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Neesy

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fljoe0 said:
Now that you mention that, let me give some advice to everyone reading this about buying new lanterns for emergency use. If you haven't bought any new battery lighting recently, you need to go out and buy new lanterns with LED lights. The reason being is that your batteries will last much much longer. For example, I replaced a classic Coleman florescent lantern with an LED version. The florescent lantern took 8 D batteries and would go about 20 hours. The LED lantern takes 4 D batteries and goes 125 hours.

There are many varieties and you will have to do a little digging around to find what is right for you. LED lighting is different than florescent and although LED lighting is super bright , the light does not spread like florescent does and you want to get good quality lanterns that have proper reflectors. That's why I say it takes a little looking around because LED lighting is very different and depending on what you are using the lantern for, different styles work better for different needs. But you can't beat the longevity of the LED in an emergency situation.
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Sounds good - much better than the many candles I always light whenever there is a power outage - they look quite romantic and actually add a bit of warmth (up here it is usually winter when the hydro goes off!) but LED flashlights sound more practical.
 
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Kurben

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Here it is spring. Flowers go about like crazy but i wondered one thing about springflowers.. There is a lot of blue, white and yellow flowers but not any red ones. They are more of summerflowers. I can't recall any red springflowrers. I wonder why? Anybody got a good explanation? The weather is a trifle unsteady. but the temp is mostly about 15C plus/minus a few degrees. The birds are also crazy. Singing like they were paid to do it. The trees are getting their leaves, at least most of them. Some, like the oak, is waiting a bit more.
 
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Debbie913

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The weather here has actually been better than it normally is this time of year. Things have bloomed and turned green a bit earlier than I'm used to. For example, the lilacs are in full bloom and they were like three weeks early! The crab apple trees as well. I'm happy! It was in the low 70s(F) today...I believe Winter has finally gone!

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Does this make a lick of sense at all? I do not mind snow for sure....but is this normal in the scheme of things? Me flowers are blooming lol. OK, I could do with another breath of snow.
Tue, 5 May Sunny in the morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 60 percent chance of showers in the afternoon. Wind east 20 km/h becoming light in the morning. High 18. UV index 5 or moderate.
Night Becoming cloudy in the evening then rain changing to snow near midnight. Rainfall amount 5 mm. Snowfall amount 2 cm. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 increasing to 40 gusting to 60 in the evening. Low zero.
Wed, 6 May Snow or periods of rain. High plus 4.
Night Clear. Low minus 1.
 
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