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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
I may need some help for the next day or two.
A new winter storm is moving into the Sound today and heavy winds are expected. That means possible power outages and a loss of internet service. I have a generator, so I'll still have power, but I won't have internet if it goes out.
So if it looks like I'm absent, that's the reason why. If that's the case, would one of you please post the daily deals? Thanks 
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If it happens, enjoy your freedom for a while, take a rest, play some golf . . . well, scratch that last one.
I'm trying to figure out how you would lose Internet if the power went out. I'm sure that you have wi-fi, so you could plug the wireless router into the generator to keep that going. If you have cable, it wouldn't quit, would it? If you have DSL, wouldn't it be okay, regardless? Even if you got Internet access by tethering to a cell phone, you would be good. Of course, you could plug your desktop computer into the generator or battery backup, or run a laptop on battery for a while. I'm probably misssing something very obvious. We had a fairly long power outage a few nights ago--my laptop still worked, my cable still worked. I assume that if I had a generator or battery backup, my wireless router would have still worked, and I would have been fine . . . .
We've had a couple of bad storm systems pass through here in Florida in the last week or two. Both of them spawned tornadoes in other states. The State Tourism Board/Department here in Florida loves to talk about how we're "the Sunshine State" (it's on all of the auto license plates, to my knowledge). They fail to mention that it's also #1 in deaths-by-lightning because of the sometimes frequent thunderstorms . . . .