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Walmart off 466 has or had mantles for the lanterns. Laying around your garage the ones you used previously are likely broken. I didn't notice any parts. Generators, globes etc. Reminder these things produce carbon monoxide. Should be used outside-on lanai |
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Excellent post, thank you Randall. |
Obviously, most people ensure their devices, like phones, ipads, laptops are charged up/topped off.
One thing that hasn't been mentioned: All you MMTC card holders, don't forget to charge your vape pens, etc. It sure helps me with my anxiety! LOL |
These posts always remind me of the Twilight Zone where a guy is building an atomic fallout shelter and his neighbors are laughing. Then comes a warning of a pending attack and his neighbors all want to get into his shelter.
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Question: Should you leave the attic access in the garage open or closed???
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Do you think it could make a difference? |
When we first moved to FL I packed a "go bag" on June 1st, the start of hurricane season. Put extra meds, first aid kit, copies of insurance policies, phone chargers, couple of days clean clothes, etc. I also stocked up on canned food, bottled water, paper plates, that sort of thing. Each year I became more lax. It's probably still a good idea. Just hope this one veers off and all the hype is just that. Just in case - good luck everybody.
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I lowered our flags and removed the address sign from our light post. If it gets real bad I'll bring in the lanai furniture cushions.
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The best thing is to find a good site on the internet with real meteorologists. Stop listening to the weather lady on local news whose whole qualification is she has big breasts in a tight dress nd can read from a teleprompter. |
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Go into your garage and look at your garage door. See all that metal reinforcement. That’s part of the building code to protect you and your house from strong winds. That door is not going anywhere. Also, roof rafters are designed to withstand hurricane winds. Building codes were updated a dozen or so years ago after a pair of hurricanes (Michael?) tore through Florida and did a lot of damage. |
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GREAT video! Also saw "Its My Anniversary " & laughed out loud. Thanks
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Put medications in plastic bag and then inside a plastic container if possible. Get ice in your freezer. It's late now but for future reference get neck coolers for yourself and family members. They also make these for dogs. For now you can take a couple towels and wet them down, put them in the freezer. Put ice in a cooler ahead of time. If the power goes out you have the towels to put around your neck. They will stay cold for about 4 hours. Put this towel in the ice filled cooler and take a cooler from the freezer. Rotate as needed. If you feel too hot try pouring cool water on your wrists. You can do this for your pets too. A lifetime ago we lived in SE FL and lost power for 14 loooooong days. We had three dogs and I was concerned for them. I spoke with our vet and he suggested putting wet towels on our dogs (using above method or rotating.) We had big dogs so we used large bath towels. If you have a smaller dog(s) you can use hand towels or wash cloths. Our cat didn't tolerate this but our dogs kept the towels on until we took them off to put a fresh one on. If you are concerned that your dog (if you have one) has dangerously overheated place their paws in cool water (NOT ice cold.) This will bring their temperature down quickly. |
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Not sure why everyone is in panic mode hoarding food and gasoline. Almost every restaurant in TV will be open on Thursday and the only reason a few wouldn't is because of lost power. If you lose power, there will be someone you know probably within a mile of your house who doesn't and will be glad to take on your perishables. I've done it a couple of times for people who lived literally 2 blocks from me. The gasoline hoarding is what ****es me off. If you have less than a quarter of a tank, pump away. If not, how about saving some for the people who HAVE to evacuate. There are people coming to this area from the coastal areas who won't be able to get back because a bunch of panic driven folks have hoarded the gas.
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I don’t know what she’s saying because her Brazilian lift gets in the way.
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Weather channel app is showing 25 mph winds tomorrow. We get worse than that on a typical afternoon storm.
But panic away! |
I have always wondered about this. Do people think that the Gravity will fail? Water comes out of the water towers and the pressure is regulated by the height of the tower which is WHY there are towers. There is a lot of water in them so the electricity would have to be out for
A long time for the water to stop. So why the bottled water and filling the tub? I have no idea. The toilet paper is really weird, so you think you will have to poop more or what? Very strange. |
Just got the NOAA tornado warning for Wildwood from now through 6 AM tomorrow. .
Now everyone needs to sleep next to their phone, fully charged, or plugged in, with the volume on loud! good luck to us |
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Are the golf courses and rec centers open today? I see nothing about that in the local rag. In fact it has the normal rec center Wednesday schedule. So your 1 pm Mah-Jongg at Eisenhower is on today!
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The rec centers and golf courses are closed today. Go to "districtgov.org" for more information.
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