Here on the south Jersey shore we are battened down….hurricane Sandy is bearing down on us – expected to make a direct hit on us.  We have water in bottles, bathtubs, etc.  Plenty of food and charcoal plus our propane powered stove to cook it.  The flooding is our greatest worry.  The tides were high even before the rain started and it is supposed to rain much more heavily over the next few days.  

My horses are staying up the street where they have been over much of the summer.  They have for room to run from falling branches, etc. up there.  The chickens are in their coop, the dogs and cats (plus the guinea pig, cockatiels, and parakeet) are inside.  Food for all of them is at hand.  If the power outages they promise go as long as predicted we can haul water from the rivers.

We have food to last a long time.  Our vintage Chambers range is propane powered so we can cook.  Lots of charcoal on hand for the bbq and dutch oven.  Several cases of water for drinking plus filled containers in the freezer and just around….we should be able to flush and drink too.   

Most of all, we have our family – two and four legged – together.  We will weather this storm, whatever it brings.  Praying for another dud, of course!

Pete said
Surely do hope that you are correct, JerseyMom!  Best to be prepared for whatever happens, though.

We have been doing the same here.  Checking and rechecking everything.  We've had rain (often just a drizzle) all day, and it is chilly.  Everything is coming from the south for now, but that system to the west threatens to dump snow on us, and it is not all that far away.

My main worry here is for the critters.  We have a trio of little dogs who are semi-feral and rather isolated from everyone else in their pen.  And the itty bitty kiity (the one that some of you remember was stranded on my roof for a couple of weeks) has just adjusted to life in the house and being allowed outside upon demand.  Now it is very confused.

Hard to believe that we were running around in short sleeves Friday!

 

Pete,   I hope all is well for you.  We have a recently rescued kitty too.  He was 1.1 pounds when found almost two weeks ago.  He's 3.5 now!  Not allowed out of his crate though because apparently he was hurled from a car resulting int a badly broken back leg and a damaged front one that fortunately is healing well.  People are so awful!!!