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Have you ever "lived" in your RV, even briefly, during a local power outage or other emergency?
 
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you bet! while redoing our kitchen brought our coach to the house and stayed the for almost two weeks...even had 3 couple over for a party and had a great time! one couple had never been in any MH or coach.
Posted:   1/27/2008  By: Denny and Cheryl  
When Hurricane Charlie hit our home town of Punta Gorda, FL we were watching on the weather Channel wondering what would be left after a Category 5 storm went right over our home. $ days and 2400 miles lateer we found our home still intact but with no power poles still intact and little hope of power within several weeks. Our Holiday Rambler was our home for several weeks with the onboard genset keeping us cool at night and providing a place to recuperate after long hot days helping other not so fortunate. The coasch was a Godsend. Don Nolen Punta Gorda, Florida
Posted:   12/28/2007  By: Don Nolen  
Our condominium building was being renovated for a year (2006-07) and we lived in our fifth wheel which we bought in 2004 during that time. All the balconies, windows, roof, grounds, etc. were redone or replaced. As it is in a vacation area not many people lived in the building. We were lucky to have our RV to live in during this time. We have been traveling 10,000-15,000 miles during our trips since 1997.
Posted:   12/22/2007  By: Anonymous  
Last year south of St. Louis we had an ice storm that knocked out all the power. I went to the front yard, fired up the generator, my wife brought out breakfast fixins and we stayed toasty warm till the electric came back on later that night.
Posted:   12/9/2007  By: Montie From Festus  
We live in western Washington which gets lots of winter rain storms. We have an electric sump pump in the basement of our house, so when we lose power, we connect the sump pump to the RV generator and it keeps on pumping. Now this year, we have installed a water-powered backup sump pump so we will be covered while we are away.
Posted:   12/8/2007  By: Anonymous  
Not actually for a storm, but when we had company and no room to set them up in the house, we took the camper and gave our guests our "master" bedroom. Gives everyone privacy.
Posted:   12/5/2007  By: Betty E. Gardiner, NY  
We were in an RV park in Michigan in July 2003 when a bad thunderstorm knocked out the power we not only had no electricity, we had no water either. We survived for two days. thats what camping is all about, survival.
Posted:   12/5/2007  By: Patty  
We evacuated from SW Louisiana for Huricane Rita in 2005. We returned after four days to only minor damage but no electricity. We stayed two more days at a campground an hour away. At this point we purchased a generator and returned home. We had electricity restored within ten days.
Posted:   12/3/2007  By: R. Maxey  
During a forest fire our community was evacuated. A nice campground owner let us stay there for 4 nights for free until we could return home, all hookups included.
Posted:   12/3/2007  By: Chris  
In 2004 and 2005 after hurricanes Ivan and Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Power was out for several days. The weather was very hot and humid. Using generators we were able to remain comfortable in our tt as well as keep the refrigerator and freezer in the house running to save our frozen food.
Posted:   12/2/2007  By: R Walker. Irvington, AL  
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