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SteveieB
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Reged: Mon
Posts: 27
Loc: Oviedo, Florida

Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday
Sun May 28 2006 02:22 PM

The few lessons we learned after going through Charley in Oviedo, FL are:
After the last "normal" dinner you eat and the dishes are all clean, run the disposal. We had fish for dinner about 3 hours before we lost power for 4 days. It was pretty smelly. Turn up the water heater, we made ours last for about 3 days at our normal temps. BE CAREFUL, if you have small kids I wouldn't do this. Charge every battery you can for power tools, etc. The best items we have are the camping stove and lantern. Dual fuel, i.e. runs on gasoline. I think the camp stove is substanially more efficient than a grill for boilng water. The grill does a marvelous job for frozen pizza, my wife perfected that technique. With the grill and camp stove we can cook anything. The camp lantern does a great job of providing light for a large portion of the house. The back of our house is a lot of glass, we placed the lantern out on a table on the pool deck and it threw enough light that we didn't need flashlights for the majority of tasks. A good ice chest is better than trying to keep the fridge cold, you don't lose as much of the cold air everytime we opened it. Just have a big party and cook everything you can't save.

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Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	MikeC	Sun May 28 2006 02:22 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	muppett23	Wed May 31 2006 06:10 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Lee-Delray	Wed May 31 2006 06:30 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	CaneTrackerInSoFl	Wed May 31 2006 06:15 PM
Re: season percentages	Cat 5orBust	Wed May 31 2006 05:33 PM
Re: season percentages	Clark	Wed May 31 2006 07:10 PM
Re: season percentages	Margie	Wed May 31 2006 08:35 PM
Re: season percentages	GuppieGrouper	Wed May 31 2006 10:56 PM
its on! comments on recent posts; a main board reminder	HanKFranK	Thu Jun 01 2006 12:45 AM
subtropics	Clark	Sun May 28 2006 06:51 PM
Subtropics~Numero Uno	danielw	Tue May 30 2006 07:07 PM
Re: Subtropics~	danielw	Tue May 30 2006 08:14 PM
Re: Subtropics~	Margie	Wed May 31 2006 09:05 AM
Hurricane Supplies	Colleen A.	Wed May 31 2006 12:56 AM
Re: Hurricane Supplies	CoalCracker	Thu Jun 01 2006 08:30 PM
Re: Hurricane Supplies	TDW	Wed May 31 2006 11:48 AM
Re: Hurricane Supplies	Rabbit	Wed May 31 2006 01:05 PM
Re: Hurricane Supplies	Margie	Wed May 31 2006 02:02 PM
Re: Hurricane Supplies	Rabbit	Wed May 31 2006 02:52 PM
Re: Hurricane Supplies	Margie	Wed May 31 2006 03:43 PM
tx low	HanKFranK	Wed May 31 2006 05:33 PM
Re: subtropics	HanKFranK	Tue May 30 2006 09:33 AM
Re: subtropics	Storm Hunter	Tue May 30 2006 11:25 AM
Re: subtropics	martinclone	Tue May 30 2006 05:22 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	ltpat228	Sat May 27 2006 09:18 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	GuppieGrouper	Sun May 28 2006 09:12 AM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	RedingtonBeachGuy	Mon May 29 2006 06:23 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	danielw	Mon May 29 2006 07:37 PM
BOC, GOM and ATL	danielw	Mon May 29 2006 08:13 PM
Re: BOC, GOM and ATL	GuppieGrouper	Mon May 29 2006 08:33 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Littlebit	Mon May 29 2006 08:13 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Kimster	Mon May 29 2006 04:30 AM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Clark	Sun May 28 2006 12:02 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Rob1966	Sun May 28 2006 12:12 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Wait'l next year! Cubs win W S - No hurricanes	Sun May 28 2006 01:20 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Ronn	Mon May 29 2006 07:58 AM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	JMII	Tue May 30 2006 09:08 AM
Re: BOC	kaiseroll	Mon May 29 2006 02:15 PM
