Aristo! Aristo! A la lanterne!: Storm preps.....

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Storm preps.....

Wake up with a vicious hang over after just a few hours sleep. Ouch. Ouch. Damn. Ouch. Holy Crap Batman, I'm an idiot......
Brew coffee.... and check status of butane stove and percolator. Good to go on coffee making after I grind an extra pound of beans.
Check water stock..... Filter pitcher has a fresh filter, and there are four cases of bottled water on deck. I will fill the tub tonight, just in case. It makes flushing easier.
Food..... we're good. Lots.
Freezer full, but nothing expensive. If we lose power for 24 hours we are okay. 48, and we lose some stuff. Not enough to cry over.
Fuel.... enough firewood to survive the zombocalypse. Vehicles are fueled up. Need to get gasoline this morning for the chainsaw, and some K1 as backup backup heat.
Cleared all the storm drain grates on the road this morning.... that's done.
Checked the sump pump.... new and operating fine, as long as we have power.
Checked alternate parking for cars, far away from trees.
Working on backup plans for work, to cover my presence if the roads flood out here and I can't go in.
Texting and calling neighbors, to see if they need help prepping.
New batteries in the LED lanterns, not that they needed them.
New batteries in the Eotech, not that it needed them.
Extra cell batteries charged, and laptops charged.

Now..... what am I forgetting?

1 comment:

Old NFO said...: Load spare mags??? :-); October 28, 2012 at 3:45 PM

Robert Heinlein

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"