<p>DD’s school, which is a 1/2 mile from the beach in NJ, has cancelled classes for Monday and Tuesday. They have advised all students to go home over the weekend. Those student unable to go home will be able to remain but should expect to have no power. DS1, who works at the nuclear power plant in the middle of the Delaware, is preparing for a direct hit. Probably won’t hear from him until the end of the week!</p>
<p>My oldest son and his pregnant wife live in Boston and have a contract on a house there…I’m so glad they don’t own it yet! They are still in the stage of negotiating some needed repairs with the current owners.</p>
<p>S2 and S3 live in DC.</p>
<p>So I get to worry about the whole bunch of them.</p>
<p>I did just read a good post on a local website - ED deadline is November 1, so seniors might want to not wait until Wednesday, Oct 31 to hit the ‘send’ button, because they may not have power to do so. </p>
<p>I’m a bit surprised Monmouth is cancelling classes. I remember Rutgers telling parents to take their Freshman home after dropping them off on the Saturday Irene hit in August 2011. We laughed saying that D1 was safer in her concrete block dorm with no trees nearby than our wooden house surrounded by at least 10 large trees that could hit the house if they fell. Turns out the campus was nearly unreachable because of the flooded Raritan River and getting in/out of our neighborhood was like a Family Circus cartoon because of the downed trees & wires. </p>
<p>Getting very concerned for NJ. It will be a mess. At least we haven’t had a wet fall, so the ground is not saturated, however lots of leaves already pushed into the street in my neighborhood, which will clog the storm drains.</p>
<p>This may sound trivial in the grand scheme of things , but I worry about my corgis. There short little legs don’t get them out of water when nature calls. I don’t have any high ground…I just picked up dog food at the feed and grain supply store and the lines there were insane compared to BJs…guess I am not the only person who is worried about the furry family members</p>
<p>A friend of ours just left for NJ, driving a generator to her parents because they are sold out everywhere. One of the best tips I heard before Irene was to fill any open space in your freezer with ziplocs full of water. The large pieces of ice will last much longer than cubes.</p>
<p>lje62, There was a very sweet corgi at our Cape May B&B this week.</p>
<p>Picked up supplies at the grocery store at lunchtime. I had trouble finding a parking place. They had three very long shelves of Poland Spring gallons and about 1.5 shelves were empty. Lots of people in the bottled water isle and all over the store in general. I picked up some canned stuff and stuff in plastic pouches - all of this stuff doesn’t have to be cooked. We’re about halfway through charging batteries but we already have more than enough for a few days. We have three tablets charged as well and I expect that others will have charged phones.</p>
<p>I didn’t buy any wine as I don’t drink alcohol outside of an ounce or two per year.</p>
<p>You can also fill empty water bottles 2/3 w water and put in the freezer to take up space. </p>
<p>At least the weather next week is not going to be as hot as it was after Irene, nor as cold as the October snowstorm. </p>
<p>I’ve heard of neighbor’s buying generators on Amazon and paying $3.99 for overnight delivery if they have Prime. The issue is keeping your sump pump running if you lose power.</p>
<p>1moremom - good thing you went to Cape May this week:</p>
<p>[Hurricane</a> Sandy: Evacuations may be ordered in Cape May County | NJ.com](<a href=“Hurricane Sandy: Evacuations may be ordered in Cape May County - nj.com”>Hurricane Sandy: Evacuations may be ordered in Cape May County - nj.com)</p>
<p>Yikes. We were evacuated from the Outer Banks one year (Hurricane Bertha); I’m sorry for everyone who has to deal with the possibility. I suppose it is the price one pays for living close to the ocean.</p>
<p>Stay safe everyone! Prepare for the worse pray for the best. </p>
<p>My power goes out in any major storm. After living in South Florida, I know the drill but it will not be fun. </p>
<p>[Hurricane</a> Sandy on collision course with mid-Atlantic and Northeast - Capital Weather Gang - The Washington Post](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/hurricane-sandy-on-collision-course-with-mid-atlantic-and-northeast/2012/10/26/1f82c84c-1f7d-11e2-9cd5-b55c38388962_blog.html]Hurricane”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/hurricane-sandy-on-collision-course-with-mid-atlantic-and-northeast/2012/10/26/1f82c84c-1f7d-11e2-9cd5-b55c38388962_blog.html)</p>
<p>boyx3, I’m there with you…with one D in Maryland, and one in Boston…ugh.</p>
<p>D texted and ask what she should get for supplies. She is in RI. As we are earthquake ready (mostly) some of the things I told her:</p>
<p>Put extra shoes and boots in the car
Have $ in small bills
Fill the gas tank
Food that does not need to be cooked
Water- a gallon a day for 3 days
Flashlight and batteries
A printed map of the local shelters–may not have internet or cell
Games and friends and food and water for friends and neighbors
Toilet Paper and a plan (i.e. bucket)
Buy an app for iphone so can track the situaion</p>
<p>We also have a tent and sleeping bags and a campstove and medications and so on as in the event of an earthquake would be living in the yard. Old shoes are under the head of each bed. Backpacks with $, water, gloves and crow bar, protein bars and a list of phone number in each car. I volunteered 3 weeks after Katrina…</p>
<p>She surprised and pleased me by saying she might leave her car at school in the parking garage on a high level as she does not want it to get flooded. I am glad she is taking this seriously.
Her top floor apartment has windows in every single room. There is a back stairwell that might work between the windows there or her bedroom closet.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reminder that the car can recharge her cell phone. I will remind her to take the charger with her if she leaves it school 2 miles away. She could then use it in her friend/neighbors car.</p>
<p>I went to Dick’s today to look for a small camp stove and found one for $9.99 that needed sterno. No sterno at Dick’s, none at Target, and none at Lowe’s (but maybe I could get it online). Fortunately the party supply store had lots of the stuff (and I do mean LOTS). We are good to go.</p>
<p>Dumb question but how do you vote early?</p>
<p>I was in DC on presidents day weekend 2003…when it snowed almost 30 inches. We were supposed to be there Friday to Monday and didn’t get home until Thursday.</p>
<p>We are hoping we are far enough inland and north that this storm just brushes us.</p>
<p>I bought a new car recently and was pleasantly surprised that it had two 12/120 Volt outlets and a USB charging port. I guess that these are standard in cars today and it’s pretty nice - if I need to charge my phone, I can do it in the car with just a cable.</p>
<p>As I said on the Cape May thread, H and I are heading down there tonight so he can spend tomorrow finishing the job of fixing the front stoop roof pillars. We’re very near the Delaware Bay and the maps have been showing the storm going right up it. Hoping it doesn’t flood too much. It’s too bad it’s a full moon week. We’ll drive back Sunday before, I hope, it gets too bad out there.</p>
<p>D is on her way from her place in Baltimore, to Homecoming events in central PA. She’ll be driving back on Sunday. I nagged her incessantly about leaving early enough to be back in time to hunker down. PLEASE, JustaD, listen to your mommy. :eek:</p>
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