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Offline vesta111

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Official Sandy thread
« on: October 25, 2012, 10:53:55 AM »
Watching this so called major monster storm headed our way.

As we know the the meteorologists can be way off or dead on when predicting these things.      Bothered me when the meteorologists get all upset and give out worse case scenarios.        They may be right and not enough of us take notice.

 Drives me nuts when a big storm is predicted to watch what people are buying for food, Carts of perishable food in 2-3 days of non refrigeration.     Heck why not buy canned meat, crackers, peanut butter and good old cans of baked beans that can be eaten cold ????

Have to expect electricity to go out, even with propane one needs electricity to ignite the burners.

Any one know where the shelters are that will take pets ?????   Nuts, who thinks of that big tree in the yard that may come down on top of a car, ever thought to move the car to an area that is safer ????

So I am a nut, I will if this looks worse then tie my Kayaks to the back deck in case of flooding,   just jump in and bring my puppy and ride the tide.  Hubby will have to handle the Coon cats. :rofl:

We do not get this much excitement very often, kind of opens our eyes to what if.   

Brings life into prospective of what is really valuable in life, what we put our priority's on, be it life or possessions.
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2012, 10:55:32 AM »
I hope you and others living in New England can ride this thing out safely.
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2012, 11:29:33 AM »
Quote from: Eupher on October 25, 2012, 10:55:32 AM
I hope you and others living in New England can ride this thing out safely.

Ditto here Vesta - may God protect you and the Mr.
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2012, 11:49:35 AM »
Hang in there Vesta!
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2012, 12:36:31 PM »
I'm supposed to be out in the field that day, looking at five National Grid substations.  Guess I'm going to call back and say, "Later in the week."

Sandy's not invited to my housewarming party, BTW. :hammer:
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2012, 01:48:17 PM »
I took next Tuesday off to do some things -- looks like it was the right move.  Not going anywhere that day for sure!
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2012, 01:50:29 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on October 25, 2012, 10:55:32 AM
I hope you and others living in New England can ride this thing out safely.

Well, in case anybody's noticed.....or cared.....the roof of Nebraska got prolific heavy snow early this morning.
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2012, 01:56:43 PM »
Y'all be careful up there. Heard it's going to hit a cold front.
Vesta, they still make matches. You don't need electricity to light propane.

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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2012, 02:15:22 PM »
We have a cold front moving tomorrow. It's only going to be....70.   
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2012, 02:22:09 PM »
Has anyone consulted Nadine about what to do yet??

 :panic:

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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2012, 02:34:07 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on October 25, 2012, 02:22:09 PM
Has anyone consulted Nadine about what to do yet??

 :panic:

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I'm certain that she'll interject herself directly into the mess, if she doesn't make it up on her own.
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2012, 02:35:52 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on October 25, 2012, 02:22:09 PM
Has anyone consulted Nadine about what to do yet??

 :panic:

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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2012, 02:40:04 PM »
Hope we don't get a repeat of Irene! She was bad to my area. Anyway I filled all gas cans, vehicles and propane tanks this morn. Always ready.
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2012, 02:50:44 PM »
Quote from: Chris_ on October 25, 2012, 02:35:52 PM
Triage milk and Skyline chili.

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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2012, 02:51:31 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on October 25, 2012, 01:50:29 PM
Well, in case anybody's noticed.....or cared.....the roof of Nebraska got prolific heavy snow early this morning.

No thank you frank.  Snow.  Brrrrrr.  We see it about once every 10 years and I'm good with that.

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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2012, 03:25:44 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on October 25, 2012, 01:50:29 PM
Well, in case anybody's noticed.....or cared.....the roof of Nebraska got prolific heavy snow early this morning.

Hmmm. Temps here in northern Missouri have dropped about 30 degrees since mid-morning.

And it's quite shitty outside.

Why did you send that stuff our way, Frank?  :hammer:  :hammer:
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2012, 07:10:56 PM »
Quote from: catsmtrods on October 25, 2012, 02:40:04 PM
Hope we don't get a repeat of Irene! She was bad to my area. Anyway I filled all gas cans, vehicles and propane tanks this morn. Always ready.

