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Date: 15 Jun 2006 18:58:36
From: Robert Harmon
Subject: Are you ready for the next hurricaine? (new coffee maker by Coleman)
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I've found the solution to one of my problems at least:
http://tinyurl.com/eht6v.
Having a 'real' coffee maker without having to crank up the generator will
be a big plus when the storms start hitting this year. We ride them out &
don't expect any problems as long as everyone remembers to tie down anything
the wind can pick up & toss our way. We do lose power when a serious storm
develops so our diesel generator does get used to charge up the BIG
emergency batteries we have.
Things like coffee makers, espresso makers, & grinders don't fall into the
necessity category (to me they do but the ol' ball & chain disagrees), so
any appliance that can be replaced with something that uses no electricity
is a definite plus. For Rita last year we BBQ'd & grilled a lot on the
natural gas appliance built into the back patio (a good thing) & we had a
lot of French press (which I can't stand).
So to our stash of hand-cranked flashlights, radios, & TV's, we can now add
a real coffee maker!
Robert (this old boy scout stays prepared) Harmon
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Date: 15 Jun 2006 20:16:08
From: Rich Adams
Subject: Re: Are you ready for the next hurricaine? (new coffee maker by Coleman)
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----- Original Message -----
> Having a 'real' coffee maker without having to crank up the generator
> will be a big plus when the storms start hitting this year.
Unless the Melitta cone is not a "real coffee maker" by your standards, you
can always stash one of them, like a #6, some filters and a Zass or
equivalent and of course a way to boil water like a single burner butane
stove.
Worked for me when Kansas City was froze over without power for a week+
serveral years ago.
Respectfully,
Rich Adams
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Date: 16 Jun 2006 09:46:12
From: Steve Ackman
Subject: Re: Are you ready for the next hurricaine? (new coffee maker by Coleman)
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In <cejkg.9$Ck6.8@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com >, on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:16:08
GMT, Rich Adams wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Having a 'real' coffee maker without having to crank up the generator
>> will be a big plus when the storms start hitting this year.
>
>
> Unless the Melitta cone is not a "real coffee maker" by your standards, you
> can always stash one of them, like a #6, some filters and a Zass or
> equivalent and of course a way to boil water like a single burner butane
> stove.
>
> Worked for me when Kansas City was froze over without power for a week+
> serveral years ago.
I just remembered. He has a Melitta Clarity.
It works fine as a pourover. He's got gas for heating
water. He's got emergency batteries and inverter(s)
for the grinder.
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Date: 16 Jun 2006 16:01:02
From: AlanM
Subject: Re: Are you ready for the next hurricaine? (new coffee maker by Coleman)
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Before moving to Florida, two years ago, I purchased a Coleman camp stove
consisting of one grill and one burner. By the addition of an adapter hose I
attached a large barbeque tank which gave me more gas than I could possibly
use. After the three weeks blackout I had used less than 1/3 of the tank.
The percolator, a left over from Boy Scout days, was a welcome change to the
single mug pour over. The grill portion of the stove was great for giant
soup pots of hot water for bathing.
Unfortunately, at 6'4" a rather limited portion of the anatomy was able to
use the soup pot so I had to use the "pour over" method.
"Robert Harmon" <r_h_harmon@Zhotmail.com > wrote in message
news:w5ikg.13311$921.3131@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> I've found the solution to one of my problems at least:
> http://tinyurl.com/eht6v.
>
> Having a 'real' coffee maker without having to crank up the generator
> will be a big plus when the storms start hitting this year. We ride them
> out &
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Date: 16 Jun 2006 07:56:50
From: daveb
Subject: Re: Are you ready for the next hurricaine? (new coffee maker by Coleman)
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Boiling water -- in a pot -- on a camp stove and pouring it into a drip
cone!!
WHOA!
sounds like a great low cost solution.
BTW, rh is not allowed to drink coffee!
Steve Ackman wrote:
> In <w5ikg.13311$921.3131@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>, on Thu, 15
> Jun 2006 18:58:36 GMT, Robert Harmon wrote:
> > I've found the solution to one of my problems at least:
> > http://tinyurl.com/eht6v.
>
> If you google back a bit, I think you'll find this
> coffee pot is quite slow. On the order of 10 minutes,
> IIRC.
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Date: 16 Jun 2006 15:41:16
From: Robert Harmon
Subject: Re: Are you ready for the next hurricaine? (new coffee maker by Coleman)
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"daveb" <davebobblane@gmail.com > wrote in his inimatable, rambling style..
snipped out a bunch of crap
>
> BTW, rh is not allowed to drink coffee!
>
That's true amigo, I'm not allowed to drink it. The quacks said nothing
about an IV tough!
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Date: 16 Jun 2006 07:16:09
From: KBuzbee
Subject: Re: Are you ready for the next hurricaine? (new coffee maker by Coleman)
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My Wife's Cona pot would work just fine in that environment too. Yeah,
I do preheat the water but it doesn't really do anything except save a
little butane....
I suppose I could always put a Moka pot on that burner too... Hmmm....
Unlike Rich, our generator does power the espresso machine, and I use a
Zass everyday anyway so I'm good.
Ken
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Date: 16 Jun 2006 09:44:34
From: Steve Ackman
Subject: Re: Are you ready for the next hurricaine? (new coffee maker by Coleman)
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In <w5ikg.13311$921.3131@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net >, on Thu, 15
Jun 2006 18:58:36 GMT, Robert Harmon wrote:
> I've found the solution to one of my problems at least:
> http://tinyurl.com/eht6v.
If you google back a bit, I think you'll find this
coffee pot is quite slow. On the order of 10 minutes,
IIRC.
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