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Post by NamelessStain on Oct 5, 2016 17:01:53 GMT
Yea but the last models (11AM EST) moved it back to the west, with it still remaining offshore. If they continue the shift, we could have landfall south of Charleston and right over Beaufort. That would be a shit sammich.
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Post by omegaman on Oct 5, 2016 19:52:22 GMT
Bugged out of Beaufort and already at our BOL. Back roads were nice and clear! Highways are a mess, thankfully we popped smoke before mandatory evacuation routes were in place.
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Post by dannusmaximus on Oct 6, 2016 2:13:18 GMT
On the good side, frequent natural disasters in the form of hurricanes lets you guys all do live-action tests of your gear, preps and plans, right?
And yes, I'm a glass half-full kind of guy...
Be safe everybody!
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Post by NamelessStain on Oct 6, 2016 10:55:29 GMT
I'm boarded up with just a few more things to do before locking down.
Going to do some laundry tonight and fill the tubs.
Stay safe all.
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Post by as556 on Oct 6, 2016 12:02:45 GMT
Good luck gents.
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Post by NamelessStain on Oct 6, 2016 12:25:53 GMT
The retired USAF Chief from a Combat Camera Sq. and I went through ammo counts last night. We don't expect any issues, but ... you never know.
Oh and the funniest thing that happened was he told his wife to pick up water while everyone was at work, she came home with 1 case. He just looked at her and she said "I know he (referring to me) has plenty of water for us." Which I can't blame her, I told her if they ever need anything, just ask. They are both on my PAW team anyway.
Also the 2 pharmacists a few houses down said "We have all the refrigerated drugs since we can't leave them there" and they have a genny for the fridge. Woot! LOL
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Post by LowKey on Oct 6, 2016 13:30:22 GMT
The retired USAF Chief from a Combat Camera Sq. and I went through ammo counts last night. We don't expect any issues, but ... you never know. Oh and the funniest thing that happened was he told his wife to pick up water while everyone was at work, she came home with 1 case. He just looked at her and she said "I know he (referring to me) has plenty of water for us." Which I can't blame her, I told her if they ever need anything, just ask. They are both on my PAW team anyway. Also the 2 pharmacists a few houses down said "We have all the refrigerated drugs since we can't leave them there" and they have a genny for the fridge. Woot! LOL Whether it's intentional or not, sounds like you have a potential good start on a unified neighborhood. If your primary plan(s) for most scenarios involve bugging in rather than bugging out then you may want to consider some additional "stuff", assuming you haven't already gone this route. In no particular order: -Have someone drill a well on their property (with or without a permit), and store a manual pump as well as a solar pump with a holding tank This shouldn't raise any eyebrows.. The well can be shallow and "drilled yourself, as you should be treating the water just as if you'd taken it from a stream. Think of the old fountains in European villages that were the towns central water supply. Bonus points if you get a powered irrigation pump and some hose so you can use the water in the holding tank for firefighting/suppression if needed......or fire hosing a mob. Double Bonus points if that same pump can also be used to de-water an area that's been flooded. -HESCO barriers, or jury rigged ones from hog panels and landscaping cloth. If someone has a garden tractor with a scoop that would be fantastic to speed filling them. While you're at it, a few dozen rolls of concertina wire might not be amiss. Big bonus if neighbors on the outer edge of your neighborhood decide to replace privacy fences on the back edge of their property with masonry walls. -Sandbags. Both for the classic .mil type usage, but also for floods. The HESCOs mentioned above can also be used to mitigate flooding.You could always sell most of the neighborhood on the idea of the HESCOs and sandbags as anti-flooding and not mention any other possible uses. - Someone in the neighborhood, or multiple someones, should put in a classic masonry BBQ that can use charcoal or wood. Bonus if it has a roof overhead. Maybe we should start a thread on how to harden a neighborhood as opposed to all the stuff on the inter-webs about how to harden your home? |
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Post by rickoshea on Oct 7, 2016 1:47:55 GMT
Well, a bunch of my guys are leaving for Florida tomorrow morning. Heading back to Clay Electric. We spent a couple weeks there back in the crazy season of '04.
