IMA SOL MAN
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Yesterday I dug out a couple of copies of the Foxfire series of books. Skimmed through one of them a bit. Need to locate the rest of them. They should be around here somewhere... 
What was your prep for today?
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Used to wonder why some folks chose to live on boats 24/7.
Especially the ones that were always docked. Now I know....
They are all ahead of the curve. 😉
I had a friend who used to live on a house boat docked at the 79th street marina in NYC. It was small, but larger than many apartments at a more reasonable price. It also afforded a bit of a unique lifestyle.
Went to the grocery store a day early in case tropical storm Ophelia knocked out power.
Impressive little band of low pressure that formed off the coast near South Carolina is moving north east, like toward Pittsburg as it makes landfall mid-way across the coast of North Carolina.
This one is providing a nice soaking rain as forecast so Thursday I over seeded the lawn with a Chewings fescue in hopes the fine blades will propagate between the dormant bermuda grass blades this winter.
Impressive little band of low pressure that formed off the coast near South Carolina is moving north east, like toward Pittsburg as it makes landfall mid-way across the coast of North Carolina.
This one is providing a nice soaking rain as forecast so Thursday I over seeded the lawn with a Chewings fescue in hopes the fine blades will propagate between the dormant bermuda grass blades this winter.
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IMA SOL MAN
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Opened an email from FEMA. They have produced a new Disaster Preparedness Guide for Older Adults.
bigburly912
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Our contract crews are out your way waiting to see if anything goes down. 👍🏼
I read the preparedness guide posted by @IMA SOL MAN
One of my "being prepared" preps worked out for me today.
I am currently drinking a cup of coffee made with 2 bottles of water. I have five cases on standby.
Yesterday, the township started flushing the fire hydrants, leaving the water lines with some brownish silt. According to my daughter the town fathers are advising people to run their water for ten minutes, to clear their lines. I don't know if there is a boil water warning.
I am currently drinking a cup of coffee made with 2 bottles of water. I have five cases on standby.
Yesterday, the township started flushing the fire hydrants, leaving the water lines with some brownish silt. According to my daughter the town fathers are advising people to run their water for ten minutes, to clear their lines. I don't know if there is a boil water warning.
I'll occasionally pick up a five pack of nitrile coated gloves at the home depot. They are cheap enough to be throw aways, and are more comfortable that nitrile gloves that make your hands sweat.
IF they get dirty, they get saved for the next chore. If they get greasy mid chore they can get wiped, relatively clean. They are inexpensive enough to just toss them. They are about $1.50 a pair.
IF they get dirty, they get saved for the next chore. If they get greasy mid chore they can get wiped, relatively clean. They are inexpensive enough to just toss them. They are about $1.50 a pair.
I disconnected our Robbie the Robot from "Lost in Space" from the outside world.
We won't be needing his services until June of next year.
Having that extra 14,000 btu's at our disposal was a great addition to our comfort.
We won't be needing his services until June of next year.
Having that extra 14,000 btu's at our disposal was a great addition to our comfort.
IMA SOL MAN
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Located my lost 2 meter mobile ham radio I had lost track of. Put the mounting bracket on it, and coiled up the cable on the mobile mag mount antenna that I have for it. I think I am going to put it back into operation as a base unit here at the house. Just need to get my base antenna mounted and coax run. I need to do that shortly before the winter weather sets in. I hate doing antenna work in the cold, and any kind of precipitation just makes it dangerous. I once put up an Antenna Specialists Starduster CB base antenna on the house roof one cold winter day with the help of my late father and a boy scout friend (Eagle). We got it done, but it would have been a lot more pleasant to do in warmer weather.
IMA SOL MAN
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Answered and acknowledged receipt of a robo-phone call from my local emergency management agency, advising of a water main break due to an excavator accident. Fortunately, I was not affected.
Thought a lot today about water filtration from reading the thread about water shortages due to power outages. Plan to get some filters and bottled water.
