Posted on 01/26/2015 11:27:10 AM PST by Mad Dawgg
I lived in Denver during that 1982 one. From people posting that Denver does a great job with snow removal, they must have improved a lot since that storm. It was shut down until if melted - which wasn’t too long iirc.
I usually love to watch Fox and Friends as I get ready for work. This morning was weird. Everyone was experiencing Pre-Post Traumatic Snow Stress Syndrome just talking about the forecasted “historic” (later downgraded to “potentially historic”) “monster” snowstorm that was coming. LOL! I was snowed in at Grand Canyon during the big snow (we just called them snow storms) of 1967 that hit northern Arizona. To me, 2 to 3 feet is “chump snow”. I didn’t experience any doomsday, post traumatic snow syndrome but I was working for the National Park Service at the time and did pick up one heck of a paycheck.
WOW! They just showed Long Island on the news and it’s already a mess there and coming down hard.......but he said traffic is off the roads so that’s a good thing...sounds like people are listening.
I’m so proud! I have a water Bob, or whatever the heck they call it. tub already filled Yee Hah!
I wish I knew. Ten years in Tennessee; we lost power ONCE...that was only for two hours; right after a tornado. I've lost track of how often the power goes out here in Red Hampshire.
A MONTH?
I have stored gasoline over TWO YEARS with Sta-Bil and Pri-G, and have had no problems with it, ethanol or no. Now, when the price is cheap, I do try to get ethanol-free gas for storage, and I buy it in January, when the volatiles are at their max in the mix.
Because the whole city is virtually a "gun-free zone" except for the criminals, the cops, and the politicos, which are all one big group.
In my area - suburban metro DC - the threat of a storm always brings out the ‘milk-bread-toilet paper’ crowd. In the past, I’ve stood in very long lines, when the forecast predicted a storm for the next day.
Now, my household have become small-scale suburban preppers; so we didn’t have to do anything. Even if power should go out for awhile, we’ve always got plenty of canned stuff to eat, bread and butter in the freezer, powdered milk, and lots of sterno to heat things up.
We did go out yesterday, to get wine and the Sunday paper; and it was interesting to me that the big Safeway near us was really crowded; but the little ethnic store, where our mostly Hispanic neighbors shop, wasn’t crowded at all...
I’ve noticed that a lot of new immigrants seem to have “prepping” in their mindset to start with...If you go into an ethnic store, they sell huge bulk-sizes of rice, big bags of beans, large-size cans of things; and there are always little propane stoves, or hibachis, and the fuel to run them. (I’ve even seen huge bags of teff at a very good price, which one can’t find in any chain grocery store. And if you bought it online, it would cost a whole lot more.)
We save a lot of money shopping there for certain things; the only problem is that the fresh produce often doesn’t last as long in the fridge as the stuff at the supermarket.
But you can save a lot on meat; and sometimes the fish selection in an ethnic store is extraordinary, and very fresh.
-JT
I grew up filling the tub when we had typhoons as a kid in Japan. I gave the Water Bob to family and friends years ago as gifts. They provide a liner for the tub, so the water can be drinkable without treatment. My sister hated it when I sent prepper stuff to her, because they would embarrass her at the office (people tend to gather around), like when I sent her a camping toilet.
My mom sent me a birthday check and admonished me not to but anymore emergency gear for anyone or myself.
I wish you were my brother! One of those Water Bob things is on our list, for ourselves and for my MIL, who has well water. (A long power outage can play hell with a toilet that won’t flush :-)
-JT
It’s frightening. I can’t count how many times she has had to flee her home with her small children and seek refuge here in MA with her siblings or myself.
I love NH, and one day would like to move there. They are purple BTW! Not Red.
Thank-you for such a kind thing to say! I hope you get your water bob and then you should put it in a bathroom cabinet, so it is at the ready. I’ve filled up pots and pans, when I knew the water would go out and it takes so much time to do that and you do not get very much. The water bob is so much more efficient.
I also recommend that you get water cisterns, and put them by the sinks. It is easier to wash your hands with a faucet like vessel.
Stay safe and comfy out there. I wish you plenty of flushes in an emergency and lot of soft TP.
That's why I call them "Headlies".
the self-created “shortages” of staples like milk, bread and for some strange reason, toilet paper
AND eggs!!!
The making of 'French Toast' is of the utmost importance for storm survival.... ;)
Juno is Jupiter’s wife,and could probably beat Spartacus like a rented mule.
Thanks. (I remember filling up the bathtub on New Years Eve, 1999 :-). And, we have a floor-to-ceiling stock of TP :-)
It doesn’t look like it’s going to be that bad here; for now it has actually stopped, and they’re only calling for 1 to 3 inches by morning. The problem is driving out in the morning, no matter how little snow and ice there is - my rural-PA born Husband always complains that folks here just don’t know how to drive in it.
But I pray that the folks up North will do alright.
(However, the Metos sometimes get things wrong for us; I remember one day when only flurries were predicted, and we got slammed. Kids didn’t get home on their school buses until 10 PM, and it took me four hours to go two miles on Public Trans.)
JT
I’m sure that there are a lot of ‘HeadLies’. It’s been funny to me that our LOCAL station has been headlining “Historic Blizzard” stuff all night - and it’s not even going to happen HERE at all!
Everything is about getting attention, and keeping the viewers watching.
But, to cut them a break, I guess news corporations have to make a buck here and there...and a lot of people in my area do travel routinely between Washington, and the Northeast.
-JT
Don’tcha just love prepper stuff? I have The North Face Tent set up in my den with I don’t remember below zero sleeping bags in it. That’s just in case we lose power. Have a wood stove but it’s still in it’s crate. Hubby passed away this past October, so it looks like me and the Lab will be comfy cozy if we lose power. I also have a camper toilet. Cool eh!
Yuk! Yuk! Yuk!
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