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WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO KEEP SAFE WITH STORM APPROACHING
Quote by lafayettemister
Being form south Louisiana, I've seen my share of hurricanes. Good luck all of you on the east coast. Get your non perishable foods if you haven't already. Water is extremely necessary, if there's a chance of the public water system becoming contaminated, fill all your bathtubs with water now. And any other containers you have. The water in the bathtub will be useful if you need to flush the toilet after public water has been shut off. Whatever kind of bbq pit you have, get plenty of charcoal/propane in case you have to cook on it. If power is out for a few days you can cook whatever food you have in your freezer before it goes bad. Get a car charger for your cell phone so you can always stay connected.
Quote by cocokisses
Great advice!
And fill your gas tank.
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Hurricanes can also be fun, get all your board games out. Families with kids can enjoy some fun times without the distractions of tv, video games, and internet. No kids? Stock up on booze. lol
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The board games might be good if you had lights to see them...I like the idea of stocking up on booze though...I didn't do that enough...won't make that mistake next hurricane...
I live in South Amboy, New Jersey and we were without electricity or heat for a week...it just came back on Monday, Nov. 5...it was a bit nuts around here in the NY metro area, with no traffic lights, gas stations with 3 mile gas lines, then rationing...which probably cut the lines down to two miles, people fighting over items at the supermarket, if you could find one open...that sort of thing...
The police actually banned liquor sales in S. Amboy for a week because of fights...you can't buy liquor here until Wednesday...and if you know anything about S. Amboy, that's major news in itself that you can't get a drink here...the town has a large Polish-American population, and is sort of famous for the number of bars...
Anyway, anyone within a couple of blocks of water got pretty wiped out here...I'm about a 15 minute walk to the waterfront down here, but far enough away that I really didn't get affected...
My neighbor and I drove around the area shortly after the storm, and drove several blocks, what streets were not closed off...there was property damage, but not a lot of personal property damage...the sign on top of the bank across from where I live blew off the roof and into the street, for instance...and it's about the size of a small car...there were some down trees, but not many, and none we saw landed on people's houses or cars, so that was a good thing...
I have to say we had a hurricane last year around this time in NJ, and Sandy was much different...there really didn't seem to be much rainfall with Sandy, certainly nothing you could hear, though all you could hear was wind...and I have to say, 90 mph wind gusts are extremely loud...think jet engine-type loud...very intense stuff...
Oh, and don't try to go outside on the back porch during a hurricane...I remember doing it last year, but the winds with Sandy were so much more intense there was no way it could work...
Fortunately, I was able to get the back door closed again before everything got sucked out of the kitchen...
Have no idea what I was thinking...![]()