TS/Hurricane Fay...we have to get ready..

[Cabe]

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Luckily we had generators in 2004. Our electricty was out for 2 weeks for the first hurricane and about a week for the for the second. we kept the fridge and the freezer and a light going, I have a gas stove so we were lucky. My FIL hooked up his large welder to the pump on the well so we also had water. Hope everyone takes care and the ya'll stay safe.

 

[purplebaby]

the projected path has changed for fay.


http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atlstorm6/projectedpath_large.html

 

[rooster-red]

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Only problem is a 12 volt bulb won't generate as much heat, you'd have a big temp drop.

 

[injunjoe]

True it may run a little cooler but it is still on the same thermostat. So it will just stay on longer until the temp is just right.

 

[cajunlizz]

I know exactly how you feel and what you going thru . South Louisiana has also had its share of hurricanes . Been thru many . Keep safe

 

[roosters97]

I am watching it right now enter Florida, I think,

 

[cajunlizz]

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How many head do you have .

I have right at 50 head , and a hen setting on eggs , I would be worried SICK

 

[Farmer Kitty]

I pray everyone will get through this hurricane safely!

 

[peepsnbunnies]

Mornin'
Weatherman says Fay is not going to be so bad, mostly a very windy rainmaker. Thank-You LORD! Did a lot of preparation, but I would rather do that, than have a problem.

Cajunlizz- I have almost 100 chickies, a majority of them youngsters and babies. Plus 3 adult pheasants/2 babies, 62 quail - pharoah and gambles, several doves, a pigeon and 7 rabbits. Plus a very large sulcata tortoise who hates to be contained in a small area, she can be hard to deal with sometimes. I decided this time to put the chickies in the shed since there are so many of them, and bring the rabbits and birds in the garage. Worked out better.

I was going to bring the tortoise in the garage last night, but she had it in her hard head that she wanted in the shed. I tried to keep her out but she was very determined and when I was getting a chicken from the coop to put in the shed, she slipped into the shed and went as far back under a table as she could so I could not get her. She weighs approx 55 pounds, so you can't just pick her up easily. Most nights during the summer she sleeps outside under some elephant ears, but as most animals, she knew she needed to be safe inside and she made sure she got there. I can't blame her.

Lisa

 

[Sunny Side Up]

It's a good morning here in Palm Beach County, getting a lot of much-needed rain (6.5" so far) and the wind hasn't been too bad. We've been under several tornado watches, and there was at least one touchdown last night nearby, hit a horse clinic but all the folks & the horses are unhurt.

I left all the adult chickens out in their coops overnight, they're soaked through and look a bit miffed -- probably from having had to lay the same egg at least twice -- but otherwise all right. The ducks were DEElighted when I let them out of their house this morning to find that much of the back paddock had been turned into a shallow pond, obviously just for their benefit. The chicks with Mamas had been kept dry & fuzzy though some of those hens were a bit wet. Good job, Mamas! There's even a hen setting on eggs due to hatch Thurs. She's in a dry cozy place, still on the job, not even demanding hazard pay.

I brought all my chicks up to the patio at nightfall, and will take them back out to their tractor this afternoon. I'm waiting for the rains to finish so I can move their tractor to a dry spot. It seems to annoy my parakeet Steve to have chicks or ducklings camped near his cage on the patio, I don't think he likes poultry of any kind.

We still have electricity, phone, and Internet. We have shingles & rafters, and very little tree damage too. It always breaks my heart to see big trees broken or uprooted. I am gratefully counting my blessings, and pray that the rest of you weather this storm well and with no losses.

Keep an eye on Fay's future track, expected to loop back west over So. Ga & Ala, and of course, on all future storms that may develop.

Only 104 days left of this hurricane season...