Getting ready for Sandy
 

Cut 2 trees that were broken in June, to keep them off the passers-by, put extra rope on the Motorhome cover, Moving everything with decent paint away from the neighbors rotted up garage roofs. Fueled up the Outback and hit the market yesterday.
Put 4 over-sized snow tires on it a couple weeks ago.
We're as ready as we are going to get.
What-cha-doin??

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living on the west coast :D

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20 gallons of Sunoco 93 will keep the generator running for about 6.5 days.
I have candles, matches, canned goods, dog/cat/fish/bird/people food.
Three SVXi and the Surbabam are filled...
Fourty gallons of water on the deck, got some bleach, a couple of 20# propane tanks...
The only thing that I am low on is camo face paint and Kickapoo Joy Juice!

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15 gal of gas. Pulled out the Generator started it to test it. Brother in law picked up one of my extra generatos. I am up in Maine till Monday. Hooking up a 12v sump pump. Got batteries. Kerosene for lamps. Can't wait.

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I am hoping that the dry air behind the front will rapidly weaken this thing. I need to pull out the generator but I am confident it is good to go. But our trees are pretty much bare up here so I don't really expect too much power troubles. The rain is what everyone from my area south to virginia needs to worry about. I hope I am right that they are a good 2X overblown on their predictions. And, really, how much can you do about the weather? If a tragedy strikes, we will band together.

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Sure could have used one of those back in '93, after the Great Blizzard. No electricity for 7 days. Well water. Sure takes a lot of melted snow to flush a toilet. Thank heavens we had a wood-burning stove. And oil lamps, a radio, flashlights, batteries, food. And 40 gallons of clean water in the water heater for cooking and tooth-brushing and face washing.

Good luck to y'all in the northeast.

dcb

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We did a few things, cleaned out the gutters, drained a little of the pool, laid down the basketball hoop. Inside, prepped candles, matches, battery lanterns. I am supposed to fly out of Baltimore Tuesday for a business trip. I am not sure that will happen.
I will have to buy a small generator after they become available again. We have no way to cook anything when we lose power, no heat either.

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I have 2 cords of firewood stacked and dry. Pot belly stove running right now. I have cooked meals on it before.

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Hope it is not too bad for you all.:eek:
Nice weather here.:)

Harvey.

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By the way the alarmist weather forecasters are talking, this monster storm will probably reach all the way to Australia.

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Reminds me of the way they were talking about the last one too.

I think it must have fizzled out before it got close cuz there was what 1/2 inch of snow when they thought it would be the next Katrina?:lol:

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Yeh still waiting for the Tsunami to get to Hawaii.:)

Harvey.

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Currently 49°f and a drizzeling rain.
Yep, we are all going to die.

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Well haven't you been saying for a while,


"There's a storm coming".

Harvey.

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:D
Told ya!:D