“The illest weatherman in the biz”
Well, we did the whole checklist of simple preparations today, so hopefully the Umbrella Theory will kick in and the storm won’t cause any serious effects. Although I will honestly be severely shocked if we don’t lose power–even though the storm appears to have shifted slightly westward, meaning we might only get 100km/h winds (what the locals would refer to as “a stiff off-shore breeze”) rather than the 165km/h ones (”a real blow”) that had been predicted.
- Move deck furniture into sheltered corner, where nothing can move unless everything moves
- Move lawn furniture into sheltered corner under deck
- Fill bathtub with water for flushing, should power outage happen (being on a well means you need power to have water)
- Fill barbecue tank so that we can cook if power goes out
- Grocery store visit to get lots of fruit, canned goods, etc, and nothing that requires fridge or freezer. Also get some bottled water.
- Plug in the battery powered inverter (thanks Ralph!)
- Check that we still have lots of candles (we do)
- Find flashlights and check battery status (LED flashlights last forever!)
- Make sure laundry is all done and dishwasher run in case we lose power
9PM and we still have power.
Ross Patterson
Phil
Ch4v3z!
Julian
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November 4th, 2007 at 1:18 am
Good luck, sir.
November 5th, 2007 at 10:09 am
Bah, you’re a storm nerd, McClaren. Find below my “checklist”:
12 cans of Molson Canadian
$20 to buy pizza from Xtreme
Worked out fine for me.
November 5th, 2007 at 11:56 am
You’d never make it in the country, Neil.
However, I have added one item from your checklist (with slight variation) to mine.
November 5th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Why don’t you just buy a generator?
It is a must in farm country - we can water the cattle (and ourselves), power the furnace, fridge, etc… (though not all at the same time)
You can also have the electrician wire a connector for the generator right into the power for the house - I don’t even have to unplug/plug/run extension cords everywhere when we lose power.
Well worth it if you think you will ever lose power for a significant period of time.
November 5th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
If I were sure we were going to be staying here for a long period (i.e. if Trish’s employment options post PhD didn’t most likely mean we will have to move in about a year or so) I would be planning to do that. Indeed, after the 8 day outage I almost did it on the spot.
Although it irks the shit out of me that I have to do it. In Canada the fact that it snows shouldn’t come as a surprise to the power company. In Atlantic Canada it shouldn’t come as a surprise to the power company that it gets windy sometimes. You know?