Amazing what can be in store when a storm is coming your way and is absolutely terrifying but we do have some tips to help you prepare and a list to go through that in a panic may not think about.
Being prepared is key. If you are in an area that has tropical storms, this post will give you some important tips to follow.
From the time we moved here in 1994 until the present time, we have been through several hurricanes and seen many tornadoes, and tropical storms, and experienced in preparing.
Irma pounded us for more than 15 hours on 9/12/2017. Frances for 36 hours in 2004.
We experienced 20 tornado activities in Brevard county. Lots of floods, mobile homes ripped to sheds. Fish thrown from the rivers and alligators walking across the street in downtown Melbourne.
Prepare by adding frozen plastic water bottles and containers, condensing food in our freezer to keep cold cuts, eggs, and cheeses safe during the almost always counted-on outages is a must.
Being prepared is key. If you are in an area that has tropical storms, this post will give you some important tips to follow.
Don't waste space in your freeze with bread, cookies and things like this can be refrozen add containers of ice, big blocks will take longer to thaw and keep things cold in a cooler.
Take anything that can spoil off the freezer door and place on the racks, the door will thaw out first and spoil.
Some outages have lasted more than 12 hours, others for days and weeks.
Prepare getting gas cans filled, make sure you have 1 gallon of water per person for clean water to drink, and most important listen to what weather station says to evacuate when they say to leave in your area.
Place your led candles, batteries with flashlights, important phone numbers all in one area and charge all phone battery packs just in case you have no electricity for a few days and are hunkering down at home.
We have a list of must-haves when the power is out for you and plenty of tips below to prepare for a storm.
He always shows up and chases the biggest badest storms out there, we all admire his dedication and appreciate his knowledge to keep us up to date on these storms.
Anyone reading this I pray to keep us all safe and out of harm's way.
Being prepared is key. If you are in an area that has tropical storms, this post will give you some important tips to follow.
From the time we moved here in 1994 until the present time, we have been through several hurricanes and seen many tornadoes, and tropical storms, and experienced in preparing.
Irma pounded us for more than 15 hours on 9/12/2017. Frances for 36 hours in 2004.
We experienced 20 tornado activities in Brevard county. Lots of floods, mobile homes ripped to sheds. Fish thrown from the rivers and alligators walking across the street in downtown Melbourne.
Prepare by adding frozen plastic water bottles and containers, condensing food in our freezer to keep cold cuts, eggs, and cheeses safe during the almost always counted-on outages is a must.
Being prepared is key. If you are in an area that has tropical storms, this post will give you some important tips to follow.
Don't waste space in your freeze with bread, cookies and things like this can be refrozen add containers of ice, big blocks will take longer to thaw and keep things cold in a cooler.
Take anything that can spoil off the freezer door and place on the racks, the door will thaw out first and spoil.
Some outages have lasted more than 12 hours, others for days and weeks.
Prepare getting gas cans filled, make sure you have 1 gallon of water per person for clean water to drink, and most important listen to what weather station says to evacuate when they say to leave in your area.
Place your led candles, batteries with flashlights, important phone numbers all in one area and charge all phone battery packs just in case you have no electricity for a few days and are hunkering down at home.
We have a list of must-haves when the power is out for you and plenty of tips below to prepare for a storm.
He always shows up and chases the biggest badest storms out there, we all admire his dedication and appreciate his knowledge to keep us up to date on these storms.
Anyone reading this I pray to keep us all safe and out of harm's way.
