#231155 - 08/31/11 04:17 PM
Re: Urban Escape from NYC/Irene
[Re: Diosces]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 09/15/05
Posts: 2485
Loc: California
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We shut down and started the house correctly. Diosces, excellent planning, execution, and write up! Just one thought regarding shutting down your home--had you considered the possibility of rising floodwater pushing sewage up through your drains, especially since you note that you live in a low lying part of town?
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#231211 - 09/01/11 03:41 AM
Re: Urban Escape from NYC/Irene
[Re: Diosces]
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Geezer
Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
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I take the empty warm fridge as an opportunity to do a thorough and clean down and disinfect it. Well, I am coming back to consciousness and picking myself up off the floor. I have never known a single man in my entire life who would clean a refrigerator without having a gun held to his head. I'm shocked! I'm stunned! I'm... jealous! No flooding on our street. I am surprised as we are one of the lowest points in town. Don't assume it will be the same the next time. I live in a flood-prone area, and every single time it has flooded (four '100-yr floods' in 20 yrs), different areas have flooded, and others didn't, and they were different each time. ... some mice made their presence known by crapping all over the kitchen countertop...I've bagged two so far with old school Victor mice snap traps baited with a bit of tasty hot dog. Check all the cupboards and drawers that contain cookware, utensils and dishes, too. Not much beats peanut butter as bait. Very nice job of prepping, and the overview. Sue
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#231213 - 09/01/11 04:03 AM
Re: Urban Escape from NYC/Irene
[Re: Susan]
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Veteran
Registered: 02/27/08
Posts: 1580
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I take the empty warm fridge as an opportunity to do a thorough and clean down and disinfect it. Well, I am coming back to consciousness and picking myself up off the floor. I have never known a single man in my entire life who would clean a refrigerator without having a gun held to his head. Sue, you've gotta sit down for this, maybe check your insurance, put on your bicycle helmet: I cleaned the fridge this morning. No firearms were involved. It wasn't even dirty. I just didn't like how it was "getting there." I took out the racks, disinfected and washed them. Then I disinfected the insides and vigorously wiped down each surface. When I say I disinfected, I mean I sprayed AND waited a few minutes to let the chemicals do the killing. I even cleaned the bottom of a terrine because it had a ring. After that... HEY, SUE! ARE YOU OK? BREATHE! BREATHE! DON'T DIE ON ME LIKE THIS! So as I was saying, after that, I wiped the door handle and anywhere on the door with paw prints. After the racks dried, I put everything back together, arranging all my foods alphabetically. Da Bing, housebroken PS. Alright, that last thing wasn't true. But the rest of it I am willing to swear on any scripture of your choosing.
Edited by Bingley (09/01/11 04:04 AM)
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#231226 - 09/01/11 12:16 PM
Re: Urban Escape from NYC/Irene
[Re: Bingley]
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INTERCEPTOR
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 07/15/02
Posts: 3760
Loc: TX
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I take the empty warm fridge as an opportunity to do a thorough and clean down and disinfect it. Well, I am coming back to consciousness and picking myself up off the floor. I have never known a single man in my entire life who would clean a refrigerator without having a gun held to his head. Sue, you've gotta sit down for this, maybe check your insurance, put on your bicycle helmet: I cleaned the fridge this morning. No firearms were involved. It wasn't even dirty. I just didn't like how it was "getting there." I took out the racks, disinfected and washed them. Then I disinfected the insides and vigorously wiped down each surface. When I say I disinfected, I mean I sprayed AND waited a few minutes to let the chemicals do the killing. I even cleaned the bottom of a terrine because it had a ring. After that... HEY, SUE! ARE YOU OK? BREATHE! BREATHE! DON'T DIE ON ME LIKE THIS! So as I was saying, after that, I wiped the door handle and anywhere on the door with paw prints. After the racks dried, I put everything back together, arranging all my foods alphabetically. Da Bing, housebroken PS. Alright, that last thing wasn't true. But the rest of it I am willing to swear on any scripture of your choosing.  -Blast, much less domesticated.
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#231227 - 09/01/11 12:22 PM
Re: Urban Escape from NYC/Irene
[Re: Susan]
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Newbie
Registered: 09/03/10
Posts: 26
Loc: New Jersey
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I take the empty warm fridge as an opportunity to do a thorough and clean down and disinfect it. Well, I am coming back to consciousness and picking myself up off the floor. I have never known a single man in my entire life who would clean a refrigerator without having a gun held to his head. I'm shocked! I'm stunned! I'm... jealous! No flooding on our street. I am surprised as we are one of the lowest points in town. Don't assume it will be the same the next time. I live in a flood-prone area, and every single time it has flooded (four '100-yr floods' in 20 yrs), different areas have flooded, and others didn't, and they were different each time. ... some mice made their presence known by crapping all over the kitchen countertop...I've bagged two so far with old school Victor mice snap traps baited with a bit of tasty hot dog. Check all the cupboards and drawers that contain cookware, utensils and dishes, too. Not much beats peanut butter as bait. Very nice job of prepping, and the overview. Sue Thanks Sue. Gotcha on the chaotic nature of flooding.... Regarding the mice I think I've handled the situation but the peanut butter is a great recommendation if I see more signs. " I dont need the extra MSR dragonfly camp stove, black diamond lanterns, and several other impulse buys are going back to the local EMS store for refund."
Didn't use them this time so probably won't need them next time -or- i've already got redunancy in those areas so they're overkill? I've got stove (home made aluminun alcohol)and lighting redundancy, plus a matter of economics.
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#231228 - 09/01/11 12:31 PM
Re: Urban Escape from NYC/Irene
[Re: Arney]
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Newbie
Registered: 09/03/10
Posts: 26
Loc: New Jersey
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We shut down and started the house correctly. Diosces, excellent planning, execution, and write up! Just one thought regarding shutting down your home--had you considered the possibility of rising floodwater pushing sewage up through your drains, especially since you note that you live in a low lying part of town? Thanks Arney, Good point. In our town the domestic sanitary (sewage) line is separate from the street storm drains. Storm drains go out directly to the Hudson River while sanitary goes to sewage treatment facility. Thats not to say the sanitary can't back up into a house but I haven't heard of it recently. I know in the 70's it used to be an issue but the infrastructure has been greatly upgraded
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#231534 - 09/06/11 05:10 PM
Re: Urban Escape from NYC/Irene
[Re: Diosces]
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Old Hand
Registered: 04/16/03
Posts: 1076
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Packed our bags, 2 weeks worth of water and food, tools, and ourselves + dog into our 2010 Honda CRV. Wow! How did you fit all that in a CRV? Did you use a roof rack or something?
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