[Mkguild] [TSA] A visit from Sandy

[Christian OKane]

  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' 
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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 
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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. 
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