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[Yard full o' rocks]

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Kathy, glad your ok for the time being anyway!! Do you guys have a generator? Do you have wood for a fire to keep YOU warm??

 

[kathyinmo]

Yard full o' rocks :

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Kathy, glad your ok for the time being anyway!! Do you guys have a generator? Do you have wood for a fire to keep YOU warm??

No generator and no wood stove. I am already in a panic mode, and have no idea what to do to prepare.​

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

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Kathy, glad your ok for the time being anyway!! Do you guys have a generator? Do you have wood for a fire to keep YOU warm??

No generator and no wood stove. I am already in a panic mode, and have no idea what to do to prepare.

Well, you can't do a THING about the incubators without power. I would suggest the following:

1. Shower (you, baby, Brittney, anyone else at the house). Afterwards fill up the tubs with water....and I mean FULL. Put water into jugs, large pots, anything you can that you wont be needing. If power goes out for days, once water tower is empty, they will not be able to pump water into it until electricity is restored. Personally, I would NOT use this stored water for the chickens if you lose water....melt snow for that if need be. YOU and FAMILY have got to be the priority. Will have to "dip water" to flush toilets...I'd only do it after #2 and suck it up in between
2. Assuming you have a fireplace, get some tarps, blankets, whatever to block off the room with the fireplace from the rest of the house. You might be living in that room for a few days. Bring in some dry wood to get a fire started with. Sometimes I use a heater and a fan on my deck to melt the snow and "dry it off".
3. Food in your FREEZERS should be fine for a few days IF you dont open it. Freezers will hold the cold pretty well. Worst case you can put it outside.
4. Not sure what the baby is eating right now, but I'd be thinking about that. Perhaps a pan of water near the fire to "warm" up a bottle?? Not exactly sure what to tell ya there. Is he eating any solid foods (sorry, I cant remember how old he is)
5. Food for you guys....got anything easily "heated up"?? Soups, canned raviolis, spaghettios, etc (hate to think of eating that stuff....but, is easier than trying to "cook" something).
6. Do you have gas or electric stove/range? If gas, you will have an add't source of heat and a way to cook.

Trying to remember everything I did when we had the blizzard here back in '93

If I can think of anything else, I'll send it along....but if they think power WILL be going out, I would start getting prepared

PRAYING for you!!!

Scott

 

[kathyinmo]

Everything we have is electric. Propane for heat is all. Tubs are cleaned out and filling now. We have about 20 empty milk gallon jugs and filled them all up. We have at least 6 - 8 inches of snow already, and it is blowing and still coming down heavy.

Dang, I should have bought some brickettes for the grill. I think I have a few. I could use that in the garage to cook I think. Oh well, we have sandwich stuff and cereal. We can just eat cold food.

 

[joletabey]

Kathy, I do hope you are OK this morning- Scott gave you great advice. You have been in my prayers, dear friend!!!

Those handwarmer things last for at least 12 hours, I keep several packs on hand during the winter just in case.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Kathy....what about a Coleman stove?? Like you use for camping...got one of those?

If you use propane for heat (ask details from DH) but if power goes off, you might need to turn unit off. Blower will be electric and not sure about what unit would do. Don't want the gas coming on and not burning, causing fumes

You can always put wood in your grill!!! Just be sure you are somewhere WELL ventilated. Might see if you can rig something up in the fireplace using the grates from the grill. Conserve your heat by NOT going in/out of the house if you can avoid it

 

[Serrin]

Good Morning SDWD family. Kathy, my dear friend, I'm praying.

Here's my little nickel's worth of free advice in case the power goes out. Do you have any uncooked rice on hand? If you do, put as much as you can in the largest oven safe dish you own. Put that in the oven at about 350F or so for about an hour. Just keep an eye on it so that it doesn't burn. Once you've got it heated through, reduce the oven setting back down to around 200 to keep it warm. Leave it there. If the power goes out, take the heated rice and pour it into several pairs of cotton socks. Fill them only about half full as you'll want to be able to lay them down flat. You can use these around the eggs to help keep them warm for longer than they would be without anything at all. This also works well for new chicks, but be sure to wrap it up in an extra towel to prevent them from scorching themselves.

In the mean time, crank up the heat in the house to as hot as you can stand it. When the power goes out, even a propane furnace won't do you any good as there is no electricity to run the blower on the unit. That is, of course, if it's a forced air unit.

Oh girl! I so wish Mike were home for you.

OH! Have you charged up your cell phone? No? DO IT NOW! It may become your only phone line if all of your home phones are of the cordless variety.

Bundle up dear lady. And any time you need a calm voice, if you can't reach Mike, you know I'm right here. Now go fetch that phone number I gave you in my PM before you loose the power and can't access it!

 

[Cetawin]

Sheps they are adorable at that ...they have their einstein hair going on and the world open to them...they love to explore....



Kathy, you've got sound advice here is some more for you....

find the smallest draft free room in the house; put blankets and pillows in there. Gather extra layers of clothes and socks...put them in there. Food items can be kept cold outside...shove a gallon of milk in the snow etc etc. Put stuff in plastic bags and place in the snow you get the idea.

Fill buckets with water for the birds just in case...


If the power goes out, bundle up and hang out in the small room....


Thinking about you....

 

[kathyinmo]

It is still coming down and blowing.

Outside deck door, looking west:

Outside front door, looking east:

Outside garage door looking south:

Outside basement studio door, looking west:

 

[Cetawin]

Goodness...stay safe Kathy.