From what I saw Crystal Egger and Kelly Bonehead Cass say about an hour ago on The Weather Channel, it quite possibly will be worse.  Ya see, Irene made landfall and went northeast.  Sandy is supposedly going to hit right around Atlantic City and go northwest.  The northeast part of the storm gets the most rain.  Guess where the Catskills would be in relation to wherethe storm's going to hit?  Northeast.  Last time, they were north-northwest and look at what happened.  The one possible saving grace is that the storm will have to travel longer over land to get to the Catskills, so there should be a bit less energy.

But, for those in the Schoharie Creek area downstream of the Gilboa Dam, the lake behind the dam was waaaay down a couple of months ago, and they told us then that they could take an inflow of the same size as they suffered for Irene (over 4 billion gallons!) and not overtop the Gilboa Dam (Irene was eight feet over the top of Gilboa Dam for Irene).  So, they should be better off.
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #17 on: October 25, 2012, 07:57:09 PM »
Vesta are you stocked up? Do you have extra puppy chow and Friskies? Don't forget the little ones.
Batteries for when the power goes out, maybe a portable heater?

Prepping for storms like this is probably just a part of life in New England. Cats and dogs are easy to forget in the rush.
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #18 on: October 25, 2012, 08:01:55 PM »
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So I am a nut, I will if this looks worse then tie my Kayaks to the back deck in case of flooding,   just jump in and bring my puppy and ride the tide
Well , while you are riding the tide, and the bow turns south, pick up me ind jingles on the way down,,,mmmmkay? :-)
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #19 on: October 25, 2012, 08:10:56 PM »
Quote from: catsmtrods on October 25, 2012, 02:40:04 PM
Hope we don't get a repeat of Irene! She was bad to my area. Anyway I filled all gas cans, vehicles and propane tanks this morn. Always ready.
I'm thinking that it could be more like this.
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #20 on: October 25, 2012, 08:15:00 PM »
OMG! this storm is supposed to strike NJ on Mon and Tues, they're saying heavy rain and 60-80MPH winds, we already expect to lose power. BTW, I have 2 freezers full of food, what can I do to keep from losing it?
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #21 on: October 25, 2012, 08:21:16 PM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on October 25, 2012, 08:15:00 PM
OMG! this storm is supposed to strike NJ on Mon and Tues, they're saying heavy rain and 60-80MPH winds, we already expect to lose power. BTW, I have 2 freezers full of food, what can I do to keep from losing it?
Just 60-80? I thought it was a hurricane.  :fuelfire:

Get a generator or don't open the freezer unless you absolutely have to. I don't know how long you'll be out of power. You may lose it.

If you don't get a generator, get dry goods that don't need refrigeration (or cooking) to eat.

Lantern, batteries, and a radio.
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #22 on: October 25, 2012, 08:46:43 PM »
Water. If the power goes out, the water goes bad. Buy a couple of jugs of water.
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #23 on: October 25, 2012, 08:50:26 PM »
Quote from: Jasonw560 on October 25, 2012, 08:21:16 PM
Just 60-80? I thought it was a hurricane.  :fuelfire:

Get a generator or don't open the freezer unless you absolutely have to. I don't know how long you'll be out of power. You may lose it.

If you don't get a generator, get dry goods that don't need refrigeration (or cooking) to eat.

Lantern, batteries, and a radio.

I'm looking at Generators now and not happy if I have to put out a minimum $400. We had no problem with the storm last year, everyone around us was out but for some reason we had power, we had people come stay with us for a few days.

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Water. If the power goes out, the water goes bad. Buy a couple of jugs of water.

I always have bottled water in the house and those gallon containers of water.
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Re: Official Sandy thread
« Reply #24 on: October 25, 2012, 09:00:06 PM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on October 25, 2012, 08:50:26 PM
I'm looking at Generators now and not happy if I have to put out a minimum $400. We had no problem with the storm last year, everyone around us was out but for some reason we had power, we had people come stay with us for a few days.

Are you on the same electric provider as your neighbors?

We're with a co-op, and were out of power for about 18-24 hours after Hurricane Dolly, while everyone else was out 5-6 days.
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