![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Let me see if I've got this straight.
The wildfires are in Hawaii.
The hurricane is in California.
The tornadoes were in New England.
Is that about the size of it?
The hurricane is in California.
The tornadoes were in New England.
Is that about the size of it?
no subject
no subject
Tornadoes touching different parts of Ottawa-Gatineau.
From Iraq and Syria to India are baking.
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
eye of the storm
One other non-obvious thing: beware of the eye of the hurricane. If the wind and rain suddenly diminish or even stop, that doesn't mean the storm has passed, it means you're in the middle of the storm, with high winds all around you. That means the rain and wind are likely to start again as suddenly as they stopped, with similar force.
The eye is a lot smaller than the storm around it, so even if the storm passes through your area, the eye probably won't.
Re: eye of the storm
Re: eye of the storm
Re: eye of the storm
no subject
I got a flat of water bottles from Costco on the off chance some contaminants get washed into the supply, and have sandwich fixings and protein bars in case of power outages, but beyond that I'm not terribly worried. Oooh, I should check the batteries in my white noise machine and camping lanterns.
That said, I'm in a flattish spot above sea level and well away from any wilderness or burn areas (West OC is the place to be!). My main concern is our apartment complex's pool is already pretty full.
If you're on the side of a hill, near a beach, or near a burn scar, IDK what to tell you. Sandbags?
no subject
eta: my friend from the east coast made a good suggestion, which was to freeze some water bottles - then if the power goes out, you can put them in the fridge to keep it colder longer.
no subject
I figure it doesn't matter which channel I watch tomorrow - if something major changes there will be emergency alerts on all of them. Does the clicky lighter thing on gas burners still work if the power is out? I have a gas stove too (it seems like I don't have a choice in this rental market), but it has an electrical plug.
no subject
no subject
no subject
1. Do your best to make sure you won't have to go anywhere the day of or if possible a few days after.
2. Wind-proof your space: anything outside your home that might blow around should be secured (including lawn furniture, tree limbs, trash cans, windchimes, etc.) Take down awnings, close shutters and storm doors. Space that might normally be protected from rain and wind won't be, bring things indoors or into sturdy, fully-enclosed outbuildings. If you have a car or bike and you can bring it indoors (or at least under a roof and near a wall), do, even if you usually don't.
3. If you have a basement, or use an underground or low-lying storage area, get anything that could be easily damaged by water at least a foot off the ground, if you can. Even if you don't face severe flooding you might see a few inches in a basement. (Although the only time our basement ever flooded from a tropical storm was the one that hit a week after the earthquake, because the foundation was still unsettled. I don't know if that's more or less of an issue for y'all...)
4. If there are areas around where you live that are known to flood in a heavy rain, they will flood. Plan for that, especially if you're in an area with only one or two main roads in and out.
5. No experience with mudslides, but the first step there is to accurately assess your risks (both for your building - which sounds like you've already done - and for those routes in and out of your neighborhood.)
Many people suggest boarding up windows, but in my experience if you are in the area where you need to do that you also need to evacuate; if you aren't under an evacuation order it's probably low-risk enough to not worry. If you have anything outside your house that is known to be rickety, though, now is the time to deal with it. And if you have something super-valuable and water-damageable right next to a large window, maybe move it. If you're doing a pre-storm stocking-up trip, duct tape and tarps/large trash bags/plastic sheeting are the prep for if a window does break.
But honestly most of the time, unless you're in the direct path or right on the coast at severe flooding risk, it's just a very bad storm and a chance to practice-run your standard disaster prep (Like having water on hand, preparing for an electrical/phone outage, having a go bag and knowing where important docs are, making sure pets can be shoved into carriers at short notice, fill the gas tank, eat the ice cream and grill the steaks, have a contact person outside the warning area who can take point to tell other people you're ok, etc. You probably already do all that for wildfires and earthquakes.)
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
Meteor showers? Locusts? Blood?
no subject
no subject
no subject
In other words;
The shit has hit the fan!
no subject
no subject
Yup, nothing to see here, move along... lets all ignore the big footprints and piles of elephant dung behind the sofa. After all, you wouldn't want to imply anything that could affect the All Mighty Holy Profit would you?
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
Weird, huh?
no subject
no subject