[SML] tornados

[Dale Farmer]

Yup, gotta keep the critical things powered. I'm a great fan of my 
propane powered generator.  Propane stores indefinitely, and the thing 
runs for a little over 12 hours on a standard 20 lb. tank. Starts up a 
lot easier than gasoline generators.  Fridge, freezer, internet and 
keeping mom's stairlift powered.  When the weather is cold, fridge stuff 
can go out on the back porch and the power goes to the furnace.   One of 
the handy freebie 'gifts' I got from Uline.com is a small butane stove. 
  Bought a dozen canisters of fuel for it.

    One basic test for emergency preparation is, when your electricity 
is out, can you brew up a cup of hot coffee?  (well, tea in my case. 
*handwaves* ) This includes so many other basic things.  Water, heating 
water, and you have the pot and stuff when the electric coffee machine 
doesn't work.   Having a case of MREs on hand is also great.  they heat 
up with the only thing needed is some water to activate the heaterthing.

I also keep a couple of MREs and bottles of water in my car.  Unless you 
never drive out of the city, you can get stuck someplace and only have 
what you have in your car to survive whatever the disaster is.  Also 
handy to have when you are on a gig and they fail to provide meals, or 
meals you find inedible, and leaving to find a restaurant isn't an option.

One can go much deeper down the rathole of emergency preparedness, but a 
few basic preparations will make the inevitable crisis a lot more 
comfortable and safer.  Couple of days worth of food, drinking water, 
and a means of heating same makes so much sense.   Don't have to go buy 
all that expensive freeze dried prepper stuff either. Just keeping a few 
extra cans of your favorite heat and serve soups in the pantry, and an 
extra case of bottled water. paper plates, bowls, etc. (dishwashing 
machine doesn't work either)  If you got a gas grill, an extra tank of 
propane, and you are pretty much set.

Be well,
Dale

On 12/14/2021 9:41 PM, Stephen Lee via Stagecraft wrote:
> Yes! Thank you. My power was out for about 24 hours, but I have a small 
> inverter generator and plenty of stabilized gasoline on hand for 
> emergencies. I used it to power a few things like the fridge, freezer, 
> and the internet router (you know, the important stuff).
> 
> Once the power was restored, having a hot meal and a hot shower was 
> glorious. It's easy to make fun of getting a case of MREs with the 
> chemical bag-heaters to have on hand for emergencies, but it's 
> surprising how much of a morale booster it can be just to have some hot 
> food.
> 
> Stephen
> 
> 
> On 2021-12-12 7:11 pm, Pat Kight wrote:
> 
>> Yipes - that sounds terrifying. I hope you have power back by now!
>>
>> -- Pat Kight
>> kightp at peak.org
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>> *From:*"Stagecraft" <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
>> *To:*"Stagecraft" <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
>> *Cc:*mouse at fieldmousepro.com
>> *Sent:*Sunday, December 12, 2021 4:53:34 PM
>> *Subject:*Re: [SML] tornados
>>
>> Thanks for the prayers.
>>
>> I'm in the Nashville, TN area. We got hit with 2 of them, just north & 
>> south of downtown, though Kentucky had a much worse go of it.
>>
>> The Nashville electric utility has a real-time map of electric 
>> outages. At its peak, the map was a solid blob, with over 70,000 
>> customers without power. The crews around here have done a great job, 
>> and they've got that number down to around 7,000 as of tonight.
>>
>> The winds in my neighborhood had radar estimates of around 80 MPH. 
>> I've been through some bad storms, but this was the first one that got 
>> close enough to make me actually shelter under the stairs for a few 
>> minutes while it passed. Of course, having the power go out right 
>> before it hit probably amped up the fear factor a wee bit. :)
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>> On 2021-12-11 2:57 pm, Bill Conner via Stagecraft wrote:
>>
>>> Just hoping and praying Stagecrafters in paths of last night's 
>>> tornados are all OK.  A lot of hurting.
> 
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