Re: BOC	CaneTrackerInSoFl	Mon May 29 2006 02:47 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	jbmusic	Sun May 28 2006 01:26 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Robert A	Sun May 28 2006 05:11 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	SteveieB	Sun May 28 2006 02:22 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	jbmusic	Sun May 28 2006 12:25 PM
back to normal	Clark	Fri May 26 2006 11:41 AM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Colleen A.	Wed May 24 2006 12:40 AM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Katie	Thu May 25 2006 11:39 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Hometownweather.net	Wed May 24 2006 12:45 PM
Re: classifying hurricanes	Cat 5orBust	Mon May 22 2006 04:58 PM
Re: classifying hurricanes	Convergence	Mon May 22 2006 08:29 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Clark	Mon May 22 2006 12:49 PM
gfs voodoo	HanKFranK	Mon May 22 2006 03:17 PM
Re: gfs voodoo	sara33	Mon May 22 2006 04:41 PM
Re: gfs voodoo	Clark	Mon May 22 2006 11:22 PM
Re: gfs voodoo	GuppieGrouper	Tue May 23 2006 07:46 AM
Re: gfs voodoo	Random Chaos	Tue May 23 2006 07:54 AM
Re: gfs voodoo	Steve H1	Tue May 23 2006 12:39 PM
Re: gfs voodoo	NewWatcher	Tue May 23 2006 12:50 PM
Re: gfs voodoo	danielw	Wed May 24 2006 01:17 AM
Re: gfs voodoo	CaneTrackerInSoFl	Tue May 23 2006 02:37 PM
123go	Margie	Tue May 23 2006 12:39 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Wingman51	Mon May 22 2006 07:19 AM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Psyber	Fri May 26 2006 01:27 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	firebug814	Fri May 26 2006 02:54 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	ShanaTX	Fri May 26 2006 03:34 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	jbmusic	Fri May 26 2006 03:53 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	madmumbler	Sat May 27 2006 09:56 AM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	GuppieGrouper	Sat May 27 2006 01:53 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Margie	Fri May 26 2006 04:35 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	GuppieGrouper	Sun May 21 2006 09:39 AM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	MikeC	Sun May 21 2006 12:00 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Wait'l next year! Cubs win W S - No hurricanes	Tue May 23 2006 06:03 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Beaumont, TX	Mon May 29 2006 01:06 AM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	ShanaTX	Tue May 23 2006 10:50 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Wait'l next year! Cubs win W S - No hurricanes	Wed May 24 2006 02:22 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	ShanaTX	Thu May 25 2006 03:05 AM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	vvvteddybearvvv	Sun May 21 2006 10:29 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	sara33	Mon May 22 2006 04:43 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	hockeyucf	Mon May 22 2006 10:06 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	poolwatcher	Sat May 27 2006 03:13 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Clark	Sat May 27 2006 03:34 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	GuppieGrouper	Sat May 27 2006 03:28 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Softtalk	Tue May 30 2006 03:47 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Major7	Tue May 30 2006 05:26 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Lee-Delray	Tue May 30 2006 06:02 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	ShanaTX	Sat May 27 2006 04:14 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	poolwatcher	Sat May 27 2006 05:12 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	ShanaTX	Sat May 27 2006 08:19 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	lee haycook	Mon May 29 2006 04:06 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Littlebit	Sun May 28 2006 01:02 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	Bloodstar	Sat May 27 2006 05:41 PM
Re: Florida Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday	mojorox	Sun May 28 2006 10:36 AM
Gulf of Mexico??	danielw	Sun May 21 2006 11:18 PM
Re: Gulf of Mexico??	Hootowl	Mon May 22 2006 11:25 AM
Re: Gulf of Mexico??	RedingtonBeachGuy	Mon May 22 2006 12:14 AM

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