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Baymule
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Glad that you came through it ok!
Hurricane Irma
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Mini Horses
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As we all know -- watching the reporters get wet & blown!! -- they were hit hard. A lot of flooding, not as much as Harvey in TX but, ain't any of it good!!!
So, besides the horrible clean up -- the biggest problem is NO POWER. Even with a generator, probably no gas (which most use). So, groceries, banks, hospitals and all those are in real trouble, also. Couple that with businesses not open, so no work. GEESH!!! Some areas worse than others, as always.
I think we all need to invest in stock for appliance, furniture and car dealers because those will SURELY be huge purchase items. I feel badly for everyone in BOTH states.
The FL keys -- why would anyone even THINK they should have stayed??? Now they need everything delivered. A vet & animal person stayed with the dolphins. At least THEY had a reason and they were prepared. Hope the locals had made some prep in advance.
I think the newspaper/chicken transport was great!
Green Acres -- glad you are all good!! Sounds like your area got a break! We all hope for that.
So, besides the horrible clean up -- the biggest problem is NO POWER. Even with a generator, probably no gas (which most use). So, groceries, banks, hospitals and all those are in real trouble, also. Couple that with businesses not open, so no work. GEESH!!! Some areas worse than others, as always.
I think we all need to invest in stock for appliance, furniture and car dealers because those will SURELY be huge purchase items.
I feel badly for everyone in BOTH states.The FL keys -- why would anyone even THINK they should have stayed??? Now they need everything delivered. A vet & animal person stayed with the dolphins. At least THEY had a reason and they were prepared. Hope the locals had made some prep in advance.
I think the newspaper/chicken transport was great!
Green Acres -- glad you are all good!! Sounds like your area got a break! We all hope for that.
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Baymule
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That's what it always is after a hurricane. No power. Need gas for the generator. Gas stations don't have power either. Well crap. ![:\](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/side.png "side :\")
My husband was off work for several weeks after hurricane Ike. I didn't miss a day of work. I worked for a garbage company, they had an 8,000 gallon diesel tank and a 1947 locomotive engine for a generator that powered the whole company. It took weeks for the grocery stores to clean up and reopen. Electric crews from other states swarmed the area, putting back together what Ike tore up. In that part of Texas is a lot of camps, like summer camps, a boy scout camp and such. That is where the electric crews stayed and volunteers cooked their breakfast, packed each worker a lunch and cooked supper for them. We were out of power for a month because of damage to our home.
ANYBODY that lives in hurricane country needs to keep a full pantry at all times, a BBQ pit, charcoal and lighter fluid.
It is going to take awhile to put the Texas Gulf coast and Florida back together.
My husband was off work for several weeks after hurricane Ike. I didn't miss a day of work. I worked for a garbage company, they had an 8,000 gallon diesel tank and a 1947 locomotive engine for a generator that powered the whole company. It took weeks for the grocery stores to clean up and reopen. Electric crews from other states swarmed the area, putting back together what Ike tore up. In that part of Texas is a lot of camps, like summer camps, a boy scout camp and such. That is where the electric crews stayed and volunteers cooked their breakfast, packed each worker a lunch and cooked supper for them. We were out of power for a month because of damage to our home.
ANYBODY that lives in hurricane country needs to keep a full pantry at all times, a BBQ pit, charcoal and lighter fluid.
It is going to take awhile to put the Texas Gulf coast and Florida back together.
Mike CHS
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The worst we had in Pensacola while I was there was Ivan. Our house didn't have power for 32 days and my commute to work went from 18 miles to a little over 80 miles. The U.S. Hwy 90 and the I-10 bridges were taken out so I had to go way up into Alabama to get into town from the east side of Pensacola Bay.
babsbag
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As a west coast girl I have never understood how any one even lives in the path of that kind of potential destruction. Yes we have our fires and earthquakes but it just doesn't seem as frequent and certainly not as wide spread. I have felt probably a half dozen earthquakes in my life and none of them did any damage where I was living. Fires you can prepare for to a large extent, at least wild land fires. Have cement board siding, flame retardant roofing, defensible space, skirting around decks, and a generator for the well and you are pretty good. No way to prepare for a hurricane and IMO nothing is worse than water damage.
