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Maximo 08-25-2011 06:57 AM
Hurricane Emergency Preparations
 
Suggestions?

We have:
food
bottled water
battery operated radio and lights

We are bringing all of our outdoor furniture and plant pots into the garage so that they don't become dangerous flying objects.

Lil Sis 08-25-2011 07:07 AM
I cant belive it.. I was so worried and now I am fine but my friends up north are going to have problems!! I am so sorry!!

I fill every bathtub and any thing else with water. You may need it for other things besides drinking.
Bleach
trashbags
propane...I have a coleman stove or if you have a gas grill

First aid kit

can goods..I don't know how likely you will be without power
Manual can opener

charger for you phone that you can use in your car-- if you don't have power

Ice.. coolers

book to read


hugs and prayers eveyone will be ok

roseslevi 08-25-2011 07:20 AM
fill up your gas tanks in your vehicles....

Lil Sis 08-25-2011 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by roseslevi (Post 3646212)
fill up your gas tanks in your vehicles....

yes... forgot that one:thumbup:

also, have some cash on hand.

Where are you in relation to where the eye will land? How far inland?

Maximo 08-25-2011 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Lil Sis (Post 3646217)
Where are you in relation to where the eye will land? How far inland?
We are over 75 miles inland, but we may have winds up to 100 mph. :(

We are right outside Fredericksburg, not far from the mouth of the Potomac River/Chesapeake Bay: Fredericksburg, Va - Google Maps

roseslevi 08-25-2011 07:34 AM
I am right dead on the coast...probably 5 miles from the ocean. We will get nailed if this takes the tract it is on now. Hurricane Bob was awful for us..I will just keep watching.

Maximo 08-25-2011 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by roseslevi (Post 3646231)
I am right dead on the coast...probably 5 miles from the ocean. We will get nailed if this takes the tract it is on now. Hurricane Bob was awful for us..I will just keep watching.
Oh no Rose. I will be praying for you.

roseslevi 08-25-2011 07:37 AM
I am right dead on the coast...probably 5 miles from the ocean. We will get nailed if this takes the track it is on now. Hurricane Bob was awful for us..I will just keep watching.

roseslevi 08-25-2011 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Maximo (Post 3646236)
Oh no Rose. I will be praying for you.
Thank you Kristen, I am sure we will be fine, it usually just is very messy. Branches and limbs, I am lucky we have a big garage so I can store all the vehicles and camper inside. We lost so many white pines from hurrican Bob there isn't all that many left to fall.

roseslevi 08-25-2011 07:43 AM
Candles.....

mom of 3 dogs 08-25-2011 07:46 AM
Go out shopping asap because everyone will be panicking last minute and stores will run out of things

Hope all is ok

Maximo 08-25-2011 07:53 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by roseslevi (Post 3646245)
Thank you Kristen, I am sure we will be fine, it usually just is very messy. Branches and limbs, I am lucky we have a big garage so I can store all the vehicles and camper inside. We lost so many white pines from hurrican Bob there isn't all that many left to fall.
I know we will lose cotton woods (don't care about the trees, worried more about the things around them), but I'm concerned about other trees. We have huge oaks and tulip trees a little too close to the house. I worry about the roof blowing away or the windows shattering. Personal safety is my first priority, of course. Part of me wants to head west to a hotel.

Ringo1 08-25-2011 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Maximo (Post 3646260)
I know we will lose cotton woods (don't care about the trees, worried more about the things around them), but I'm concerned about other trees. We have huge oaks and tulip trees a little too close to the house. I worry about the roof blowing away or the windows shattering. Personal safety is my first priority, of course. Part of me wants to head west to a hotel.
Why don't you load up the family and do exactly that?

Hurricanes are scary. We were in Orlando for Hurricane Charley and I was TERRIFIED. But you couldn't get out of the city because everyone was doing the same thing.

We went to Wal-Mart early that day to stock up on all the supplies and it was jam packed with people. And the whole day just had a sense of gloom and doom.

Then we just waited out the Hurricane and it was awful.

I hope you can get out before it comes.

roseslevi 08-25-2011 08:00 AM
We stayed here through hurricane Bob...we were just married for about 3 weeks. We ended up losing 17 white pines...one landed on my shed, another on the addition on my house. Remarkably they did not do a lot of damage. My neighborhood is pretty tight knit so we all took turns cooking all our food and sharing it, before it went bad. We were without water(well) and electric for 16 days. But it was kind of fun because everyone worked together. We all cleaned up each others properties and helped each other out. I tape my big bay window...but that is pretty much it. I didn't lose any windows through hurricane Bob.

Maximo 08-25-2011 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Ringo1 (Post 3646265)
Why don't you load up the family and do exactly that?
My father lives with me, and I know he won't leave.

