CBC Radio was broadcasting a call in show for the duration of the storm (from around 10pm until noon today). This morning during our drive around town we heard an older lady call in from Nova Scotia and say "Just as a precaution I cooked all of the meat in my deep freezer yesterday".
I had visions of kitchen counters piled high with steaming roasts, hamburger helper, full salmons and turkeys, and pogos* hot out of the oven.
I'm all for going overboard when it comes to storm preparations...but cooking ALL of the meat in your deep freezer? Wowzers.
Here are the things I did to prepare for the storm:
- Blogged
- Checked every.single.weather report
- Bought batteries for headlamps and lattern
- Charged camera & GPS batteries
- Filled up the car for an auxiliary power source and damage touring
- Cleared some branches from windows around the house
- Cleaned out some rain gutters
- Got some groceries (needed them anyway)
- Checked first aid kit - restocked what was needed
- Made sure we had enough water saved up
What did you do to prepare? Did you cook all of the meat in the freezer too?
* Pogos probably contain no real meat.
Comments
Amber - November 4, 2007 12:45 PM
I moved Benji's cage into my room (rather than by the balcony doors where it usually is), put a flashlight next to my bed and went to sleep. I was obsessively checking weather reports... until I realized I could get the most comprehensive news by just reading your blog.
Dan James - November 4, 2007 12:53 PM
Glad to hear Benji survived the night (well I assume he did). I did go a little overboard on the whole blogging-the-storm thing... I see it as a warm up for when the big one hits.
Rob L. - November 4, 2007 4:57 PM
I heard the meat cooking lady too. I just finished telling someone about it, and we had a good laugh and remarked at some of the crazy precautions people were taking. Thankfully Y3K is not for another thousand years or so.
Alan - November 4, 2007 6:56 PM
When I lived in the Ottawa Valley in the mid-90s there were an inordinate number of news reports relating to "pogo pots" being the source of late night weekend house fires, people getting all loaded up and licking their lips waiting for the hot oil to smoke so they can make that tasty treat of a meat-like substance on a stick. Add a hurricane and the mind boggles.