04-30-2016, 11:22 AM
We already started... Two weeks ago I started putting the old gas from our cans into the car and replacing it with fresh gas treated with PRI-G. Last week I got more gas and water containers... Walmart only had two 5 gallon water containers ($8 dollars) on the shelves. If you need some, now is the time to get them. Filled the propane tanks. I just now finished removing a tree that would have wound up crashing our roof during the next big wind storm. While hauling the tree to the green waste I noticed that we need more rope. The yellow nylon variety is crap because it literally dissolves over several months when exposed to sun and rain. Other than the water catchment place, where is a good place to get the black UV resistant variety? I looked at HD and didn't see any.
Last week I chatted with somebody who was living on Kauai when Iniki hit. Her first-hand recollections of living for several months without power, water, or regular access to all services was a great reminder. They had one of the few houses on their block that survived with most of the roof intact. By the middle of the storm they had 3 neighbor families hunkering down with them. They didn't board up their windows (all they could get at the last minute was duct tape) and lost many of them. They parked their cars in front of their main window to provide as much deflection as possible and a chunk of a neighbor's house went through the windshield. Their house got flooded from the water coming in with the blowing winds.
Technically, Iselle was just a wind storm when it made landfall. Few of us are prepared for an actual hurricane hitting us.
Last week I chatted with somebody who was living on Kauai when Iniki hit. Her first-hand recollections of living for several months without power, water, or regular access to all services was a great reminder. They had one of the few houses on their block that survived with most of the roof intact. By the middle of the storm they had 3 neighbor families hunkering down with them. They didn't board up their windows (all they could get at the last minute was duct tape) and lost many of them. They parked their cars in front of their main window to provide as much deflection as possible and a chunk of a neighbor's house went through the windshield. Their house got flooded from the water coming in with the blowing winds.
Technically, Iselle was just a wind storm when it made landfall. Few of us are prepared for an actual hurricane hitting us.