Quote:
Originally Posted by roseslevi (Post 3646270)
We stayed here through hurricane Bob...we were just married for about 3 weeks. We ended up losing 17 white pines...one landed on my shed, another on the addition on my house. Remarkably they did not do a lot of damage. My neighborhood is pretty tight knit so we all took turns cooking all our food and sharing it, before it went bad. We were without water(well) and electric for 16 days. But it was kind of fun because everyone worked together. We all cleaned up each others properties and helped each other out. I tape my big bay window...but that is pretty much it. I didn't lose any windows through hurricane Bob.
A newlywed hurricane. ;):) How nice that everyone worked together.

Maximo 08-25-2011 08:15 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ringo1 (Post 3646265)
Hurricanes are scary. We were in Orlando for Hurricane Charley and I was TERRIFIED. But you couldn't get out of the city because everyone was doing the same thing.

We went to Wal-Mart early that day to stock up on all the supplies and it was jam packed with people. And the whole day just had a sense of gloom and doom.

Then we just waited out the Hurricane and it was awful.

I hope you can get out before it comes.
What year was Charley? I'm glad you and your family made it through safe. We have had a couple of tropical storms that were enough for me.

Ringo1 08-25-2011 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Maximo (Post 3646279)
What year was Charley? I'm glad you and your family made it through safe. We have had a couple of tropical storms that were enough for me.
Gosh that was about 8 or 9 years ago. Matt was only about 8 years old.

We were there to visit Disney World and our vacation got cut short! We were there with another family and we stayed in one room and watched the storm all night - until all the electric went off; phones down; and we finally went to sleep. The wind was blowing palm trees coming down - I will never forget it and neither will my son.

I hope you don't get that.

roseslevi 08-25-2011 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Maximo (Post 3646276)
My father lives with me, and I know he won't leave.

Sometimes it is better if they stay where they are comfortable.


A newlywed hurricane. ;):) How nice that everyone worked together.
That's how I knew it was true love...locked up in a house with a new husband, two stepsons, a dog, two cats and a guinea pig..haha. No power and no water...Thank god for youth!
It was really nice a sense of community, not always practiced.:)

SophieKatesMom 08-25-2011 09:34 AM
All- Please be safe, I will say a prayer for you all.

Keep your phones and computers charged and have a full tank of gas. Make sure you back up any important files you may have on your computer and place all important documents in a safe place.

Good luck.

Patti 08-25-2011 10:00 AM
Keeping all in the path of the hurricane in my prayers. Stay safe.

nancyf007 08-25-2011 10:11 AM
Ask your vet for a sedative for your pets. It will help them.

roseslevi 08-25-2011 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by nancyf007 (Post 3646355)
Ask your vet for a sedative for your pets. It will help them.
How about for me.:rolleyes:

nancyf007 08-25-2011 10:21 AM
lol you have to stay alert. At least the pups won't be crying and driving you more crazy.

Britster 08-25-2011 10:24 AM
I'm getting scared now! Yikes!

MauiGirl 08-25-2011 10:37 AM
Good luck to all who are in the path! My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Having endured hurricane Iniki here, and 2 tsunami evacuations, my best advice is to plan ahead for evacuation, and if that is an option, do it as early as possible. If you are in danger, and have a safe place to go with friends or relatives, then get there way before the storm is predicted to hit. Iniki hit here 8 hrs. before it was predicted, and people weren't prepared because they thought they had more time.

It is sad to watch lines of panicy people trying to evacuate or get gas in blocked traffic.

About pets, I'd make sure they had an ID tag on at this time, even if you don't usually like collars. Just in case they become separated from you, it sure helps get them back to you quicker.

And this will sound crazy, but in cases of these emergencies, I think people, especially kids, should even have some type of ID attached to them, like a bracelet w/name, address, phone.

Maximo 08-25-2011 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Britster (Post 3646374)
I'm getting scared now! Yikes!
The predicted path of the eye of the storm keeps moving closer to us. :eek: I just returned from Walmart and no one seems worried. No one was stocking up on supplies.

roseslevi 08-25-2011 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by nancyf007 (Post 3646370)
lol you have to stay alert. At least the pups won't be crying and driving you more crazy.
dagnamit...it was worth a shot. People here wait till the last minute...we have had so many false alarms over the years...Saturday walmart will be crazy! I will go tommorow and get it over with.

roseslevi 08-25-2011 10:50 AM
Remember also..this can still shift out to sea. I want to come back as a meteorologist...only job you can have and be consistently wrong at and still be employed.LOL!

Maximo 08-25-2011 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by roseslevi (Post 3646393)
Remember also..this can still shift out to sea. I want to come back as a meteorologist...only job you can have and be consistently wrong at and still be employed.LOL!
:thumbup::thumbup: I want that job too!

The clerk at the store told me worrying does no good. I told her, worrying is essential. It's when I don't worry that really bad things happen. :p

roseslevi 08-25-2011 11:05 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maximo (Post 3646394)
:thumbup::thumbup: I want that job too!

The clerk at the store told me worrying does no good. I told her, worrying is essential. It's when I don't worry that really bad things happen. :p
I know right..haha. I think being cautiously aware is better than worrying, but that is what works for me. I can never "show" my worry in my job, got to keep that poker face at all times. I guess I bring that home as well.


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