Hurricane Survival in the Urban Jungle
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cabensonA week ago at this very time, our only concern was the fact that Smokey had a cut on his paw and was bleeding all over everything.And it was a little breezy out. Little did we know that we would face F1-strength hurricane winds for the next 7 hours and lose our power for the next 7 days.
We knew we were expecting some high winds, maybe 30-40 mph, as Ike made his way through. We were NOT expecting Ike to pull down a jet stream of 100 mph to the surface, and rage through the state with 70-85mph winds for seven hours.
We knew we were in trouble when we saw our neighbor's roof take off
She also lost both storm doors- (I held onto one as the wind blew until I could get down to unscrew it trying to save the frame from being ripped out). We had no rain or lightning...just gale force winds.
The damage in our little hood was unreal. We were EXTREMELY lucky-all we lost was our grill lid.
These were within 2 blocks of our home.
We learned that we would be without power for 5-7 days, so we got some essential non-perishables:
Our liquor cabinet was already stocked, we just needed to learn to take our drinks neat.
A few days later, Mrs. CB found ICE!!! so we got stuff to cook out. We were able to eat out a couple times, and we found a small firepit at Lowe's...so Campfire Cooking ala Cabenson:
Making pizzas and roasting corn
My prep area complete with alcohol
Mmmm...veggie pizza
and dessert!!
Friday night we invited our neighbors over for hotdogs and corn:
My Infamous Bundt Pan Baked Beans
Just another Friday night in Columbus, Ohio
Our typical evenings for a week:
We got really lucky, and aside from only missing the internet in the evenings, we got by pretty well. Not that I ever want to go through that again!
We hit the store this morning and have started the slow re-stock of our fridge and freezer. And tonight I am cooking a meal INDOORS!!
We knew we were expecting some high winds, maybe 30-40 mph, as Ike made his way through. We were NOT expecting Ike to pull down a jet stream of 100 mph to the surface, and rage through the state with 70-85mph winds for seven hours.
We knew we were in trouble when we saw our neighbor's roof take off
She also lost both storm doors- (I held onto one as the wind blew until I could get down to unscrew it trying to save the frame from being ripped out). We had no rain or lightning...just gale force winds.
The damage in our little hood was unreal. We were EXTREMELY lucky-all we lost was our grill lid.
These were within 2 blocks of our home.
We learned that we would be without power for 5-7 days, so we got some essential non-perishables:
Our liquor cabinet was already stocked, we just needed to learn to take our drinks neat.
A few days later, Mrs. CB found ICE!!! so we got stuff to cook out. We were able to eat out a couple times, and we found a small firepit at Lowe's...so Campfire Cooking ala Cabenson:
Making pizzas and roasting corn
My prep area complete with alcohol
Mmmm...veggie pizza
and dessert!!
Friday night we invited our neighbors over for hotdogs and corn:
My Infamous Bundt Pan Baked Beans
Just another Friday night in Columbus, Ohio
Our typical evenings for a week:
We got really lucky, and aside from only missing the internet in the evenings, we got by pretty well. Not that I ever want to go through that again!
We hit the store this morning and have started the slow re-stock of our fridge and freezer. And tonight I am cooking a meal INDOORS!!
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Date: 2008-09-21 07:36 pm (UTC)Some friends in Canton lost their power as well, but not for that long. I was really worried about my parents -- they are older and my dad uses a cane, so I could just picture him falling down the stairs in the dark, or my mom setting the house on fire with a candle -- but luckily their only problem was spotty cable service. (They were not happy about that, though.)