Hello Irene
We’ve got a Tropical Storm Warning for tomorrow night through Sunday here, thanks to Hurricane Irene. We’ve stowed away all of our deck furniture. I’m anticipating/expecting a power outage of 1-2 days (hopefully no more than that), so we’ve stuffed our downstairs freezer full and set it to its coldest setting. If/when we lose power, we’ll put a blanket on the big freezer and take everything out of our fridge and put it in an ice chest for easy access. We’ll fill the tub tomorrow (after everyone’s had what might be their last shower for a few days) so we can have water to flush the toilets. I’m making extra ice and will fill our big 5-gallon cooler with ice & water tomorrow for drinking. I’ve located all of the flashlights and made sure we have enough batteries. I’ve put out some candles and located the matches. We’ve got charcoal for the grill. We have some gas in our cars, and some cash, if we need to get anything after the storm passes. Sammi’s all freaked out about the storm (because she’s Sammi), but I’m feeling okay about it. Barring any freak wind damage, which I can’t really prepare for, we’re as ready as we can be. I like having actual warning of a catastrophic power outage, for a change.
2 comments 
August 26th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
We have done all those things, and added “we went to the store and bought chocolate” to your list. Since our tubs don’t always hold the water long enough, we will fill some containers and leave them in the bathrooms as well. We have also had to drai. Our hot water heater before, which was annoying and useful at the same time.
August 28th, 2011 at 6:28 am
Hope you are ok and that the storm passes without any incident. Please update when you can. I worry about my favourite bloggers!