Comments on: Hurricane Irma – Day 7

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 01:36:39 +0000

In reply to Badtux.

I personally have plenty of drinking water because I use it in the Fridge to maintain temperature. The gas is a hassle because it has ethanol in it and doesn’t last very long. I can get out of Florida, but would be taking a gamble on finding gas in Alabama on my way to Huntsville. You need 4 times as much gas as normal if you don’t get ahead of the main evacuation. Food isn’t a problem, but it is just a general aggravation. Irma was destined for the Peninsula, and I’m hoping for a solid hit on Palm Beach because I’m not a nice person.

BTW, I have a real hard time dealing with San Francisco being 20 degrees hotter than Fort Walton in August. We haven’t had a 100 degree air temperature all summer and San Francisco hits 106°!

By: Badtux

Badtux — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 01:04:33 +0000

No water? Don’t you have water flowing out of your faucets? I have the capacity to store about 20 gallons of water between two 2.5 gallon jugs, a 2 gallon jug, a 6 gallon jug, and some saved 1 gallon jugs. Plus I have a backpacking stove and plenty of freeze-dried and canned goods, and a Jeep. Gas is a bit tougher. I try to keep some gas in cans as well as stand-alone, but it’s a pain to change that out every so often….

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 00:36:29 +0000

I’m here, regardless. There’s no gas or water here, so leaving would be a bit difficult at the moment. It wants to go North and is skirting the bottom of a ridge. When it gets to the end of the ridge, it will go North. I’m not so sure about Jose. He is too far out..

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 23:35:41 +0000

of course, we’re all hoping that that hard right turn really happens . . . . if not, we’re currently planning to hunker down if it comes this way. how about you?