The Governor of North Carolina is preparing for the worst, and hoping for the best. The “drought” that has Duke Power’s series of dams on the Catawba River at alarmingly low 93% of capacity is likely to end, possibly with flooding due to the dams not having enough idle capacity to store 14″ of rainfall. The dams were built for hydroelectric generation and cooling for nuclear power plants and to sell land to high end luxury waterfront developments for millionaires like Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker – not flood control.
[Disclosure: I am a former employee and current stockholder]
Hurricane Hugo in 1989 clobbered Charlotte, leaving behind century old trees lying in streets that took eight months to cut up and haul away. Since Charlotte is far in the interior of North Carolina, a repeat performance is unlikely. Charlotte has so many huge trees precisely because high winds are rare.
Good thing I have a case of 6 year old ramen noodles standing by!
Good thing with those noodles is that you could eat them without cooking them if you lose electricity and use electricity for cooking.
As a veteran of living in hurricane country, consider spending a few bucks and get an water heater that plugs into your car’s cigarette lighter. I also have a device that can connect to the car battery and provide 120V AC for small appliances.
Best news of all, for this hurricane is that it is no longer expected to come ashore in North America.
BTW- You can use the wood from the old trees to start a fire and cook noodles too. 😉
But I need a match to light the fire (my next door neighbor enjoys chopping down trees in the area). Of course, I could light the fire using the cigarette lighter. I should really take survival more seriously.