We survived a very strong storm yesterday, either straight line winds or a small tornado. No damage to our home, but a man was killed up the road when a building a collapsed on him during the storm. About an hour after the storm we lost power for eight hours. I think the food in our fridge and freezer is okay, as we really tried to keep the doors closed for the duration.
Our neighbor next door was getting water in his basement, which a sump pump when he has power does a fine job of handling. Without power it is a problem. He ended up getting a generator to handle it. We weren't getting but a drop into our sump pump.
On Sunday night we received quite a bit of rain, which ended up causing an issue with two bridges in our little town. One collapsed when a semi went over it. It is on a major highway through our town. We now can't get to the other side of town without taking a major detour. There is another road we use with frequency, that has also been closed because the road washed away. We have seen pictures of two full sized cars that fell into the area washed away.
We became aware of our lack of batteries, among a few other things that we should be more prepared for with storms and outages. Something to work on.
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Should I throw out the milk and eggs? Any storms in your area lately?
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July 1st, 2014 at 02:08 pm 1404220102
I think your eggs will be okay for sure, as long as you didn't open the doors. The milk may be okay, too, if it remained cold.
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July 2nd, 2014 at 12:32 am 1404257570
I bet your eggs will be OK.
July 2nd, 2014 at 03:34 am 1404268444
Glad you guys are okay!
I'd use the milk and eggs. But I'd probably try to use them up more quickly.
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