So I guess we are having a hurricane Tuesday

[duck113]

We are almost dead center of the cone, so tomorrow I'll go on the roof & trim back any branches that might hit the roof & check for any potential problems. Sunday I'll mow  the front yard(makes it much easier & safer to clear debris) - I mowed the back yesterday. I had found some real gas (a fisherman friend told me where I could get it).Life is so

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[duck113]

It is not a powerful one, & the eye looks like the eye will go in just east of us, so I think for us it will be a rain/flooding event. It is a big storm so there will probably be a big storm surge, but I'm far enough from the coast that the surge won't directly affect me. It is a shame it is not going into one of the drought areas, they could use it!

[duck113]

Generally it does not bother them- but they let me know if there is a twister-

[randomdiversion]

If you buy or make yourself a lot of ice you can stock your freezer (less the room for the ice) by using it as an old-fashioned 'icebox'.

For refrigeration, fill a porous pot (eg: terra cotta) with water, cover it, and put it in a windy place out of sunlight (eg: north side of a wall). Store things in it in waterproof containers. Water evaporating from the surface of the pot will keep the interior cool. This approximates an ancient 'refrigerator' technology used by desert tribesmen in africa. They use a pot of sand filled with water (the heat-capacity of sand is lower than water so you get better cooling if the evaporating-surface-area/stored-water ratio is lower).

I want it to hit the republican convention because I want to watch the media go apeshit. :sigh:

[onceiwasaturtle]

We'll keep our fingers crossed that it's not too bad of a storm.

[aviv_b]

Stay safe!

[duck113]

thanks!