ICE STORM Preparation Tips

[the_donger]

Chain saw!

[billm_usa1]

Well we made it thru without losing power. The only thing I wasn't prepared for was having my truck tires frozen to the ground. Being a two wheel drive the back wheels are sitting on 1" of ice and the front wheels are packe in ice.
The back wheels spin real nice and smooth.

My neighbor's 4 wheel drive is also frozen in. His left front and right rear spin freely'

I have packed salt around the tires trying to melt the ice.

[DJD]

Well we made it thru without losing power. The only thing I wasn't prepared for was having my truck tires frozen to the ground. Being a two wheel drive the back wheels are sitting on 1" of ice and the front wheels are packe in ice.
The back wheels spin real nice and smooth.

My neighbor's 4 wheel drive is also frozen in. His left front and right rear spin freely'

I have packed salt around the tires trying to melt the ice.

Wow! We didn't have that when we got nailed years ago. Nothing drives safe on an inch of ice! That's amamzing you didn't lose power, are most of your power local lines run underground? Be careful out there.

[peter]

Go to home depot or lowes or where ever right now and get what you need. I thought I was on the ball the morning after our storm and got to home depot at 7:30am. The store was already cleaned out. They said there were people in line at 6 am.

Get a generator and run a wire to your furnace if you have a gas furnace so you can run the fan and whatever else runs off electricity in the furnace. Get some romex and a plug for the generator side and just follow the wires going into the furnace.

Disclaimer-only have a licensed electrician do this. Bigger the das tank the better. Five gallons works well my tank is one gallon and I had to set an alarm hourly to go fill it up.

Take a shower today.

[HURRICANEBOB]

A key to the backdoor of the closest neighbor who has a generator and beer.

"Plan to take advantage of the prepared" is my motto.