Tidying up while preparing for Hurricane Irene to show up.
Going thru drawers and making recycling piles of odds and ends of underwear, socks and gloves.
Later I'll tape up the windows, did I mention I'm on the 11th floor? :)
What a week; I got rocked by the NJ quake and now waiting for Irene.
Thankfully I have enough supplies and I know what I have without panicking.
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Posted 9 months ago #
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And a lot of it is due to Unclutterer!
Posted 9 months ago # -
Ojorojo, be safe! I will be thinking of you! Please let us know how you are after Irene has passed.
Posted 9 months ago # -
What a week for you! Sending you best wishes!
Posted 9 months ago # -
I've read that taping the windows doesn't help:
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/C7.htmlPlease be safe!
Posted 9 months ago # -
In case of volcano.....
These things come in threes, right?Posted 9 months ago # -
LOL I think locusts would be the next trial?
I taped my windows w clear tape mostly because it seems to be what's being done, I've gone thru heavy winds in this building and think we should be OK. biggest worry is simply flooding as they're estimating 5-10 inches of rain and NJ is already saturated.
Just enjoying the quiet time and getting all kind of tasks done just because I have the time.
Thanks for your kind words. Now if somebody could do something about the smarmy insurance ads on tv?Posted 9 months ago # -
Stay safe, ojorojo! I feel so fortunate that Charleston missed the brunt of it -- originally we expected it to be worse. Keep us posted!
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I have always been told that taping the windows helps keep the pieces large instead of going flying when it does break. It supposedly also helps avoid vibration damage.
I am not going that far, storm windows have more 'give' in them than plate glass.
I spent the day putting all the yard furniture away in the barn, something i usually wait until October to do. I forgot to take all the recycling to the dump last week, so i bagged it in 1 big trash bag so the wind wouldn't catch it.
I put away the tenant's bicycles and moved their grills.Irene will probably dump a lot of branches all over the yard,that's all i want to clean up.
I also cleaned out the pickup truck in case i get called out to work at an emergency shelter. I need room for people and stuff.
The damn cats have been escaping all week by tearing holes in the screen porch faster than i can replace them with Pet screening. So i have 3 of them outside who shouldn't be, but the garage door is up about 6 inches, so they have plenty of places to hide and there's food on the screen porch. Damn monsters are thoroughly frustrating. Aside from that i picked up food and litter to last until tuesday or wednesday.
I am basically tucked in nice and tight unless I get called out for the CERT team. (community emergency Response team)
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Be safe, EraserGirl!
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I helped prepare for a hurricane when I worked at a chemical factory in south Texas many years ago. They had racks full of ladders and we were told to use 1/2 inch rope to tie the ladders to the racks. Luckily the hurricane missed us, but I visited the Houston area that had received it all. After seeing how every glass window in an area was broken, and huge advertizing billboards on metal columns were bent in half, how boats were cast up onto rooftops and cars were stacked five deep, I had to laugh at the thought of a ladder staying tied with a little skinny rope.
In low country, the storm surge can send lots of debris inland to crush everything in it's path. Then it reverses and carries the additional debris out to flatten anything it missed the first time. That was 11 miles inland for a storm they had in Texas in the early 20th century. People in that area consider hurricanes as a form of urban renewal.
Posted 9 months ago # -
Irene gave me a "gentle" reminder not to store anything on the basement floor in boxes. Because of course, that's where the water seeped in. I'm very thankful it wasn't worse (people in my neighborhood have trees on their cars-ouch!). I'm also glad I've been decluttering-it was easy to move totes out of the way to clean up/find room for what was in the boxes. It's a big set back for organizing the space, but having dealt with an earthquake and hurricane this week, I feel very, very lucky! (Hopefully the locusts will wait another week)
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Glad to hear everyone is okay after the hurricane. We lost power last night, but that was all. The earthquake knocked some of our DVDs onto the floor but didn't do any serious damage.
Sorry to hear you got flooding, RebeccaL.
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So, no damage for me, though the entirety of new england is littered with down trees and branches. Thanks for all the good wishes
Posted 8 months ago # -
Sounds like everyone came out OK -- my brother is outside Philadelphia.He's fine, but his area was hit pretty bad, and the Delaware River and Neshaminy Creek haven't even crested yet. To top it off, they had a man with a shotgun go berserk (he killed 4 people) in the next town over, and everyone was in lockdown. Here's the story:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/08/28/us/AP-US-Fugitive-Soldier-Family-Deaths.html?_r=1&hpHe's expecting the locusts next, and perhaps an active volcano.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Rebecca and EG, I'm glad to hear that you're all right!
A friend's brother's restaurant and brewpub in central Vermont is a complete loss: the water was waist-high on Main Street, which meant waist-high water in the dining rooms and kitchen; the office and microbrewery in the basement were completely submerged. The only reassuring news is that they have FEMA flood insurance, and the new cannery was spared.
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Your brother isn't the only one, susan! We had wildfires before the quake, then the quake itself, then the hurricane... My parents stayed with us over the weekend rather than chance driving home through the storm. They got home today to find out that they'll be without power for at least 3 to 5 days.
I am with ojorojo on decluttering as a way to reduce panicking, though. It was crazy enough having 5 people crammed into a one-bedroom apartment with no power during Irene. At least we knew where the flashlights were.
Sorry to hear about your friend's business, lucy. I'm glad that he is okay. Vermont's in terrible shape.
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