Hi MIke,   
      
   On Sat 2012-Oct-27 23:07, Mike Roberts (1:261/1381) wrote to Richard Webb:   
      
   MR> Hi Richard, Yeah Nancy and I are in the ol Flower/flour City..    
      
   YEp, thought so.   
      
   MR> If power goes, I am very concerned. Been checking all afternoon for   
   MR> even asmall generator and nothing, I am already too late.   
      
   OH yeah, there wouldn't be.  The Johny come lately folks   
   have all snapped up what's available at your friendly Lowe's or Home despot by   
   now .   
      
    > You've got easy to prepare foods and other than electric to   
    > cook on I hope, even if it's a charcoal grill, and a battery or crank up   
    > broadcast radio I hope.   
      
   MR> I have some canned goods, I can eat cold if I have to.  Stocked up   
   MR> some otherstuff a bit and should be ok, And I do have a charcoal   
   MR> grill but not to surehow that would stand up while the winds are   
   MR> here, but afterwards, should befine. And I have a Bay-Gen radio with   
   MR> the crank and light on it. I also have awood stove that kept us warm   
   MR> during the ice storm, so It could do it again Isuppose, And about 1   
   MR> cord of wood. So if worse comes to worse, I think we arefine in that   
   MR> respect, we can tough it out. The flooding and or trees falling   
   MR> onthe house are the things that bother me the most. We shall see,   
   MR> Richard.    
      
   Sounds like you're as well situated as can be.  Just in   
   case, I'd fill extra containers with drinking water in case   
   something takes out your water distribution system.  YOu can always use   
   nondrinkable stuff to flush toilets etc.  YOur   
   water heater might work for that if you don't trust it for   
   drinking. I'd still fill containers, put 'em in the freezer   
   if nothing else.  While you've got juice freezing them will   
   help keep stuff cold in there when power goes.  I do this   
   with milk jugs, and plastic bags of ice from the icemaker,   
   keeps my chest freezer fairly full, and helps keep things   
   frozen when power goes.  I can then dump a bag of ice in the ice chest, or   
   pull out a milk jug to thaw for drinking water after the big one.   
   YOur wood stove can also double for cooking if need be, so   
   you're all set sounds like.   
      
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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