Post by ladywolf6692 on Jul 25, 2024 16:47:27 GMT -5
So what do y'all do when you're in the middle of a multi-day power outage and you have rocks tumbling? Happened to me twice recently. I had just started a batch of fire quartz in May and we had tornadoes and/or a derecho come through that actually knocked over the high strength electrical towers (Houston, TX area) - power was out for a little over 72 hours.
2nd time was about 3 weeks ago - hurricane Beryl decided to come to Houston instead of Mexico - again power was out for about 72 hours, but we were the lucky ones - many folks in my area didn't get power back for a week to 10 days.
Both times I had the rocks tumbling but after a few hours, I emptied the barrel, rinsed them off really well, washed out the barrel and put them aside till we got the power back (we don't have a generator and the house is 100% electric).
Since this seems to be happening more and more, we're going to have to look into getting a generator, except the noise and the fumes are migraine triggers. That's another discussion for another time.
Anyways, my question is, what do you do in the middle of a power outage? Would the rocks have been okay had I left them alone and just rolled the barrel around on the floor or counter for a few minutes every few hours? Or is it better to just go ahead and empty and wash everything off? First time I had just started them in stage 1 coarse grit. 2nd time they were in pre-polish.
2nd time was about 3 weeks ago - hurricane Beryl decided to come to Houston instead of Mexico - again power was out for about 72 hours, but we were the lucky ones - many folks in my area didn't get power back for a week to 10 days.
Both times I had the rocks tumbling but after a few hours, I emptied the barrel, rinsed them off really well, washed out the barrel and put them aside till we got the power back (we don't have a generator and the house is 100% electric).
Since this seems to be happening more and more, we're going to have to look into getting a generator, except the noise and the fumes are migraine triggers. That's another discussion for another time.
Anyways, my question is, what do you do in the middle of a power outage? Would the rocks have been okay had I left them alone and just rolled the barrel around on the floor or counter for a few minutes every few hours? Or is it better to just go ahead and empty and wash everything off? First time I had just started them in stage 1 coarse grit. 2nd time they were in pre-polish.
