Storm Prep

Tonight we'll be getting hit with a Nor'Easter, so, I'm in the middle of storm prep. I know it seems like I'm focused on this quite a bit since I also did a power outage post, but in our area of the country it's important to be prepared. The storm forecast is for winds of 30-40 mph, sleet, freezing rain and 3-6 inches of snow.

Storm Prep List:

1. Fill all water bottles/buckets
2. Bring wood in (for our wood stove)
3. Water plants/fill humidifiers
4. All laundry done
5. Run dishwasher / wash all bottles
6. Get all flashlights around- place 1 next to bed and the rest on kitchen table
7. Check on spare batteries- have enough?
8. Check pantry- make sure stocked w/necessities
9. Charge all electronics- tablets and phones
10. Animals Ready- fill guinea pig water bottle / fill dog dish / put shovel next to back door to shovel path for dog to go outside

 I got most of it done during my lunch time but the dishes and filling all the water containers until my little man went to bed. During my prep I found one of the flashlights were dead and we didn't have any spare 6-volt batteries.

The last thing I did was make sure that I had showered and had given my little guy a bath. If you are without power and water you'll have to go without showers.

I'm posting this tonight because if I don't have power tomorrow when I wake up, my internet will be down and I don't want to waste my phone battery on non-essentials, like checking when the power will come back on.