Hurripocolypse (Page 2)

I'm furious. I finally get cleared by the orthopedic surgeon to bike again, have the bike serviced and pick it up today, and now I'm not going to be able to get outside and ride. It's a conspiracy!

Stopped at Wal-Mart on the way to pick up my son, I needed a couple things and my ex wanted a case of water. The entire aisle was empty except for about 6 cases of the 'premium' bottled water. People are crazy. I have a case of beer, I'm set.

I think someone needs a little HTFU. 

This is just dumb.....everyone knows you have to have bottled water to survive....sheez.

I did my normal Saturday food shopping. Hit Trader Joe's at 8am when they open and usually get home by 8:20. I'm a very organized shopper and it's about 6 blocks from my house.

Usually there are about 5 people waiting for the store to open. This morning the parking lot was full. Total bedlam. I saw a man and women carrying 3 cases of down the street. It's really funny to see how people react.

We live in the middle of a big city, all the power lines are buried. My house has stood here for 153 years, I just don't see the apocalypse happening on Tuesday. Worst thing that happens is we can't get pizza delivered.

Heh Heh. Just bought 6 gallons. Already filled our containers. Will fill the sinks/tubs when the storm comes. Canned soup, bread, candles...WE will be OK, I'd like to be able to offer some for our neighbors if need be.

My Mom in NJ shore is not afraid of the storm where they expect it to land. She said her house is "the party house" for the neighbors to ride it out. Here in South VT we are not so complacent. 

I live near Jen (Arttemis) but my county has not canceled school for tomorrow that I know of.   I went to the grocery store for a few things and was overwhelmed with the masses filling up gas tanks at the gas station (in case the stations lose power and we can't get any)....people already stocking up on ice and such.  We got a generator after Irene came through causing us to be without power 8 days.  As long as we don't lose cable too we'll be fine to continue life as usual.  Loss of cable means I have to drive to the office.

My friends in eastern PA are posting all over FB about colleges and school districts closed up there already.   

My parents bought a generator after Irene as well...thought it would just turn into an expensive garage ornament.  But within a few months they had used it again when some big storm knocked out power to their area for several days.  I think they've used it at least one other time since then too.  It's actually coming in very handy!  And now they have it in case this storm takes the power out again. :D  They live about an hour from NYC.

I dunno...all of this pre-emptive shutting down and cancellations...seems a bit overkill.  We'll see what actually pans out, but this definitely seems almost like overreacting....

Schools are cancelled tomorrow pretty much in the whole state of Maryland. 

Just cool and windy here in Baltimore...about 50 miles east is awful.  And we haven't even started yet.

Once again in this thread...HTFU. 

Uh, you understand the bad stuff hasn't happened yet, right?

Oh, I know.  I have issues with my joints when cold and wet... betrays my northern roots.  I wanna run, but I don't wanna hurt myself in the process.

If a storm and/or flooding compromises the water lines, water gets shut off by the counties/municipalities/whomever controls your water. We were out of water for about 4 days after Isaac in August due to water line breaks & contamination. Glad we had gallons of water. Being without power for a week is hard enough, being without running water makes it exponentially worse.