Re: Natural Disaster Preparation?

zxcvbob <zxcvbob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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George Shirley wrote:
Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:57:04 -0400, "cshenk" <cshenk1@xxxxxxx> fired
up random neurons and synapses to opine:

I just made the quarterly 'big trip' yesterday. I won't bore you
with the details of every item, but most of what I do on those big
trips is meats. I have a chest freezer to augment the fridge one,
partly due to space needs but partly for same reason as above. The
one over (or under) the fridge doesnt keep as cool.

<snip>

This thread reminded me of something said to me by one of my high
school classmates who lives in Melbourne Beach FL. He says he starts
emptying out his freezer in late spring every year - ahead of
hurricane season. As a Californiac, it never occurred to me what
proactive measures those in hurricane-land might have to take.
Other than that, what sort of preparation could one make ahead of a
hurricane? And what other natural disaster could one *prepare* for?
I mean, you can't reasonably "prepare" for a forest fire, even if
you live in the forest, other than to cut back your tree line, etc.,
but you only need to do that once, not annually, and forest fires
are only marginally "seasonal." And here in SoCal, we can't really
*prepare* for an earthquake. Hurricane season is, uh, seasonal and
I can't think of another natural disaster threat that is. Just
askin'

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
Severe snowstorms, floods, heavy rains, ice storms. Any number of
natural disasters can be planned for.

Actually those of us who live in hurricane areas are a bit more
blessed than anyone else. The preparations for hurricane season,
stocking up canned good, flashlight batteries, propane for grills or
charcoal for other grills, make sure the vehicle gas tanks are full,
etc., are about the same as for other disasters. Most of our friends
and neighbors keep their stock rotated in the pantry and use
batteries, etc. in rotation also.

Our big freezer stays full because it is more economical that way
plus we can eat out of it without going to a market. Many homes
around here have their own whole house generator. We're seriously
thinking of getting one that is run on natural gas. They're only
about $4K installed but would be worth the money in the long run and
would run cheaper than a gasoline one would.

I've ridden out numerous hurricanes, tornadoes, and at least two ice
storms in my lifetime and we were always prepared and did well.
Meanwhile, I am totally frightened about earthquakes.


I've been tempted to get one of those little Honda 2000
generator/inverters. I think we could get along OK for a long while
with just 2000W of 110V power. But our city has its own power plants
and the electricity is just so darn reliable here it's not easy to
justify spending $1000 for it (and finding a place for it...)

I wish somebody made a small portable generator with a 1800 RPM diesel
engine. Diesel stores a lot better than gasoline.

Bob


Bob


Somebody propbably does...I've seen propane operated generators on a tv
home re-model show. Just a largish box that lives in your back yard
(approx twice the size of a propane grill).

My Province exports power to the US...We get localized 'the transformer
blew' type power outages maybe once a year lasting anywhere from 30 sec
to 1 hour or so.

3 years ago my electricity went out over night...One of the feeders to my
house broke free in a winter storm. Strange feeling as I was the only
house in the block with no power... well half of my electrical stuff
worked and half didn't (half of my circuit breaker box went dead). My
furnace and chest freezer did work...my stove and refridgerator
didn't...some rooms had power some didn't...very strange when that
happens. When the electrical company came out it only took them minutes
to fix the issue by re-crimping the broken feeder.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan



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