Rethinking backup power sources, thanks to Dr. Jone's post about the vulnerability of the Battery Management System circuit on lithium cells to NEMP. Strongly reconsidering using lead acid batteries now.
Thought a lot today about water filtration from reading the thread about water shortages due to power outages. Plan to get some filters and bottled water.
Rethinking backup power sources, thanks to Dr. Jone's post about the vulnerability of the Battery Management System circuit on lithium cells to NEMP. Strongly reconsidering using lead acid batteries now.
A friend has the opportunity to obtain 250 gallons of fuel oil for free. He just needs to transport it. I have about 25 gallons of gas cans, some are empty. The rest I was able to put into my lawnmower, and daughter's car. I kept a small container with about 1.5 gallons, for my generator, just in case.
When I get them back, I'll put fresh fuel into them. They were due to be freshened up.
When I get them back, I'll put fresh fuel into them. They were due to be freshened up.
knucklegary
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This weekend just performed my yearly fuel rotation as well. Good timing as gasoline prices are down 👍
I wonder if I should wait until winter fuel is in stock? I think it is more volatile, and should start my snowblower more easily.
knucklegary
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@Poppy, we moved to winter blend early this month. Chevron has it now, a buck less a gallon too!
CA illustrious leader decided after recently raising state gas tax this year (now totaling $1.12 per gal, and highest in nation) he'll give his constituents a slight break with early release of winter blend
CA illustrious leader decided after recently raising state gas tax this year (now totaling $1.12 per gal, and highest in nation) he'll give his constituents a slight break with early release of winter blend
IMA SOL MAN
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Watched the original Fail Safe movie, again. Still scary, can't imagine how scary it was when it first came out.
I don't know that you could count watching it as a "prep" exactly, but it does make you think. I wonder how many people moved from NYC after seeing it.
I don't know that you could count watching it as a "prep" exactly, but it does make you think. I wonder how many people moved from NYC after seeing it.
I put this Sofirn SP36 BLF in the trunk of my car to be used as an emergency SAR light until I decide on something else.
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Yesterday figured I'd do some TLC to my snowblower.
Pulled it out and fired it up,, didn't add new gas
While it was running I organized some things to change the oil since I didn't change it last year.
(have a piece of bike tire inner tube over the drain 'nut' so it doesn't corrode up)
So I'm siting there watching it drain and thought, 'That's rather clean looking oil, sat there deciding what I wanted to do...'
.. not going to waste oil so I put the 'nut' back on,, maybe drained 2/3 of it
Rotella T6 is a Full Synthetic heavy duty diesel oil @ 5~40 extra zinc in it >>>
Eyeballed what I needed to refill it and was only off a bit, added a little more & was only over the full mark by a couple mm
I'm fine with that.
The I finally cracked out my rust converter and went over every single spot on it that I saw rust.
Wasn't worried how it looked because a snowblower is all business anyway,, now have a Ariens* orange & red thing going on.
good gas, good oil & try to limit rust
*SHO unit
Yesterday figured I'd do some TLC to my snowblower.
Pulled it out and fired it up,, didn't add new gas
While it was running I organized some things to change the oil since I didn't change it last year.
(have a piece of bike tire inner tube over the drain 'nut' so it doesn't corrode up)
So I'm siting there watching it drain and thought, 'That's rather clean looking oil, sat there deciding what I wanted to do...'
.. not going to waste oil so I put the 'nut' back on,, maybe drained 2/3 of it
Rotella T6 is a Full Synthetic heavy duty diesel oil @ 5~40 extra zinc in it >>>
Eyeballed what I needed to refill it and was only off a bit, added a little more & was only over the full mark by a couple mm
I'm fine with that.
The I finally cracked out my rust converter and went over every single spot on it that I saw rust.
Wasn't worried how it looked because a snowblower is all business anyway,, now have a Ariens* orange & red thing going on.
good gas, good oil & try to limit rust
*SHO unit
