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[geekchick]

Things that one cannot find for love nor money here at the moment: bottled water and any batteries in sizes other than AA or AAA. I do have to wonder about people stockpiling gallons of milk though. Sna? I'm failing to see the appeal of having two and a half gallons of rancid milk sitting around if we do end up losing power.

I confess that I wasn't taking the whole hurricane thing particularly seriously until I looked at the tracking maps that show the center of the storm passing, er, relatively close to here Thursday night. (Update: they've shifted it back off to the west as of this morning.) Should be an exciting evening. =) The only thing I'm worried about really is the power; our power will go off if you just look at it wrong, so I'm expecting that it'll disappear at some point. I think tomorrow I'll try to figure out how to waterproof my leaky office, see if anyone in the state has C cells, and try to figure out what we have food-wise that doesn't require refrigeration and isn't too scary to contemplate consuming.

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[geminigirl]

The Homo Despot by me had flashlights and C and D batteries today. They also had some bottled water. Do you want me to make an early AM Home Depot run for you, before I go to work. I don't have to be in the office til noon. The catch is, I wouldn't be able to get the stuff to you til sometime around nine PM tomorrow, unless you picked it up at my office in Arlington.

[geekchick]

Thanks for the offer. =) I didn't dare try Home Despot yesterday as I couldn't get anywhere near it. I'll try the one in Manassas on the way home tonight and see if they've got batteries.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

There are probably places nearby that sell dry ice... a 5 lb block should keep your refrigerator cold for a day or so.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm just in denial, but I'm not TOO worried - we're far enough inland that I suspect the most to worry about will be tornadoes.

[geekchick]

I'm worried about wind damage/tornados and losing electricity (the latter is not at all uncommon here in the best of conditions, so I'll be more surprised if we don't than if we do). Considering how soaked the ground out here is though, flooding is likely to be an issue as well, and I *know* our office is going to get wet. It sounds from the weather statements like the Piedmont is going to get it worse than we are rain-wise.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Who sells C cells by the sea shore? *ducks & runs* ;-)

Seriously, I've been thinking of you with Isabel's approach. Take care!!

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

What about candles and/or oil lamps, if you can't find batteries?

Hopefully, if you have them, you won't need them.

[geekchick]

Yeah, we're well stocked up on candles and oil for the oil lamps and propane for the grill if needed. Now I just have to dig around and see if we have any matches. ;) The flashlights are more of a convenience for going up and down stairs in the dark without worrying about tripping over the cat (who's scared of the dark) and setting the house on fire. I'm working on the assumption that if we stock up on such things, we won't need them. *looks around for something resembling wood to knock on*

[crouchback.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

Radio shack usually ahs some kind of temporary battery..they're expensive, but it might prove useful if the power keeps going out.