Yeah I'm in TN and it's been perfect this week low 70s last few days for highs but this weekend it's gonna be 90 again and will be for awhile so I'm sure further south and east ya go...
Hurricane Flo Thread
- Thread starter NCHawker
- Start date
okeefe4prez
Well-Known Member
Which part of TN? If Iowa gets Music City one of these years, HN could have a helluva contingent at the game!
You can get an inverter to do what you are talking about, they even have them where you can plug into a cigarette lighter. Generators are way more fuel efficient, but if you just have a few small things to run for a little while and don't feel like storing a generator, an inverter will do the trick.
I'm about 3 hours from Nashville closer to Memphis. But yeah every time I fly out of Nashville wearing Hawkeye gear I run into other Hawk fans it's crazy.
mopkins
King Kong
I would guess the run on milk is for babies/infants. I've never gone through so much milk in my life since I had kids.
Stay safe
okeefe4prez
Well-Known Member
My guess is 1/4 of the adults in the more urban areas in the South are from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin or Iowa. My office is small but it has 2 OSU fans, a PSU fan and a Badger fan. There are more Big Ten fans than SEC or ACC fans minus Clemson and South Carolina.
HawkGold
Well-Known Member
babies don't drink milk. Actually no one should drink what is sold in stores in re to milk.
mopkins
King Kong
I meant infants...kids...toddlers...children. All qualify as "babies" to me. I didn't mean like a newborn.
skinnykilmer17
Well-Known Member
If shit hits the fan just remember your prez will be there to toss you some paper towels. A+! Hang on to those they might be worth as much as your autographed Mickey Mantle baseball someday.
Seriously. Stay safe. This thing is going to dump a ton of rain too so get to high ground if inland. 20" plus up to 48" in some areas they reported this morning. That is just crazy.
Seriously. Stay safe. This thing is going to dump a ton of rain too so get to high ground if inland. 20" plus up to 48" in some areas they reported this morning. That is just crazy.
okeefe4prez
Well-Known Member
Why do people feel the need to bash presidents when there is a natural disaster?
Oh I wish that's how it was here. It's SECville here.. Lots of Bama, TN, Ole Miss fans... You'd think there'd be some Memphis fans but not as many. With Penny taking over their hoops program that's gonna be mostly a hoops school I think.
okeefe4prez
Well-Known Member
Last time I went boating by the Georgia border in an upper middle class area, the majority of flags were either Clemson or Georgia, but the Big Ten as a whole was a distinctive 3rd place. Michigan, OSU and Purdue were pretty heavily represented.
skinnykilmer17
Well-Known Member
What are you saying? People don't need paper towels in times like this??
hawkeyebob62
Well-Known Member
Even in DM, one should have an emergency kit with boxes of Duracell Procell batteries, boxes of wooden matches, combination windup, solar powered lights and radios with USB connections. USB charging devices that also have an LCD light and will charge several phones, laptops, etc.....
Insect repellent and propane camp stoves with many propane bottles which are usually on sale at Summer's end at Target, Walmart etc.....
Water, of course, and minute rice, protein bars, etc.....
And lemons and limes to prevent scurvy.....
Amazon is proficient and reliable with their free 2 day delivery that I wouldn't be surprised to have them deliver supplies by drone to the survivors of Florance's wrath.....
This Hurricane is no joke. People should already be at least 250 miles away. I imagine it would be quite difficult to find lodging at this stage of the game.....
Amazon was crucial to our Hurricane Irma recovery. My electric chainsaw busted when we got our power back (I have no need for a gas saw, don't use one enough). No local place had ANY saws, of course. We ordered from Amazon, got it two days later, had most of the downed tree trunks cut up within a week.
I also have a 2000-watt power inverter which runs off a spare car battery OR my jump-starter, which has the battery connections. I have two portable generators, because when we moved our office, our building owner--also a mutual client--installed a whole-building unit. I use my UPS units to "protect" computer and TV equipment until we lose power, then shut off everything until storm passes. Cable company internet usually won't work without power to our 'hood, but I can power fridge, upright freezer and a window-shaker AC unit. Thinking about switching internet to CenturyLink, but our Spectrum internet is blazing fast. But if it's down, "fast" doesn't mean much. CenturyLink system allegedly more reliable.
For insurance, we fill those Glad/Tupperware sandwich containers with water to make ice blocks. When frozen, we put a couple in several gallon-size freezer bags, then put in freezer. We've never had to "toss" or "use up" our frozen food!
I have a few large containers for water, several 5- and 6-gallon gas cans, plus a 14-gallon "fill-up" gas caddy. Then, when power is back, we fill up cars with pre-storm priced gas for a couple weeks.
Although Orlando area is pretty much slightly above sea level, our area never seems to have long-term/long-lasting flooding. Downed trees is another story, though!
We get batteries every April, test camping lanterns religiously, and always have propane to 'burn"! I have, on occasion, cooked on our fire pit just for fun, but it has never been necessary.
As campers/hikers/hunters, we are always dehydrating produce, and I love making beef jerky, so food has never been a problem.
Most important thing, of course, is keeping the beer cold. Seriously.
hawkeyebob62
Well-Known Member
Power inverters run the gamut from cig lighter plug-in to running off your car battery. I keep a 2000-watt unit that I run off a spare car battery or my jump-starter/power unit.
Another option is sync-ing golf cart or marine batteries to power an inverter. Like a portable generator, though, running a car takes gas. Finding THAT may get difficult right about storm time and a few days after.
hawkeyebob62
Well-Known Member
Only do it while vehicle is running. Those items will put a hurtin' on your vehicle battery in a hurry. But, you could run a power inverter off your battery, then start the vehicle to recharge the battery on occasion.
hawkeyebob62
Well-Known Member
"Leave the milk...take the beer" (Thanks, Mr. Clemenza!)
