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Offline cook

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2 preps for erika
« on: August 27, 2015, 06:41:07 AM »
I'm on the west coast,so not expecting much...but...

Always have bottled water on hand,start filling the freezers with them for ice.

Clean the garage enough to fit both cars in.

I've lived all over and always prepared for weather,but never thought of being called a "prepper"

Kansas City was probably the most diverse
Winter-blizzards,ice storms,bitter cold and windy,and believe it or not,very fast moving grass fires

Spring-heavy thunderstorms,flooding

summer-tornadoes,extreme heat


Anyways,probably find a few other things to do,but it feels good to know I won't have to join the wal-mart crowd this weekend!

Offline Wrenchbender

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Re: 2 preps for erika
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2015, 10:17:14 AM »
Time to prune all of your trees!  Don't need branches breaking off and flying around.

I don't put both vehicles in the garage.  I put one in the garage, backed gently into the garage door to help buttress it and closely park the other crosswise to the garage door on the outside to act as a windbreak. 

My house has never flooded, no matter how bad the rest of the neighborhood gets - just a few inches higher than everyone else.

I think the rest is pretty generic preps...

Offline myakka

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Re: 2 preps for erika
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2015, 10:52:10 AM »
Never thought about the garage door.  Thanks

Offline SwampYankee85

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Re: 2 preps for erika
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2015, 01:47:46 PM »
We used 4x4s mounted to plates on the floor and block above the garage as a cheap buttress. You're only storing the 2 4x4s between the storms and leaving the plates tapcon'd to the cement. Works well.

Hopefully all we'll need for Erika is some beer and something to pass the time.

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Re: 2 preps for erika
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2015, 07:13:11 PM »
Both good ideas on the cars/garage.

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