[Mkguild] [TSA] A visit from Sandy
christian okane
chrisokane at optimum.net
Fri Nov 9 17:52:23 UTC 2012
Well I am back at home! Hurrah! Power came back on last night. It's been out for 10 days. I am mad at the power company for taking so long but to be fair they did get hit by a hurricane and a Northeaster 2 mega storms in a row!
Chris
From: mkguild-bounces at lists.integral.org [mailto:mkguild-bounces at lists.integral.org] On Behalf Of Christian OKane
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 6:46 PM
To: mkguild at lists.integral.org
Subject: Re: [Mkguild] [TSA] A visit from Sandy
Well i am at work and accessing the internet there. i can get to my optimum account but not my aol one. Things are looking better but still looking at 5 to 7 days with no power. I hope that accessment is wrong!
Happy Halloween!
Chris
The Lurking Fox
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Christian OKane wrote:
I am all right but still without power and very limited internet access.
Chris
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:25 AM, Bruce Bergman wrote:
A few thoughts from the Opposite End of the country - Earthquake Country, Los Angeles.
If you don't have a good OFFSITE backup of your computer data (Especially the Authors and Artists!), get thee to http://www.carbonite.com or another provider and get that trial account setup and the upload started Right Now before the storm gets bad enough to drop the Internet or local power at your house. They have 2-week free trial periods so you don't have to pay till you see they've got it all safely stowed away. Discounts are available - www.techguylabs.com among several that'll get you two months free when you pay.
And do any local backups on external hard drives so they're up to date also - then go stash that external hard drive in your Bug-Out Bag. And if you don't have one packed, do that too - Copies of Presctriptions, a few changes of clothes, essential paperwork, photos and keepsakes that can't be lost. etc.
A separate bag with several days worth of canned and dry foods, Jerky, granola bars and trail mix etc., bottled water and other stuff that might mess up the electronics and paperwork you have in the other bag if it leaks.
Make sure your car (or cars plural) has full tanks of gas and are ready to go - More than one and you might have to decide which one to take at the last second, or you have multiple drivers available and you can take them both/all to a safer area. Or the car that you prepared gets a tree dropped on it (or just won't start...) and the other one had better be ready to go too.
For those in Earthquake Country with me, you always want to refill your car when you get below a half-tank, or as soon as you get to your destination so you can always get back home. You won't get advance warning on earthquakes, a half-tank is a whole lot better than Empty. And virtually no gas stations have backup generators, so buying fuel will be near impossible with the utility power off.
Have some Cash on hand - No power, No phones = No credit cards. Checks probably not unless you're a regular repeat customer.
If you have a generator, go out now and make sure it starts - After the power fails is not the time. Have a stout chain and lock to secure it to a tree or an outdoor porch pillar as it runs, or it might decide to go Walkies on you when a neighbor realizes you have one and they don't... And have extra gasoline to run it stashed away from it secured in the garage or an outbuilding - not in the Living Room.
A little late now, but when you buy a few Fire Extinguishers for around the house don't shop on price alone, the average Hardware Store $12 special might hold pressure but if the siphon tube breaks internally it will not work when you need it - That is the worst time to find out. Get Professional grade like the Amerex Model 417 for each car and truck, and Amerex 500 for the house - one at every exit door. They can be refilled and recertified every few years where the plastic-head cheapies cant.
Ob{TSA}: If you have a Bolo, IDE or RIDE at home (or just a lot of computer and electronic gear), you can still get Halotron and other "Clean Agent" fire extinguishers that won't mess up the Sarium batteries or Fuser Tanks any worse than the fire did. (If you have older Halon 1211 Extinguishers, make sure to take them in for a refill every six years minimum - the O-ring seals need changing or they can dry out and leak that expensive agent.)
And if you have a Mini Tokamak in your IDE, the power failing is the least of your worries. ;-)
Gee, can you tell what I did as a hobby for a bunch of years? Ibyhagrre Frnepu Grnz jbexvat jvgu YNCQ. And it's sad that nothing supports ROT-13 natively anymore...
--<< Bruce >>--
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From: Phil Geusz <pgeusz at resistingarrest.net>
To: christian okane <chrisokane at optimum.net>
Cc: 'TSA Talk' <tsa-talk at lists.integral.org>; 'Metamor Keep' <MKGuild at lists.integral.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [TSA] A visit from Sandy
Best of luck to you and all TSA-ers in the path of the coming storm!
Phil =:3
On Oct 28, 2012, at 1:19 PM, christian okane < chrisokane at optimum.net <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('chrisokane at optimum.net')> > wrote:
Well we are battening down for Sandy's arrival tomorrow. We're stocked up on batteries, water, food (including the all important muffin supply!). It's supposed to hit tomorrow and last thru tuesday. I'm expecting to be without power for a few days. I will have limited email access at work so I'll be sure to send an update when I have one.
Chris
The Lurking Fox
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