ArmadilloCon and Hurricanes
Getting ready to leave for ArmadilloCon!
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Everybody in the path of the hurricane please be careful. We're about a four hour drive from the Gulf coast, and a lot of the hurricanes that hit us flop at the last moment, but they're still scary. The ones that don't (hurricane Ike) are even more scary.
Here's a couple of my favorite hurricane preparations:
Solar water disinfection I've collected a bunch of soda bottles to do this if we have to. They're handy, because you can also use them to fill with water before the storm. (You do want to have a lot of drinkable water on hand in case the water is contaminated after the storm. And fill the bathtub, too, because you can drink it if you really have to, and also use it to water your animals or wash dishes and so on.)
This is an ebay link but it shows a bunch of different models: battery powered fans This was a recommended by a friend who spent about two weeks in Houston with no power after Ike. In our climate, once the hurricane is over, we go back to heat and killer humidity, and the fans can cool the room enough to let you sleep.
During the late summer, I always try to have a few days worth of canned food, plus extra dry food for the cats, on hand, so if one turns toward us unexpectedly I won't have to buy too much at the last minute.
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Everybody in the path of the hurricane please be careful. We're about a four hour drive from the Gulf coast, and a lot of the hurricanes that hit us flop at the last moment, but they're still scary. The ones that don't (hurricane Ike) are even more scary.
Here's a couple of my favorite hurricane preparations:
Solar water disinfection I've collected a bunch of soda bottles to do this if we have to. They're handy, because you can also use them to fill with water before the storm. (You do want to have a lot of drinkable water on hand in case the water is contaminated after the storm. And fill the bathtub, too, because you can drink it if you really have to, and also use it to water your animals or wash dishes and so on.)
This is an ebay link but it shows a bunch of different models: battery powered fans This was a recommended by a friend who spent about two weeks in Houston with no power after Ike. In our climate, once the hurricane is over, we go back to heat and killer humidity, and the fans can cool the room enough to let you sleep.
During the late summer, I always try to have a few days worth of canned food, plus extra dry food for the cats, on hand, so if one turns toward us unexpectedly I won't have to buy too much at the last minute.
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