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Bama · 12-20-2008, 05:01 AM

Damage to the jeep was pretty nasty - I'm expecting 8-10K to fix it. Sucks too cause it's paid for but I spoke with the insurance folks today and it's a week in the shop and $500 deductible out of pocket to fix. No one was injured cept' my pride. I have no feeling on the bottom of my feet cause of the diabetes and think when I pressed down on the brake pedal to get my feel for the road, just pressed too hard. It sent us immediately sideways and if I would have had more room to work with would have recovered easily enough but it was 25 yards from a major intersection and we were on a downgrade. Given the scenario, it's either aim for the pole to stop us or hit the intersection and perhaps turn into something much worse.

I'll take the pole every time. I hit on the drivers side bumper so it'd spin us around rather than blunt force stop us and that's exactly what it did.

This morning I'm sitting in the office worried because now the Jeep is out of commission, a huge storm is approaching and all we have left now is my car but no tire chains - so if the winds knock out the power and with the expected accumulations, we'd be screwed with no way to get to a hotel or friends/family.

So, I see online that the nearest tire shop opens at 8 so I head out at 7 to get down there and get in line. The main road didn't look terrible but the side roads to get to the main road aren't plowed and I live on an upgrade out of the cul-de-sac. Hell or highwater (in this case snow), I've got to go get chains.

I actually make it out to the main roads ok and up to the tire shop which is operating full speed at 7:20 and they have my size chains so we slap em' on.

I'm feeling better now since we'd be able to get to somewhere that has power should the winds knock down the lines - but I'd really prefer having an emergency generator in case trees block the roads. If that were to happen, chains wouldn't be helpful.

I trudge off to 2 home depots - all sold out

I call Sears as I'm leaving the 2nd Home Depot to ask them if they have one in stock and the guy says they have 1 3600 watt generator left. I tell him my name and let him know that I'm 15 minutes away and to hold it for me - which he does.

I get to Sears and hand to God - there's a guy at the counter and 2 on the escalator ahead of me and come to find out - they were all there to buy a generator.

He tells the first guy in line that it's on hold for a customer and that if he wasn't there in 5 minutes he'd go ahead and sell it to the first guy in line. I tell him I'm the guy he was holding it for and I got it!

After another stop to get 2 - 5 gallon gas cans, a portable heater and 2 hot plates, filling up the car and 10 gallons of gas for the generator - I finish up my day around 3 in the afternoon.

Long day for sure with plenty of fret - but now, I'll have power to run lights, heat and hot plates to cook on

Plugging in the Christmas lights would just be showing off!

12-20-2008, 05:01 AM
Bama Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 2,727	Damage to the jeep was pretty nasty - I'm expecting 8-10K to fix it. Sucks too cause it's paid for but I spoke with the insurance folks today and it's a week in the shop and $500 deductible out of pocket to fix. No one was injured cept' my pride. I have no feeling on the bottom of my feet cause of the diabetes and think when I pressed down on the brake pedal to get my feel for the road, just pressed too hard. It sent us immediately sideways and if I would have had more room to work with would have recovered easily enough but it was 25 yards from a major intersection and we were on a downgrade. Given the scenario, it's either aim for the pole to stop us or hit the intersection and perhaps turn into something much worse. I'll take the pole every time. I hit on the drivers side bumper so it'd spin us around rather than blunt force stop us and that's exactly what it did. This morning I'm sitting in the office worried because now the Jeep is out of commission, a huge storm is approaching and all we have left now is my car but no tire chains - so if the winds knock out the power and with the expected accumulations, we'd be screwed with no way to get to a hotel or friends/family. So, I see online that the nearest tire shop opens at 8 so I head out at 7 to get down there and get in line. The main road didn't look terrible but the side roads to get to the main road aren't plowed and I live on an upgrade out of the cul-de-sac. Hell or highwater (in this case snow), I've got to go get chains. I actually make it out to the main roads ok and up to the tire shop which is operating full speed at 7:20 and they have my size chains so we slap em' on. I'm feeling better now since we'd be able to get to somewhere that has power should the winds knock down the lines - but I'd really prefer having an emergency generator in case trees block the roads. If that were to happen, chains wouldn't be helpful. I trudge off to 2 home depots - all sold out I call Sears as I'm leaving the 2nd Home Depot to ask them if they have one in stock and the guy says they have 1 3600 watt generator left. I tell him my name and let him know that I'm 15 minutes away and to hold it for me - which he does. I get to Sears and hand to God - there's a guy at the counter and 2 on the escalator ahead of me and come to find out - they were all there to buy a generator. He tells the first guy in line that it's on hold for a customer and that if he wasn't there in 5 minutes he'd go ahead and sell it to the first guy in line. I tell him I'm the guy he was holding it for and I got it! After another stop to get 2 - 5 gallon gas cans, a portable heater and 2 hot plates, filling up the car and 10 gallons of gas for the generator - I finish up my day around 3 in the afternoon. Long day for sure with plenty of fret - but now, I'll have power to run lights, heat and hot plates to cook on Plugging in the Christmas lights would just be showing off! Last edited by Bama; 12-20-2008 at 05:03 AM..