Hurricane season begins tomorrow
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I like the northern half of Georgia. I like the rolling hills and mountains. I wouldn't mind moving to the Atlanta area... Except that we might not be able to bring our turtles with us.
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Georgia does have hurricanes, they just don't usually go too far inland.
Small like maybe a fence gets knocked over in the backyard and some shingles ripped off the roof. Not like in the Midwest where the whole town gets leveled in mile wide path.
What about the humidity?
Here in the dust bowl of Central California we have dust devils, does that count?
It does get pretty humid in the summer months, great for torts though!
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I got some gas.
I'll end up with 70 gallons for the season.
I ad a product called K100.
It bonds with and burns water at a 1 to 1 ratio. So I ad about 2 ounces per 5 gallon gas can. I also contains a stabilizer for fuel breakdown.
I'm not a K100 salesman. But most additives are little more than snake oil. K100 is some really GOOD stuff.
I've been able to avoid a lot of stinky and time consuming carburetor and fuel system jobs by using it.
I'll end up with 70 gallons for the season.
I ad a product called K100.
It bonds with and burns water at a 1 to 1 ratio. So I ad about 2 ounces per 5 gallon gas can. I also contains a stabilizer for fuel breakdown.
I'm not a K100 salesman. But most additives are little more than snake oil. K100 is some really GOOD stuff.
I've been able to avoid a lot of stinky and time consuming carburetor and fuel system jobs by using it.
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Once a storm hits. First. No one will be selling gas because no one will have power. Then after the gas stations get set up on generators, there will be long lines and people fighting to fill up their vehicles and containers.
Then, everyone is totally sold out.
Only a fool would try to get gasoline once a storm is coming!
Besides, the gas is still good in November. So, then itll go into my truck.
Nothing wasted.
Then, everyone is totally sold out.
Only a fool would try to get gasoline once a storm is coming!
Besides, the gas is still good in November. So, then itll go into my truck.
Nothing wasted.
we all got gas, but some of us are to polite to say so out loud.
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I have a very large screened porch as a first place to evacuate my animals. Then there is a "Sun room". Its an enclosed back room of windows. The walls are aluminum with a steel framework. The windows have steel hurricane panels and the room is quite sturdy.
But anything over a category 3 would probably turn that room into a pile of debris and the group would have to come indoors.
The house itself is made of cement and cement blocks. A true South Florida structure.
If the house itself blows away, there is no plan D.
At that point, my thinking would be "screw the pets" any way.
(Except for my dog)
That's good to know. I have to toss a lot of gas (for the mower) because it goes bad before I can use it up. Where can I buy the K100?
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If anyone has a flex fuel vehicle, it is worth noting that higher blends of ethanol (E85) are stored in separate tanks from gasoline at fuel stations. Fuel stations tend to run out of gasoline faster than E85.
Granted, E85 is less energy dense than gasoline. Still, if faced with gasoline shortages and long lines... It's worth it to full up with E85, if available and the person's vehicle is designed to use it.
Granted, E85 is less energy dense than gasoline. Still, if faced with gasoline shortages and long lines... It's worth it to full up with E85, if available and the person's vehicle is designed to use it.
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I think those count. Off shore we have waterspouts. Essentially a tornado over water. They don't do much damage, though.
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You do have to look for it.
Or order it online.
Trust me, though. I've been a mechanic for decades.
That K100 is great stuff.
NOTHING has impressed me like this product.
It raises octane. Stops breakdown and varnish and bonds with water.
I've saved the School Board thousands of dollars in down time and repairs with it.
A ton of other products claim fantastic results.
I've used most of them at some point. A lot of them do one or two of these things. But not all. And not as well.
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The house has a natural gas water heater and stove.
So at least we can have a hot shower and cook some food.....with no roof.....under the stars.
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Both motorcycles and my truck can use 89 octane 10 percent ethanol crap.
The other vehicles all prefer the higher octane stuff.
None of our vehicles are flex fuel.
When the very first storm comes this way, all of the vehicles will get filled up.
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That may be true on your side of the state, but the one here on Easter Sunday of 2010 was a rock 'n roller!
Granted, it was actually centered in Mexico, but there was considerable damage in Calexico, El Centro, Imperial, and Brawley.
Here in Salton City Pete and I were living in our 40 ft bus conversion, which was air-ride equipped. When that quake hit, our bus flopped from side to side like a dinghy in "The Perfect Storm"! I tried to stand up, and was promptly tossed back into my chair. A vase fell over, no damage, but there were new cracks in concrete around town.
Friends in Imperial had an entertainment center fall over, cabinets opened and contents spilled out, and some structural damage to their house.
Calexico had major damage to buildings, and a Walmart had all of its shelves emptied.
That quake was 60 miles from us, and was a 7.1 We've had a bunch since then, but nothing like that one. I did watch water almost slosh out of my aquarium one time, and the most recent was like a bomb exploded under the house. BOOM! and that was it.
We actually are right on top of the southern end of the San Andreas fault, and there are several smaller ones as well. The experts say the "Big One" could likely start here, and move northward.
I remember one year a storm was coming they were blocking traffic and giving the gas tankers a police escort to the gas stations.
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After the storm, it's sometimes a military (National Guard) escort. I've heard stories (from extremely credible sources) about post-storm fuel transports getting "diverted" from their original destinations by local law enforcement.
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