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Baymule
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Sure you can prepare for a hurricane. I did it frequently LOL. I lived along the Gulf coastal area for most of my life. I only had serious damage to my home one time.
Rule #1. Don't buy/build a home in a low spot.
Rule #2. Buy/build a home on high ground.
Rule #3. See Rule #1 & #2.
Rule #1. Don't buy/build a home in a low spot.
Rule #2. Buy/build a home on high ground.
Rule #3. See Rule #1 & #2.
OneFineAcre
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Full House Farm put on FB that they still don't have power, but they have a generator and are managing. All are OK.
They can keep their freezers/fridge going, a few lights, a window a/c unit in a bedroom and they can have hot water to shower.
They can keep their freezers/fridge going, a few lights, a window a/c unit in a bedroom and they can have hot water to shower.
Mini Horses
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Well, at least they are all "OK & working thru it". Storms and their damage are much of what we all share & preach about "how" in preparedness. KUDOS to them. Now, hope the gasoline stays available.
babsbag
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Gas prices have already gone up in CA by about 20 cents. Any excuse to gouge the consumer.
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Well, our power just came back on- and it went on just after dark Sunday night.
We have one tree down, but not on anything or in the way, had tons of branches, twigs and leaves and lots of goat poop in my husband's shop/barn to clean up.
Good news it it's cleaner than the rest of the shop now so if it ever happens again he's happy to have the goats camp out in there for a day or so. They ended up being in there about 24 hours and we fed them once and milked two. We milked by had for the first three days but I plugged into the generator this morning with the machine and that was nice. The Nigerians are all about 9 months in milk so I'm drying them off anyway. In fact, I should be getting notifications that 5 have earned their milk stars when I send in my next test. That's all of them that will dry off this month.
They eye was within 20 miles of our house, but it had weakened to a Cat1 by the time it got here, thankfully. We are not in a flood zone at all and we actually had more puddles and wet spots two weeks ago when we had some tropical storm shoot offs from Harvey! Hopefully all the other stuff in the tropics just stays away.
We took down my kidding "tent" and took two roofs off small outbuildings because we knew they'd fly off so that has to be put back still. My milk room has a Rubbermaid shed all taken apart in it and various other junk that was picked up or taken out of the feed room. So- the important stuff is done but I'll be putting stuff back together for a few weeks I'm sure.
Yes- it was nice to be prepared. A hot shower, being able to watch the news when the storm was coming, cook on the stove, have my 15 gallons of frozen milk stay frozen, use the frig and stuff is pretty nice. We had 60 gallons of gas too- and only used maybe 20 total during the storm.
Now I just have to do laundry, and clean up this super messy house. LOL. There are some nice things about not having power I guess. The vacuuming, laundry and such just has to wait!
We have one tree down, but not on anything or in the way, had tons of branches, twigs and leaves and lots of goat poop in my husband's shop/barn to clean up.
Good news it it's cleaner than the rest of the shop now so if it ever happens again he's happy to have the goats camp out in there for a day or so. They ended up being in there about 24 hours and we fed them once and milked two. We milked by had for the first three days but I plugged into the generator this morning with the machine and that was nice. The Nigerians are all about 9 months in milk so I'm drying them off anyway. In fact, I should be getting notifications that 5 have earned their milk stars when I send in my next test. That's all of them that will dry off this month. They eye was within 20 miles of our house, but it had weakened to a Cat1 by the time it got here, thankfully. We are not in a flood zone at all and we actually had more puddles and wet spots two weeks ago when we had some tropical storm shoot offs from Harvey! Hopefully all the other stuff in the tropics just stays away.
We took down my kidding "tent" and took two roofs off small outbuildings because we knew they'd fly off so that has to be put back still. My milk room has a Rubbermaid shed all taken apart in it and various other junk that was picked up or taken out of the feed room. So- the important stuff is done but I'll be putting stuff back together for a few weeks I'm sure.
Yes- it was nice to be prepared. A hot shower, being able to watch the news when the storm was coming, cook on the stove, have my 15 gallons of frozen milk stay frozen, use the frig and stuff is pretty nice. We had 60 gallons of gas too- and only used maybe 20 total during the storm.
Now I just have to do laundry, and clean up this super messy house. LOL. There are some nice things about not having power I guess. The vacuuming, laundry and such just has to wait!
