Keith_Indy
Master
So, it's mostly over around here, except for figuring out what to do with the driveway (probably nothing.) We've cleared off the sidewalk to our entrance, which the mailman appreciated.
1 - Make sure you have an ice scrapper in the house. The cars were completely iced over, and I had to spend considerable time chipping the seam of the door to get it open.
2 - Need to make a list of pre-storm prep items. Didn't have any extra dog food. We could have just cooked up some eggs and rice for them, but def. needs to go on the list.
3 - Check batteries before you need them. We had 1 lantern out of juice, and only 3 our of 6 D batteries for it. The LED lantern was fine though. Our emergency radio was also out of power, but we had AA's for it. Need to make a list of things with batteries to check before the storm.
4 - Next time we're in for an ice storm, I'm putting tarps over our 2 main vehicles. Would have saved me a lot of time chipping ice off.
5 - Hands free flashlight was a God send. Easier to move around and do things. Also easy to read by.
We were lucky, damage so far is only some small tree branches down. We did have some water dripping around one of our windows once the sun came out, and started melting the ice. That tapered off once the gutter started clearing itself. Something we will keep an eye on and deal with later.
We lost power around 8pm, right after I got done cooking dinner. Being prepared certainly made it more enjoyable. Setup one of our water containers and a bucket to fill the toilet. Otherwise, we listened to the radio, read, played backgammon, and played cards. Kept the fireplace stoked until we went to bed, kept most of the house comfortable.
I was 1/2 hoping to have to cook dinner by other means, or dig into the MRE's.
So what did other people learn.
1 - Make sure you have an ice scrapper in the house. The cars were completely iced over, and I had to spend considerable time chipping the seam of the door to get it open.
2 - Need to make a list of pre-storm prep items. Didn't have any extra dog food. We could have just cooked up some eggs and rice for them, but def. needs to go on the list.
3 - Check batteries before you need them. We had 1 lantern out of juice, and only 3 our of 6 D batteries for it. The LED lantern was fine though. Our emergency radio was also out of power, but we had AA's for it. Need to make a list of things with batteries to check before the storm.
4 - Next time we're in for an ice storm, I'm putting tarps over our 2 main vehicles. Would have saved me a lot of time chipping ice off.
5 - Hands free flashlight was a God send. Easier to move around and do things. Also easy to read by.
We were lucky, damage so far is only some small tree branches down. We did have some water dripping around one of our windows once the sun came out, and started melting the ice. That tapered off once the gutter started clearing itself. Something we will keep an eye on and deal with later.
We lost power around 8pm, right after I got done cooking dinner. Being prepared certainly made it more enjoyable. Setup one of our water containers and a bucket to fill the toilet. Otherwise, we listened to the radio, read, played backgammon, and played cards. Kept the fireplace stoked until we went to bed, kept most of the house comfortable.
I was 1/2 hoping to have to cook dinner by other means, or dig into the MRE's.
So what did other people learn.