Well, though not out on Long Island, Irene is due to visit here by tomorrow evening. We've all been told to prepare for immediate evacuation because of flooding which has always been a problem here. Also, the reservoirs are at 100 percent capacity and the ground is saturated because of heavy rain for the past month so flooding is something we are all worried about. With flooding comes another danger. Trees fall because their root system is in mud so it doesn't take much of a wind, and we're going to be getting some pretty high winds from what I understand. I'm not in a low lying area and there aren't that many trees but there's another problem, while we not be effected by rising waters or falling trees, those trees tend to take down power lines and with water back up, that can overload the sewer system causing backups and polluted water so we've all been told to have enough water for four days and non-perishable (why would anyone buy perishable foods now?) food for that period of time as well. So we're looking at probably no power or water for a few days at least.
This morning I went out and got non-perishable food some water (I filled up my pots and even put some plastic liners in empty garbage cans and filled those) and got my "to go" bag refreshed, some changes of clothing, toiletries, medications, copies of prescriptions, emergency numbers, flashlight, emergency cash, blanket, rain gear, and packed it all in my car.
This morning, CVS had batteries but no more flashlights while Lowes had flashlights but no more batteries.
I remember Floyd too. It made a mess of this place but the good thing about it was that people got to thinking a lot more about drainage and clearing streams, etc. The only thing is, we still get a lot of flooding.
Anyway, my choices of places to evacuate to are just a couple of blocks from me so I'm not worried about me, just about everyone else.
I think that after the earthquakes, (Virginia, Colorado, two in California, Peru and I think I'm missing one) this is putting everyone on edge.
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Date: 2011-08-27 03:05 am (UTC)I'm not in a low lying area and there aren't that many trees but there's another problem, while we not be effected by rising waters or falling trees, those trees tend to take down power lines and with water back up, that can overload the sewer system causing backups and polluted water so we've all been told to have enough water for four days and non-perishable (why would anyone buy perishable foods now?) food for that period of time as well. So we're looking at probably no power or water for a few days at least.
This morning I went out and got non-perishable food some water (I filled up my pots and even put some plastic liners in empty garbage cans and filled those) and got my "to go" bag refreshed, some changes of clothing, toiletries, medications, copies of prescriptions, emergency numbers, flashlight, emergency cash, blanket, rain gear, and packed it all in my car.
This morning, CVS had batteries but no more flashlights while Lowes had flashlights but no more batteries.
I remember Floyd too. It made a mess of this place but the good thing about it was that people got to thinking a lot more about drainage and clearing streams, etc. The only thing is, we still get a lot of flooding.
Anyway, my choices of places to evacuate to are just a couple of blocks from me so I'm not worried about me, just about everyone else.
I think that after the earthquakes, (Virginia, Colorado, two in California, Peru and I think I'm missing one) this is putting everyone on edge.