Back in 2004 they got hit by TS Bonnie around August 12th, which wasn't bad, but dropped a lot of rain on the area. The ground was already saturated when two days later, on August 14th, Hurricane Charley blew through, uprooting trees all over the place.
We worked there for 10 days, and came home around August 27th....Then on September 5th, Hurricane Frances came rolling in and tore everything down again....So we loaded-up and went back. We were there for another 6 days (with plans to stay longer) when we got recalled back home, just in time for Hurricane Ivan to tear us a new arsehole on Sept. 16th.
ETA: And then, on September 26th, those poor folks at Clay EC got hit by Hurricane Jeanne.....Bonnie, Charley, Frances, & Jeanne....all within about a six week period.
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Post by scbrian on Oct 8, 2016 14:34:34 GMT
OK Nameless - Check in... How you doing? Few down limbs over here so far. 1030a....
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Post by LowKey on Oct 8, 2016 15:24:16 GMT
OK Nameless - Check in... How you doing? Few down limbs over here so far. 1030a.... Good to hear you made it though okay. |
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Post by Browning35 on Oct 8, 2016 16:25:33 GMT
Bugged out of Beaufort and already at our BOL. Back roads were nice and clear! Highways are a mess, thankfully we popped smoke before mandatory evacuation routes were in place. Just curious, what all did you take? Family photos, albums, wife's jewelry, all the guns or just some of them, some clothes, resumes, laptops or diplomas??? I've always figured on bugging in for the most part, but always had a mental dilemma as to what to take and what to leave. I'd realistically need a trailer for all the stuff we have if we were going to take just the important stuff. Do you just take one full carload and hope for the best in regard to looters or the weather? Luckily there's only 3 types of disasters around here that would force us out. Tornado (which if it hit our house would somewhat make the choice for us), flooding (we are near a lake, but luckily we're uphill and it would take a lot of water before it got to us) and then major rioting/civil unrest (wrong demographic here). It could happen though. Need to come up with a list of what to take. When we move to the new house I need to make getting a trailer a priority. Having too much survival shit is a good problem to have I guess, but it's still a problem. |
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Post by omegaman on Oct 8, 2016 18:22:58 GMT
Bugged out of Beaufort and already at our BOL. Back roads were nice and clear! Highways are a mess, thankfully we popped smoke before mandatory evacuation routes were in place. Just curious, what all did you take? Family photos, albums, wife's jewelry, all the guns or just some of them, some clothes, resumes, laptops or diplomas??? I've always figured on bugging in for the most part, but always had a mental dilemma as to what to take and what to leave. I'd realistically need a trailer for all the stuff we have if we were going to take just the important stuff. Do you just take one full carload and hope for the best in regard to looters or the weather? Luckily there's only 3 types of disasters around here that would force us out. Tornado (which if it hit our house would somewhat make the choice for us), flooding (we are near a lake, but luckily we're uphill and it would take a lot of water before it got to us) and then major rioting/civil unrest (wrong demographic here). It could happen though. Need to come up with a list of what to take. When we move to the new house I need to make getting a trailer a priority. Having too much survival shit is a good problem to have I guess, but it's still a problem. Thankfully, we are staying with well-prepared friends, so we didn't have to worry about bringing tons of gear. We made sure our insurance was good to go and only packed photo albums and important docs that are already in a firebox. I did bring my laptop and hardrive backup with everything for work and school. In addition to my normal CCW (G29), I packed a go-bag with a G19, AR, and a reasonable amount of magazines. Everything was dog food, baby stuff(which was most of what we packed!), and beer. The big part was always having a plan with like-minded people and following thru. |
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Post by omegaman on Oct 8, 2016 18:25:23 GMT
OK Nameless - Check in... How you doing? Few down limbs over here so far. 1030a.... Good to hear! Still waiting on word from Nameless. Reports from my AO are bad. No power with lots of downed trees and water. Glad we bugged out. |
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Post by scbrian on Oct 8, 2016 18:56:16 GMT
95 shut down from almost your AO to Columbia. Gonna text Nameless and see if I get a response...
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Post by scbrian on Oct 8, 2016 19:02:11 GMT
Nameless doing ok. Lost Power, Lost his mailbox, but otherwise ok.
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