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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2012 15:43:53 GMT -5
Doesn't look too promising here next coupla days!  How ya gettin ready?? Here's how I prepared:
(1) Cleaned my roof gutters out yesterday,
(2) Froze tons of gal jugs in case i gotta move my fridge contents into 3 of my 150 qt fish ice chests,
(3)Couple 5 gal buckets water stored in garage
(4) Have lanterns/flashlites,
(5) Hand crank Eton Emergency Radio ready,
(6) Cell's all charged,
(7) LP tanks filled to cook on portable stove,
(8) Power inverter charged up
(9) Ton of coal stored out back(from Y2K ;D) to fire-up my Harmon Stove case things get cold!
(10) Plentya food, water, beer plus made sure the wine rack is out of harms way!All kidding aside...a very serious storm...please all take necessary precautions while you can & stay safe!! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2012 16:18:17 GMT -5
Got the generator all gassed up got 20 extra gallons of gas in case its a long one and plenty of food and drinks in the house
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Post by bushmaster on Oct 28, 2012 16:56:22 GMT -5
Rented a wood chipper for the week. I'm ready.
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Post by Dutch on Oct 28, 2012 17:28:35 GMT -5
I ate the 2 containers of ice cream that I bought yesterday, just in case the power goes off and it goes to waste. ;D But, Loggy just gave me an idea. I just filled up a bunch of the big coffee cans and stuffed them in the freezers to freeze over night. I'm in town, so, will have running water, pretty much no matter what, I hope. I do have soda, beer, water and wine, so, I won't get thirsty.  Got 3 loves of bread, peanut butter and stores of Gal made jelly, so, no way I'm gonna starve!  Oh, forgot, about a 1/2 pound of sweet bologna as well. YUM YUM |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2012 17:31:42 GMT -5
I ain't doin nuttin--
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2012 17:36:24 GMT -5
The infamous Met-Ed service here will always go down even if there's a slightest hint or pending fart of a storm.
Main thing for me is a lot of ice & BIG Freezer chests.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2012 17:43:38 GMT -5
Loggy, any reports on your beach house?
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Post by rober on Oct 28, 2012 18:56:34 GMT -5
I came home from Potter County early to keep an eye on the basement since my wife is a essential employee at HMC. Brought the generator home and stocked up on some gas and grub. Pumps are ready to pump water but hopefully dont have to.
Last september i was up in potter and almost didnt make it home due to flooding. I was supposed to be up all week but I will head back up later in the week and stay all next week
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2012 19:26:14 GMT -5
Have just put some water in to be freezed hope it doesn't go off before it goes off I don't want my deer meat to spoil that is the most important thing!
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Post by Dutch on Oct 28, 2012 19:34:56 GMT -5
Have just put some water in to be freezed hope it doesn't go off before it goes off I don't want my deer meat to spoil that is the most important thing! If yer power goes off, I'll run the 50 miles to yer place and save yer venison for you. I'll put it in my freezer down here. I PROMISE you'll get the tenderloins back, really. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2012 19:55:55 GMT -5
jokes on you they are already gone! lol
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Post by Dutch on Oct 28, 2012 19:56:48 GMT -5
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Post by bake545 on Oct 28, 2012 20:33:40 GMT -5
I did get milk and bread tonight but only b/c I was out of those things anyway. I'm considered an essential employee at my work and was told by my boss to bring clothes for two night stay in a hotel in Pittsburgh if necessary. My wife is not happy so hopefully it's not a big deal. I don't really want to stay either but if I do, hopefully the hotel bar has power |
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Post by Dutch on Oct 28, 2012 20:48:51 GMT -5
LOL
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Post by dennyf on Oct 28, 2012 21:15:19 GMT -5
I ate the 2 containers of ice cream that I bought yesterday, just in case the power goes off and it goes to waste.Worked on that earlier this evening, but didn't encourage her to work on her Turkey Hill Rocky Road stash. She's on a diet, so we can just throw her's out if it thaws? I ain't on a diet and refuse to waste one drop of my Breyers. Got extry water and firewood in, gutters were blowed out yesterday. Next to the Stihl chainsaw and the 8HP snowblower, the Echo leaf blower is my next favorite power trinket. I always have C D, AA and AAA batteries on hand and charged my spotlight. Always have extra candles. Making more ice, already had a bag in my freezer. Only thing I can't find, is my three D cell Maglite?? No biggie, got a half dozen other flashlights handy.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2012 6:40:37 GMT -5
If you don't have a generator and the power goes out and need heat before it goes to waste open up your flochecks on top (turn them to the left and don't forget to tighten them down once the power comes back on)of the boiler the gravity will feed the heat through the pipes it will only last as long as it stays warm but at least it isn't going to waste. in case you don't know what a flo check is  |
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Post by Dutch on Oct 29, 2012 6:44:32 GMT -5
Woke up at 5 AM and it was almost dead calm. Now it's picking up. They say this afternoon and into tonight will be the worst. It is strengthening a bit and picking up speed, which makes it worse along the coast with the high tides.
