Not for Boomershoot. I’m always ready for that. No, I’m ready for another snowstorm, but thankfully, it look like we’re only in line for a little more wind.
Speaking of being ready, co-worker and friend, Paul, and his better half have set up their own prepper site, called Emergency Focus. Its brand new with only a few posts so far, but do go take a looksee.
Thankfully, we did not lose power during the snow-event at Firebase Blue, though there was some minor damage to the structure and landscaping. We have a steel shingled roof which, when the sun comes out or the temp warms up, tends to let the snow come off in great sheets. Because of this, we lost a couple short sections of gutter which will have to be replaced and reinstalled.
We also lost a decent sized section of the cherry tree in front of the house. I’ll be getting the chainsaw out sometime later this week to see how much of it I can save. Just waiting for a dry day.
Not one to rest on my laurels, feeling safe because the lights stayed on “this time”, I have a few selected items I plan on purchasing during 2012 so that I have a back up source for the zap-juice. Some of these I have been wanting to get for some time, and “the near future” seems like a good time.
The first item on the list is this BUPS/UPS system I found a link to via Instapundit. He’s got a couple of them and swears by them. The next items will be at least two of these inverters. I also need to get more solar battery chargers.
One of the things that had fallen off my “To Do List” that shouldn’t have was the conversion of my 5500Watt generator from Gasoline to Propane. I’ve always got a full cylinder around here and I think that if I actually get off my ass and do the conversion, I’d probably go buy and fill a 30 gallon or larger cylinder just for good measure.
So, when I get the money I loaned the federal government at no interest during 2011 back in a couple weeks or so, I’ve got a plan for it.
Lastly (and I’m sure I’m not the only one who was already thinking of doing this), if you want to see how to make two of these
Look like this
Click on this link. Yes there is “funky writing” there, so if that frightens you, then just don’t click on the link. Otherwise, enjoy.
But please, don’t blame me if you spend all day at work thinking about how you’d do yours up. I know I’m going to have trouble sleeping because I want to get three of them.
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