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Anyone who has one of those “old antiquated” tanked water heaters should have at least ~40 gallons of potable/drinkable H2O readibly available in the hot water tank. All you need is a clean bucket, and turn the valve.
Good suggestion, I'd advise if this is the plan, to go ahead now, hook a hose to it, and turn the valve for a bit to flush out the bottom of the tank if you haven't done so in years. You may not be too pleased with what comes out the bottom of the tank when you need it if you don't. Especially if you have that lovely AquaNC water like we do :-)
Looking more and more like this will be a rain moderate rain event at best. But at least everyone got water
If you believe WRAL, which I find their actual reporting to be lacking with this event. Their fear mongering has been good though. They aren't a national broadcast, they shouldn't be showing their cute little cartoon graphic of where the middle of the cone is. They should be drilling down a bit or lay off the "weather every 10 minutes" thing for the time being if they can't manage that.
Gassing up before a storm makes perfect sense to me, but then again, I was in the DC area right after the derecho. Most gas stations were closed due to power outages, and the ones that did have power had terrible lines. Since no one knew the storm would be as bad as it was, no one was prepared. People were literally running out of gas, or they were stuck in place because they didn’t know if they had enough to get someplace with open gas stations.
Yup. After seeing that, it's one reason I never like "gas up the car tomorrow before we leave" when we arrive somewhere and we are low on gas.
It was so blisteringly hot the day of that derecho. We were in Annapolis, I think it was 105*.
If you believe WRAL, which I find their actual reporting to be lacking with this event. Their fear mongering has been good though. They aren't a national broadcast, they shouldn't be showing their cute little cartoon graphic of where the middle of the cone is. They should be drilling down a bit or lay off the "weather every 10 minutes" thing for the time being if they can't manage that.
I actually thought Fishel was really good throughout saying that the storm is still way far away, and could do anything. If anything he was trying not to create panic.
Everyone seems to agree it's likely to stall off/on the coast which means lots of weakening - something to do with the high pressure ridge not holding up like they expected. We'll get a lot of rain, but it seems to me more similar to Matthew for the Triangle. The coast and just inland is in trouble.
I actually thought Fishel was really good throughout saying that the storm is still way far away, and could do anything. If anything he was trying not to create panic.
Everyone seems to agree it's likely to stall off/on the coast which means lots of weakening - something to do with the high pressure ridge not holding up like they expected. We'll get a lot of rain, but it seems to me more similar to Matthew for the Triangle. The coast and just inland is in trouble.
Bottom line it's gonna go where it wants to go....predictions are just that. Get prepared and hope for the best. If this ends up being a minor wind and rain event, I'll count my blessings and put the supplies away for another time. That's fine with me! The latest model has it dipping southwest after landfall and circling across SC and then back up into western NC. The plot looks like a scoop with the scoop on the left and the handle on the right.
Bottom line it's gonna go where it wants to go....predictions are just that. Get prepared and hope for the best. If this ends up being a minor wind and rain event, I'll count my blessings and put the supplies away for another time. That's fine with me! The latest model has it dipping southwest after landfall and circling across SC and then back up into western NC. The plot looks like a scoop with the scoop on the left and the handle on the right.
Yep. Better to have it and not need it rather than need it and not have it.
Friends who were here 15 years ago told me that during the last "big one" (maybe Fran?) there were "boil water before drinking" advisories in a few places but that water for flushing and showers was always available. They are in North Raleigh (where we live now.) Is it different in other areas? Does water water supply sometimes get cut off altogether?
Water has been out in every store we checked since Sunday night (Lowe's, Harris-Teeter, Walgreen's.) Some are also out of ice, but there are discount bulk ice self serve 24x7 ice stations on Atlantic Ave on the side of the plaza with International Foods, and also on Capital Blvd near Starmount. The latter takes only coins, but the one on Atlantic also takes paper money. $1 for a 10 pound bag and $2 for a 20 pound bag. We took coolers and bought 110 pounds of ice last night. Stored inside in the AC, with lids tightly closed, we should still have at least 80 to 90 pounds of ice left by Thursday.
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