Recent Storms in WV and Va
Bornthatway has given me great things review and change in our emergency preparations. There is no need to repeat them here. Here is the link to her post on Born that way's SHTF experience. http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...HTF-experience
I would like to add a few things to add to your prevention plan.
1. The major tree service in our area offers tree evaluations at nominal charge and occasional free offers. they evaluated my neighbors tree and determined that it had hollow trunk about 10 feet up the massive Oak. The tree would have demolished the house a garage and perhaps my house depending on which way it wanted to fall. The the prevention was put in place and tree has been removed.
2. This seems obvious but. If you have a tree come down on your property or are helping a neighbor cut up a fallen tree, Make sure and know for a fact that the tree hasn't taken power lines with. The end result of hitting a live wire is obvious and undesirable.
3. As it turns out the next town over has a 1938 water system that is in the process of being updated. How ever in the mean time, a major power outage like the one on Friday took out the pumping station that pumped the water to the water towers. They do not have a back up generator on the water system. They put out a water conservation notice. If I am understanding the information correctly. That effected the system that supplied the fire hydrants with water pressure. Remember small town. It would have been a bad situation if a fire broke out and the water pressure was not there. Make sure you have extinguishers and that they are charged.
My house looks like there no damage, a phone call confirmed that.
Here is a link to photos of storm damage in and around Beverly, WV. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...2092461&type=1
From the link above. Our black smith shop has been put on hold. At least the meeting with a woman who wants to donate a bunch of blacksmithing tools to the museum is still on schedule when I return home. There is enough of the structure intact that I hope it can be rebuilt.
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