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Originally Posted by rgilfert
I have few more questions for the Rattlesnake islanders:
1) This one is probably impossible to answer...but...I'm trying to get a feel for how often and for how long the power typically goes out on the island? Does it tend to be worse during the spring & fall versus the summer? I guess a good barometer for me would be...how often do you end up throwing food out that was in the freezer or have to have a cocktail without ice cubes?
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In the 5-6 year it has only been a few times and only lost food once, the kids like the adventure when its out and from CT we use snake eyes as the sign of power or no power (Thanks IG!)
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Originally Posted by rgilfert
2) This is obviously dependent on the answer to #1...but...do any of you have small generators on the island or just don't bother with it?
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We haven't seen the need, we didn't at home in CT either and bought one for the Oct storm and have used it 3 times so go figure.
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3) For early spring and fall when it is cold, how do you heat (wood, pellets, propane)? There is a very old wood stove in our place that I've been thinking about replacing. I was thinking of getting a pellet stove but that means that I'm dependent on having electricity. I was thinking pellets only for the simplicity of carrying them up from the boat and for storage. At my age....I doubt that I could wrestle large propane tanks up the hill. Any input?
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We have electric base board and a pellet stove. When it's real cold we use both, and if just a chilly morning just the base board and the cost hasn't been that bad. Pellets are easy to bring over, stack well and last year over year.
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Originally Posted by rgilfert
4) Lastly....do you have an island phone or simply rely on your cell phone?
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Cell phone although we looked into a land line and they couldn't figure out the number so we gave up.