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
>>>>>>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>>>>>>> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
>>>>>>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>>>>>>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 11/8/2012 6:53 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>>>>>> Another good article from LensRentals.com. On price and turnaround for
>>>>>>>> repairs Tamron looks excellent and Olympus looks fairly good. Not so
>>>>>>>> good if you own Nikon or Sony. One interesting observation is that
>>>>>>>> large, fast lenses have higher repair rates than their slower brethren.
>>>>>>>> The highest frequency of repair items tend to be big, f/2.8
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> really
>>>>>>>> big f/4 zooms. I guess AF motors and drive gears suffer the effects of
>>>>>>>> moving large masses. There are also comments about specific weaknesses
>>>>>>>> of certain lenses and bodies. There is a very high frequency of repair
>>>>>>>> on the Canon 5D Mk III and Nikon D800s bodies and the Nikon 70-200 VRII
>>>>>>>> for a tripod foot that's too weak and is easily bent. If you're in the
>>>>>>>> market for new (or even used) gear this is a recommended read.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ps: I guess Tamron looks good on repairs since John Hermanson is now
>>>>>>>> working there. :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/09/lensrentals-repair-data-january-july-2012#more-9311>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>
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