1LtCAP 4,264 Posted September 30, 2015 They make door openers with battery back ups for exactly that scenario. Although I'll never understand why people so often build garages with no man door. I see it all the time (usually when someone calls because their door opener doesn't work.) back when i built it, i was letting my paranoia get me. the only way in, is to open that 17 foot wide door. that would kinda get anyones attention. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CMJeepster 2,780 Posted September 30, 2015 Gotta get gasoline. Got beer yesterday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krdshrk 3,878 Posted September 30, 2015 you think you're joking. my mother does this. she's got an entire years worth of friggin toilet paper and paper towels at my house. when she leaves in jan., i won't hafta buy none of that shit till she comes back. This is my wife's doing. You should see our stockpile of shampoo/laundry detergent/toothpaste/etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T Bill 649 Posted September 30, 2015 Gotta get gasoline. Got beer yesterday. Interesting priorities Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CMJeepster 2,780 Posted September 30, 2015 Interesting prioritiesGotta keep 'em straight! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob0115 1,105 Posted September 30, 2015 Gotta get gasoline. Got beer yesterday. That's the order that I did it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scorpio64 5,161 Posted September 30, 2015 CMJeepster, on 30 Sept 2015 - 08:30 AM, said: Gotta get gasoline. Got beer yesterday. Interesting priorities I agree, what's with the gasoline? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10X 3,306 Posted September 30, 2015 I agree, what's with the gasoline? 1: Runs generator to keep beer fridge cold. 2: Powers car, to make additional beer runs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T Bill 649 Posted September 30, 2015 Is there some reason hurricanes do not like going to Florida anymore, inquiring minds want to know! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
67gtonut 847 Posted September 30, 2015 Florida has never been the most likely east coast target..... The Carolina's have been ground zero for most landfalls Sent from my iPhone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T Bill 649 Posted September 30, 2015 Somebody better tell NOAA then. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/paststate.shtml Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malsua 1,422 Posted September 30, 2015 This particular event isn't just Hurricane Joaquin. It's a hybrid that appears as if it's going to hook up in NC and run up the coast, dumping a lot of water and bringing high winds. The "upside" to the 12z GFS is that the impact to NJ is not as bad as if it were to make landfall and run west, leaving NJ in the NW quadrant of the hybrid storm like Sandy but with Irene levels of water. If the 12z track is accurate and it will probably change, the Chesapeake/VA/DC areas are going to have it really bad. We'll still get a lot of water, but the winds won't be quite as bad. I don't know if the Euro is still sticking to "out to sea", but even in that case, the coastal will still bring us a few inches. For what it's worth my Rain Gauge showed 3.7" inches since Sunday. Since 99.99% of that was last night, it was a hell of a rain fall. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
67gtonut 847 Posted September 30, 2015 Somebody better tell NOAA then. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/paststate.shtml ah well.... serves me right for listening to other people and not researching myself....lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CMJeepster 2,780 Posted September 30, 2015 1: Runs generator to keep beer fridge cold. 2: Powers car, to make additional beer runs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke 5,504 Posted September 30, 2015 I'll get gas on Friday. Beer? Pfft, always have that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handyman 5,682 Posted September 30, 2015 In an emergency beer is for sissies. I was drinking sterno during Hurricane Sandy. Come to think of it, I was also within a couple of hours of resorting to cannibalism. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tattooo 220 Posted October 1, 2015 In an emergency beer is for sissies. I was drinking sterno during Hurricane Sandy. Come to think of it, I was also within a couple of hours of resorting to cannibalism. :o:o:o Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
W2MC 1,699 Posted October 1, 2015 Gotta get gasoline. Got beer yesterday. x2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS1200XL 4 Posted October 1, 2015 Figures, I have to be back in NJ next week too.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scorpio64 5,161 Posted October 1, 2015 Is this going to be a double whammy? A Nor'easter with a storm surge followed by Joaquin, now a cat 2. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Golf battery 1,223 Posted October 1, 2015 Look at the radar. Were getting nothing. Maybe light rain. A lotta bs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tattooo 220 Posted October 1, 2015 I hope your right golf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Screwball 483 Posted October 1, 2015 Look at the radar. Were getting nothing. Maybe light rain. A lotta bs. Looking at radar models really doesn't say a lot yet... a lot can effect its path. All we know is it could miss us, hit us, or be somewhere in between. Remember, meteorologists are sometimes very wrong. Don't say the hell with it until that storm is past us... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
InFamous 311 Posted October 1, 2015 Right, radar doesn't mean anything. Most models are actually showing it hitting us pretty good last I looked earlier today. Again more will be known in the next 24-48 hours. I'm just gonna fill up my cars Sunday morning, wifey went and did some basic food shopping this morning and we always have 2+ cases of water in the closet anyway. She said if we lose power then she's gonna pack the kids and go to her parents who have the generator. I told her, good, then I'll stay home with loaded weapons and hang out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maintenanceguy 510 Posted October 1, 2015 Considering how hard the TV "news" tries to hype a story to get viewers, I don't believe anything they have to say. The latest report right from the National Hurricane Center (as of 26min ago) warns about possible winds, rain, etc. But also says that there is one model with a "significant probability" that the storm will move east and miss the coast. This is still 5 or 6 days away. The same people warning about "another Sandy" can't tell me with any accuracy if it's going to rain tomorrow morning. I'm ready but I'm not worried yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diamondd817 828 Posted October 1, 2015 Gotta get gasoline. Got beer yesterday. Going on emergency beer run right now!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sota 1,191 Posted October 1, 2015 Right, radar doesn't mean anything. Most models are actually showing it hitting us pretty good last I looked earlier today. Again more will be known in the next 24-48 hours. I'm just gonna fill up my cars Sunday morning, wifey went and did some basic food shopping this morning and we always have 2+ cases of water in the closet anyway. She said if we lose power then she's gonna pack the kids and go to her parents who have the generator. I told her, good, then I'll stay home with loaded weapons and hang out loaded weapons. beer. clean underwear. don't really need much else do you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sota 1,191 Posted October 1, 2015 I don't see Joaquin being as bad. Sandy wasn't devastating because she was powerful... she was devastating because she was 1000+ miles wide and moving like a snail. She pounded the ever living fuck out of eastern NJ and the NY 5 boros area for hours on end. Her storm surge was already creating havoc a day before she even started in with the rains. Joaquin just isn't that big. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djg0770 481 Posted October 1, 2015 In an emergency beer is for sissies. I was drinking sterno during Hurricane Sandy. Come to think of it, I was also within a couple of hours of resorting to cannibalism. This is a post worthy of Mipafox. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malsua 1,422 Posted October 1, 2015 Why isn't this is the prepared forum anyway? Because it's really more of a weather discussion and a heads up that includes cannibalism than specifically prepping. Not quite sure how we got to eating each other so quickly, but so it goes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites