On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:55:51 -0400, "Steve W." wrote:
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On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:37:35 -0400, "Steve W." wrote:
zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Sat, 4 Aug 2012 11:05:20 -0400, "Jim Wilkins" wrote:
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Good grief. Instead of all that nonsense just stay in a hotel, say,
in Mickey
World, for a week.
Does your butler dress you?
Do you live that close to the edge that you couldn't stay in a hotel for a
week? I sure as hell don't. I suppose there are many who live EBT payment to
EBT payment.
The last BIG ice storm that hit in NY kept power out for a long time up
north. It also blocked all the roads with downed trees and heavy ice.
Roads are blocked for a few days, at most. You can't last a few days without
washing your shorts?
Try closer to two weeks in many places. With power out for over 3 weeks
in some spots.
Roads blocked for weeks because of an ice storm? Nonsense. Outlying areas
without power, sure. Ever hear of a laundromat? ;-)
Staying in a hotel wouldn't have been an option because only a very few
still had power and most didn't have water or power. Plus with the roads
closed and blocked the way they were you couldn't have gotten out of the
area anyway.
The issue isn't an emergency generator. I'm with you there. The issue is
about stupid clothes lines for an emergency and the holier than thou crap from
the moron who thinks he's better than all his neighbors because he knows how
to use one. giggle
We use clothes lines and indoor racks as a general rule. Cheaper and
less damaging to the clothes.
Well, I'm not a metrosexual (or...) so my wardrobe is pretty cheap. It gets
turned over every couple of years and I almost always ruin them before they
wear out. Good enough.
Back-up power for everything as well.
I can understand that if you live in the third world, like New England. I've
only once been without power for more than 12 hours (three days), so it's not
a good place to allocate money. As I said in an earlier post, if I'd been a
week without power, it wouldn't happen a third time.
Walking was very dangerous simply because everything was coated with
2-4" of ice.
2-4" of ice is a stretching things a bit, unless you're talking about ice
fishing.
Nope. 2-4" was the normal amount for the storm. Places it was even worse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_A..._Storm_of_1998
I lived on the edge of that and it was a mess but it certainly didn't last a
week.
You can still see remnants of the storm on Google maps if you look,
large areas where the largest trees now are only a few years old.
Sure. As I've said, BTDT. ...but a clothes line as an important part of
emergency preparedness. Get real.
My hurricane plane is to get in the car and drive, *BEFORE* it hits. ...and
I'm not anywhere near the coast.
I don't have that option.
Why?