Posted on 11/10/2012 2:13:09 PM PST by SquarePants
Preppers’ PING!!
Funny you should say that, 'cause that's exactly what I told my daughter a couple of days ago as she packed for a trip to the heart of the Sandy disaster area. She's bringing supplies up to some relatives and is even carrying her own extra gas.
She easily solved the problem ... her pitbull is riding with her and is sleeping the the van. The dog would probably lick someone to death before biting but she is an excellent barker and will deter any break in.
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@Kart- thanks for the excellent scriptural references. I always find the applicability of the Bible to pretty much any situation amazing
@Carriage- I’m already on it! Thanks
Years ago, my friend put his pit bull in his car during a hurricane to protect the dog.
The dog SHREDDED the interior. Looked like someone used a chainsaw. Seats, dash board, carpet, everything. That dog must have gone crazy during the storm.
No doubt your daughter’s dog is better behaved.
Thanks.
Great post, thanks!
But the first time I left my male Shepherd alone in the house, he just about ripped it apart trying to get out. Curtains and blinds were shreaded by the windows and carpeting was torn up by the doors. He is now an "outside" dog unless someone is home.
That's my upcycle doggie bed. Instead of throwing out three old bed pillows, I stuffed them in a garment. He loves it!
Thanks Kart. Couldn’t have said it better.
Always have a Plan B & Plan C, etc.
I like to start with Loss of Electricity.
Start planning from there...
You won’t have to rotate your gas as often if you use NON-Ethanol gas (pure-gas.org)with preservatives. My favorite preservative is PRI-G (PRI-D for diesel).Also you should not use ethanol gas in your generator.
It would be near impossible for a Cat 5 hurricane to hit NYC. For that matter, even a 4.
A 3 would also be unlikely.
Hurricanes need warm 80+ degree water to spawn and maintain. Cut off the warm water by either land or colder water, and they diminish rapidly.
I think what happened with Sandy is about the worst case scenario as storm surge is biggest destroyer of property.
Winds can down trees and take off roofs but precious little can stand being battered by tons of (incompressible) water for hours on end.
I bigger hurricane might actually do less damage if it didn’t come with a storm surge at high tide.
For a bomb scenario, the only way out would be boats.
If you have natural gas, convert your generator to run on it.
Natural gas usually doesn’t run out because of a storm.
Otherwise convert it to run on propane. Then you don’t have to worry about old bad gas, or a varnished up carburetor.
1800 rpm generators are more rugged and last longer.
If you kitchen range and oven are electric then have a propane burner set up to cook with.
I would add candles and matches. For both light a a little heat. And a portable propane stove and a converter hose to allow you to connect it to your standard 20 lb. tank as well as a few 1 lb. cannisters. And keep at least 1 full 20 lb. tank. I also have a camp stove and a case of Sterno just in case.
That's a good place to start. I often lose power during storms. After hurricane Charlie in 2004 I lost power for two weeks and after Jeanne, a month later, for 10 days.
I have a generator that powers the freezer, fridge, a window A/c, TV and a couple of lamps. But I usually don't use it unless there's an extended outage.
Every room has alternate lighting, hanging oil lamps flank the fireplace (I have loads of oak stored for warmth). I have plenty of flashlights, lanterns and, light sticks for the grandkids. Outside, all my fence posts have solar light tops ... they can brought inside for extra indoor lighting at night and be put outside to recharge during the day.
I have a gas stove/oven and a gas/charcoal/smoker char-griller for cooking.
When most New Yorkers move to Florida they head to the beaches. But I grew up and lived on a beach all my life, so I looked for something different. I opted for very rural area and bought two properties close to each other. My daughter lives on one, at the end of a dirt road on an under-fished spring fed lake. Mine backs about 25,000 acres of forest with deer, turkey and wild boar. There's only one road in and out the neighborhood . . . easy to defend if necessary. The lake has crystal clear water and wee bit down the road there's a natural spring. I've used pool water for flushing toilets.
My grandson is an archer and knows how to kill, skin, and cook a rattler.
I'm about 12 miles from a major truck stop on an interstate. In the past they seemed to have their power back before anyone else ... maybe to supply gas and services to first responders, utility crews, and such. It was a blessing to be able to use their laundry, showers, and restaurant.
I have a couple of German Shepherds that guard the property and have chickens that run around my yard. With a couple of neighbors, we raise and butcher our own beef. I have fruit trees and plenty of room for a vegetable garden.
Life is good.
” - - - precious little can stand being battered by tons of (incompressible) water for hours on end - - - “ , unless the Engineers from The Netherlands are hired to consult to the politicians, who are owned by The Unions, who are owned by The Mafia.
Now if the Mafia hired the Engineers - - - - - .
I wonder if anyone has thought about moving away from the coast .... just a thought? Especially since there was nothing “super” about the storm Sandy. It was just a big tropical storm that zeroed in on a populated area of the coast that “knew” it would never get hit and was appropriately prepared.
I hadn’t even thought about the storage unit. That’s a brilliant idea — as long as you can find one that won’t flood out if a hurricane is accompanied by drenching rain that causes inland flooding.
Exactly. In this recent storm, I was prepared to drive as far as I could on a single tank of gas in my pickup truck. That would be about 600 miles from my home in New Jersey -- probably somewhere out in western Ohio or eastern Indiana.
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