The day before yesterday a storm with 146km gusts tortured our Baldivis village here in WA Australia, I drove 240 Km yesterday and I bet I saw hundreds of trees fallen over, it was really bad. The hood of my 73 Ford F250 got almost blown away and when I went to pick it up, a big sign came flying through the air and almost hit me. I buried it straight away so it can't fly away again, dunno who's it is yet, it is buried upside down.
Nobody had power for about 24 hrs here, and of course the collector I am, I had enough stuff. No gennie (which I wanna buy now) but:
a makita flashlight, a Makita radio, 4x 18v 3a batteries,
a hitachi flashlight with 2 batteries,
a jumpstarter with a light in it,
I charge all that stuff once a month, just in case
8 of those LED push lights, with plenty of batteries,
2 normal flashlights with plenty of batteries,
plenty of candles,
Everything was really dark, nobody had decent light except me, WITH LOUD MUSIC, :lol:
Yesterday and today everybody went stocking up on food, the shops are empty now, I didn't because I always have:
enough beer and drinks and water to last for weeks,
enough canned food that is long lasting like spam, fish etc.
I cook on gas, so that's ok, and I have a BBQ with 2 full gas bottles.
Have a hot water tank, which keeps a bit warmer water stored, so I could have a shower in the morning,
plastic in case the roof gets partially blown off,
The only thing I did is fill up the car as the petrol stations were out of power aswell yesterday.
I never had this before, but this can happen more often.... Like tonight.
Tonight another storm is gonna hit us, 125km gusts is expected. 3rd in a week. Some bad stuff has already happened as there are choppers flying around over my house.
All I missed was a kettle, I had to heat water up in a pan on the gas, which doesn't go as quick.
What do you guys think I might be missing, as there must be heaps of people who are used to these calamities.
Also if you have a inverter generator, which one do you have and is it any good?
We're gonna brace here, will let you know how it went.
Nobody had power for about 24 hrs here, and of course the collector I am, I had enough stuff. No gennie (which I wanna buy now) but:
a makita flashlight, a Makita radio, 4x 18v 3a batteries,
a hitachi flashlight with 2 batteries,
a jumpstarter with a light in it,
I charge all that stuff once a month, just in case
8 of those LED push lights, with plenty of batteries,
2 normal flashlights with plenty of batteries,
plenty of candles,
Everything was really dark, nobody had decent light except me, WITH LOUD MUSIC, :lol:
Yesterday and today everybody went stocking up on food, the shops are empty now, I didn't because I always have:
enough beer and drinks and water to last for weeks,
enough canned food that is long lasting like spam, fish etc.
I cook on gas, so that's ok, and I have a BBQ with 2 full gas bottles.
Have a hot water tank, which keeps a bit warmer water stored, so I could have a shower in the morning,
plastic in case the roof gets partially blown off,
The only thing I did is fill up the car as the petrol stations were out of power aswell yesterday.
I never had this before, but this can happen more often.... Like tonight.
Tonight another storm is gonna hit us, 125km gusts is expected. 3rd in a week. Some bad stuff has already happened as there are choppers flying around over my house.
All I missed was a kettle, I had to heat water up in a pan on the gas, which doesn't go as quick.
What do you guys think I might be missing, as there must be heaps of people who are used to these calamities.
Also if you have a inverter generator, which one do you have and is it any good?
We're gonna brace here, will let you know how it went.
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