bamachem
08-27-2008, 12:47 PM
GUSTAV. Ivan and Katrina's little cousin. Looks like he may be a nasty little booger.
http://icons-pe.wunderground.com/data/images/at200807_5day.gif
yesterday, i bought 20 sheets of 7/16" ODB (Lowes @ $6.18 each - not bad) to start cutting on them to make my window and door hurricane shutters. the thing that kills me are the plywood hurricane clips. 20-clips at $30 a bag? ouch. i'm needing 3 bags. uff.
picked up a pristine coleman 5250watt generator today that a guy bought after Katrina and never used. the subaru 13hp engine purrs, and it has good power output. i picked it up for $300. new is $600. he just finished up the install on a whole-house generac so he doesn't need this one anymore.
this afternoon, i'm looking at two used 5000BTU window units close by that i can probably pick up for about $100 total.
between being safe w/ the windows covered, having power after the chaos to keep the fridge and freezers going, the lights on, and having a few creature comforts like fans and at least SOME AC after the fact, hopefully we'll be OK.
tomorrow i'm stocking up on gas. i'll top off my (6) 5-gallon gas cans and go put at least another 20-gallons in the boat as reserves.
me and the boys are going to ride things out here. my wife has to go into work and stay at the hospital once things are immenent, so i'm just going to stay close. our house is new, built under the new building code, so i really don't have much to worry about. my parents house (about 10-years old now) went thru ivan as a direct hit (eye wall passed directly over the house) here and only lost one piece of vinyl siding. they were without power for 8 days though, and w/ two little ones, that would be enough to drive us crazy for sure.
i also just went to HD at lunch - boy that was a mistake. picked up a 16" chainsaw "just in case", some extension cords for the generator, some misc stuff along with the $100-worth of ply-clips.
can you tell i was a boy scout? moving back down here sure can be expensive... just getting all prepped up will run me about $1k after it's all said and done even with the "smart shopping" i've been able to do, but i'll be ready NEXT TIME, and that is damn-near priceless.
T minus about 4 days before hitting this:
http://www.fixapcfault.co.uk/panic%20button.jpg
:D wish me luck!
http://icons-pe.wunderground.com/data/images/at200807_5day.gif
yesterday, i bought 20 sheets of 7/16" ODB (Lowes @ $6.18 each - not bad) to start cutting on them to make my window and door hurricane shutters. the thing that kills me are the plywood hurricane clips. 20-clips at $30 a bag? ouch. i'm needing 3 bags. uff.
picked up a pristine coleman 5250watt generator today that a guy bought after Katrina and never used. the subaru 13hp engine purrs, and it has good power output. i picked it up for $300. new is $600. he just finished up the install on a whole-house generac so he doesn't need this one anymore.
this afternoon, i'm looking at two used 5000BTU window units close by that i can probably pick up for about $100 total.
between being safe w/ the windows covered, having power after the chaos to keep the fridge and freezers going, the lights on, and having a few creature comforts like fans and at least SOME AC after the fact, hopefully we'll be OK.
tomorrow i'm stocking up on gas. i'll top off my (6) 5-gallon gas cans and go put at least another 20-gallons in the boat as reserves.
me and the boys are going to ride things out here. my wife has to go into work and stay at the hospital once things are immenent, so i'm just going to stay close. our house is new, built under the new building code, so i really don't have much to worry about. my parents house (about 10-years old now) went thru ivan as a direct hit (eye wall passed directly over the house) here and only lost one piece of vinyl siding. they were without power for 8 days though, and w/ two little ones, that would be enough to drive us crazy for sure.
i also just went to HD at lunch - boy that was a mistake. picked up a 16" chainsaw "just in case", some extension cords for the generator, some misc stuff along with the $100-worth of ply-clips.
can you tell i was a boy scout? moving back down here sure can be expensive... just getting all prepped up will run me about $1k after it's all said and done even with the "smart shopping" i've been able to do, but i'll be ready NEXT TIME, and that is damn-near priceless.
T minus about 4 days before hitting this:
http://www.fixapcfault.co.uk/panic%20button.jpg
:D wish me luck!