Specfishin
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I'm not one to get worried about getting caught with my pants down. But 2 weeks after hurricane hermine came through, it happened to me. My power was out. Now, small interruptions are expected. They can and will happen. Trust me I know. But, this was a Sunday game time outage, dead heat of the day . I bought a couple of things in preparation for Hermine and future storms. But, I was still not prepared in the slightest. It was a small, 45 minute or hour outage. Not long IMO. I'm biased and work on these lines day in day out, so I expect it to happen and know it'll be fixed as fast as possible but according to all procedures and safety protocols. I was inconvienenced by something out of the blue. Just a failure. Maybe it was going to happen tomorrow or yesterday. Never know. But it happened and I found myself lacking preparedness for my own situation. I knew I could get by with what I did have for several hours if need be. But "what if" I had to be out for a day, several days, week or weeks? OMG the humanity! The amount of destruction caused by a "real" storm can be lifechanging. Hermine was a simple Cat1,TS that could've been way worse. Now, as I ponder what "could" happen in this coming weekend, I think, am I really prepared? That is my question to you. Are you prepared for the worst or even a bad case scenario where things just went bad for your situation? I would just like a gathering of ideas whether they be cheap, hold me overs or expensive backups or DIY reef survival tips.
I personally have a couple of marine batteries in my boat and would use them for aerators. But those only last so long. I cannot afford a home generac at the moment. So, besides an inverter runnimg a couple of wavemakers one in each tank and a aerator. I have 32 gal and 20 gal brutes for emergency water. What would you do and how/ why? I think this could be useful information from newbie to exp reefkeeper. I unfortunately would not be able to attend to these problems personally. So if my ho.e was indeed not evacuated, I would have to worry about my family and train someone to upkeep the system for ??? Hours/days. Automation would be best but, no power comes with new ideas and innovation. Either way I'd love to get some fresh ideas and experiences going from one Tampa Bay native to another about the wellbeing of our glass cage inhabitants whom reside where hurricanes are a possibility. And remember safety first don't chance your lives, leave ahead of time, evacuate when needed. Thanks
I personally have a couple of marine batteries in my boat and would use them for aerators. But those only last so long. I cannot afford a home generac at the moment. So, besides an inverter runnimg a couple of wavemakers one in each tank and a aerator. I have 32 gal and 20 gal brutes for emergency water. What would you do and how/ why? I think this could be useful information from newbie to exp reefkeeper. I unfortunately would not be able to attend to these problems personally. So if my ho.e was indeed not evacuated, I would have to worry about my family and train someone to upkeep the system for ??? Hours/days. Automation would be best but, no power comes with new ideas and innovation. Either way I'd love to get some fresh ideas and experiences going from one Tampa Bay native to another about the wellbeing of our glass cage inhabitants whom reside where hurricanes are a possibility. And remember safety first don't chance your lives, leave ahead of time, evacuate when needed. Thanks
