I just spent the afternoon - and a part of yesterday - prepping for Hurricane Isaias. I cleaned all of the gutters yesterday. Damn! I hate hanging my butt off of the ladder scraping leaves and other debris out of the gutters. Today I put the outdoor dining set, garbage can, BBQ grill and other misc. items in the garage, then went out, filled the car with gasoline and I stocked up on batteries, candles and other necessary items. One positive I can take from the Covid lockdown is that we are already fairly well stocked up on food. I've prepped the studio for rapid evacuation, so it should only take me about 45 minutes to get the really important stuff out of harms way if things take a turn for the worse. Our "Go Bags" are packed and ready. So far, anyway, it just looks like a lot of high winds and heavy rain but nothing devastating (predicted 40 - 60 mph winds, 2"-4" of rain for here in the NYC Metro area), and we haven't had a warning from the town, which is pretty good at keeping us informed about potential problems of this type. They haven't even set up the sandbag stations at the firehouses.
Maybe I'm being a bit paranoid, but, as many of you know, I was completely flooded in 2007, and came very close during Superstorm Sandy; in fact all that saved us during Sandy was that the worst of the storm hit at low tide, we had comparatively little rain and she blew by us very quickly. I've had a few other close calls as well.
I know I'm being paranoid, but am I being paranoid enough?
If you are along the storm track get yourself prepped. Good luck to all of you here on the US eastern seaboard!
Maybe I'm being a bit paranoid, but, as many of you know, I was completely flooded in 2007, and came very close during Superstorm Sandy; in fact all that saved us during Sandy was that the worst of the storm hit at low tide, we had comparatively little rain and she blew by us very quickly. I've had a few other close calls as well.
I know I'm being paranoid, but am I being paranoid enough?
If you are along the storm track get yourself prepped. Good luck to all of you here on the US eastern seaboard!