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Post by archeryman32 on Oct 29, 2012 7:19:43 GMT -5
Kind odd. All the model showed it coming up the east/center of the state. The brunt of it now looks to be moving right accross the southern half of the state.
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Post by wentzler on Oct 29, 2012 7:25:00 GMT -5
When you live in a house with three wimmen, TP IS a big deal, which I why I hid a couple bales of it in the basement. Filled all my five gallon buckets with water for 'flushing' all that TP, too. Since I started getting ready for the possibilities five and a half days ago, I'm down to the drink until you remember what you forgot stage. Seriously, I am, this time as ready as we can get for whatever. Biggest relief for me is my neighbors finally took this one seriously, too. I dunno how they did it...but serious metric tons of firewood suddenly, mystically, moved to much higher ground, and all the high spots in the valley look like there will be big machinery/vehicle auctions there soon. On a sad note, all those folks who said last September's mess here was a once in a lifetime event, and simply swamped out, repaired/re-built...are walking around looking like they've just been punched in the gut. I'm sure there will be that post battle/post accident/post trauma mental thing for those of us who chose to get out or build UP^^...if they are hit again?? OK. Back to calculating rainfall predictions for this watershed, based on latest travel speed and direction of that bloody eye....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2012 7:36:44 GMT -5
wind picking up here pretty good now
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Post by dennyf on Oct 29, 2012 7:59:00 GMT -5
Sufficient TP is never an issue here. She keeps a 6 month supply at all times and I am not joking. Oddlly enough, if I swipe one four roll pack for "my" basement bathroom, from her doomsday stash, she instantly realizes one of the usual 25 to 30 four packs is missing and demands an accounting for the shortfall. Our paper towel collection is only slightly smaller than the TP one. And she calls me a hoarder?  Gusty winds picking up here and it's been raining on and off all morning. Temp is around 50 at the moment. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2012 8:12:35 GMT -5
Up hear at 9:11 AM its dead calm with light rain and the Pine looks like it aint rained in weeks
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2012 8:55:59 GMT -5
Sufficient TP is never an issue here. She keeps a 6 month supply at all times and I am not joking. Oddlly enough, if I swipe one four roll pack for "my" basement bathroom, from her doomsday stash, she instantly realizes one of the usual 25 to 30 four packs is missing and demands an accounting for the shortfall. Our paper towel collection is only slightly smaller than the TP one. And she calls me a hoarder? Gusty winds picking up here and it's been raining on and off all morning. Temp is around 50 at the moment. I know exactly what you mean when it comes to TP-----God for bid this house ever catch fire---But them again, I guess you can never have enough TP on hand--so to speak ;D |
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Post by galthatfishes on Oct 29, 2012 8:59:24 GMT -5
I'm back in Pgh and helped the daughter et ready yesterday by flea bombing the house and giving both the dog and the cat a bath.
The bright side is; with all of our "prep" work to bomb, the house hasn't been this "clean" since last Christmas, lol.
Already had a freezer full of food.
I figure if the power goes out, we'll be OK. She was without a furnace for 2 weeks last year. Mine took the death leap Christmas day and I had to order from the company in PA that "makes" them. Its an electric boiler. She put one of the tents on her bed; electric blanket underneath and a good sleeping bag and did just fine; refusing to go to "grandmas", lol.
If our power goes out; we'll be without heat totally this time with an all electric house,but I have a gas grill all loaded up I can cook on (yes, I'll crack a window); and the tents and sleeping bags will be on the beds with body and hand warmers providing a little heat.
I rely on Brad for weather updates and this AM he told me its not supposed to be too bad here, but just in case; we do have a plan, lol.
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Post by Dutch on Oct 29, 2012 9:23:33 GMT -5
Ed, no one is predicting any serious flooding this time. The main worry will be downed powerlines from the wind.
4-6 inches of rain predicted here, and much less upstate, over a 2 day period. The Loyalsock will come up, but not like last year.
But then forecasters have been worng once or twice before. LOL
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