Posted on 10/28/2012 1:32:52 PM PDT by Kartographer
I dont want to bother talking about all the things that should have been done over the past year or more to prepare for an event like Sandy, heck were writing about that stuff every other day. Id like to talk about what folks can do even at the last minute to help them get through this situation as safely and comfortably as possible.
So Ill just imagine for a moment an average house that has zero Preps. Just the usual non-prepper house with a few days of food, a couple of flashlights with questionable battery life, a few spare batteries, a few bottles of water, and hopefully a box of bandaids in a bathroom drawer somewhere. Not ideal but very common. There are literally tens of millions of people waiting for this storm to come charging into them whose situations look similar.
(Excerpt) Read more at prep-blog.com ...
People in Syracuse are wasting no time nuking the stores in their panic buying.
But at least, this time, they are not waiting until they are in the teeth of the storm, like usual.
http://www.9wsyr.com/default.aspx
We're like this in CNY. The ground is somewhat rocky from the glacial moraine and drains very well.
We are in a hilly area with one tiny little creek down the street that has not been known to flood but once in the last 100 years.
Our biggest risk is power outages, but we have a generator and gas.
Try weather underground rather than Drudge.....
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at201218_5day.html
You mean a literal one, too? Like geologically?
Power outages. My biggest risk is that the neighbor will take her BBQ in the house again. If her son hadn’t arrived in the nick of time, it would have been flames whipped by 75 MPH winds.
How can someone so stupid survive into adulthood?
I’ve often thought it would be nice to have a place in the QueerHobeth/DelMarVa area. But, I would not stock it with anything I cared about if a storm came along and wiped the place off the map.
I would stock it with tons of food stuffs and emergency supplies including a rubber boat or two.
Most of the homes I stayed in had living quarters one floor up from the ground with the lower part usually reserved for HVAC, Propane and storage.
From LA. Only explanation I can see. Her kids ain’t too bright, either.
I believe that is the case.
Get busy cooking while there's still electricity. Bake several batches of cookies or a cake since they don't need refrigeration later. If you don't have freezer room, cook up whatever meats you have in the fridge. The weather is cool enough if the power goes off to keep food chilled and a cold meatloaf sandwich is much easier to prepare than trying to prepare raw ground meat.
Also, clean the house. Mop and vacuum while you can. Clean the bathrooms and kitchen and pick up some clorox wipes (convenience) and hand sanitizer because you don't want to deal with a nasty germy bathroom. Put a bottle of hand sanitizer in each bathroom, kitchen and bedrooms to remind everyone. Get the dishes done and the kitchen counter clean. Without water, you can't clean it well later. Speaking of dishes, pick up some paper plates and cups at the store.
If it last more than a day then I’m gonna repurpose potatoes and rice... LOL
Shhhh... don't tell anyone. This is Barry's big moment to show voters how on top of things he is. We can't cancel this event now.
http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html
New York 410’H to Sea Level
Philadelphia 421’H to Sea Level
Baltimore 489’H to Sea Level
Washington DC 410’H to Sea Level
They only have one animated gif view (radar) however, they have a nice “historical” example that seems to support the BAMM model. Also, if you watch the water vapor gif on Drudge, you get the feeling the air to the west of the northeastern states is starting to push it out to sea.
I’m no expert, so I’m making these predictions to see just how wrong a layman can be. :-)
It still kinds early for the last minute folks, maybe some of the procrastinators are getting ready now. The grocery store near my house has most of it’s shelves bare but that is because of their union values high wages over jobs. The store will be closed soon. My sister lives near DC. They to make sure nothing important in the basement is left on the floor.
Those are great ideas.
It’s amazing how much water one can use cleaning and using the toilet.
You can’t do any worse than the meteorologists.... ;)
However, what I see if you look at a radar loop, is that the storm that came into the east coast from out west is now BACKING UP and moving back up to the NW. That huge midwest storm came within a few miles of us before starting to back up.
UNPRECEDENTED!!!!
I don’t know that I’ve EVER seen that before and that means and allows for westward movement of the hurricane.
http://www.9wsyr.com/content/weather/neradar_loop.aspx
My 2 cents:
Fill your washer with water. If it turns out you don’t need the water, you can still use it when you run your next load of laundry.
Use cheap solar lights for indoor lighting. (Don’t forget to put them outside during the day for their recharge.)
Let the people rush the big stores but get what you need just before the storm hits, at small grocery stores.
Good idea about filling the washer with water.
Also, get the laundry done so if there’s a power outage, at least you started out with clean sheets, towels and clothes.
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