Homestead Acres » storms http://homestead-acres.com Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:16:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Fall Storms http://homestead-acres.com/blog/preparing/fall-storms/ http://homestead-acres.com/blog/preparing/fall-storms/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:52:30 +0000 Kim http://www.homestead-acres.com/blog/?p=2125 [...]]]> Well we have been in the fall weather yo-yo pattern for a few weeks.  One day will be nice and warm about 15 C, then it will drop to just above freezing.  Burrr!  With all that we’ve been fighting fall colds and allergies.

Yesterday dh checked the news online and all the sites were buzzing about a fall “weather bomb”.  Apparently it dropped tornadoes in the USA, brought snow to Saskatchewan and Manitoba.  Ontario had tornado warnings up, and I didn’t even know.  It had been grey sky’s most of the day, but nothing that looked to bad.  Finally started to rain in the late afternoon.  It did get windy, but we’ve sure had worse!

Today was still a little windy.  Early in the afternoon all the lights serged then the power went out.  It stayed off for 10 min or so.  But our internet has been flicking in and out since.  There are quite a few hydro outages in the area (with in an hour, and father to).  Winds have been brining down tree branches.  Thankfully the winds are to start calming down tonight.   We have wood stoves to heat and cook with and are just fine with out power.   Some times its real nice when it goes off.  It’s so QUIET!!  But I do worry about others who are not as prepared.

It is so important to have an emergency pack on hand.  Everyone needs food and water as well as a way to heat your home and cook with.  You can never know when it will come in handy!  Do you keep an emergency kit?  What do you store in it?

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Yesterday I decided to tackle some of the carrots we harvested.  I peeled and cut about 3/4′s of a sink full.  And messed up my shoulder again. (sigh) LOL So I put the carrots in a pot of cold water over night.  I just put them in the canner now.  Don’t ask me how many carrots I have left to can! LOL!!!  What a mixed up garden/weather year it was.  They should have been ready to can in Aug. but they weren’t until Oct.

Hubby just came in saying how cold it was outside.  That the east wind has started.  I wonder how much longer till the snow starts….

Oh yes, yesterday I got dh to take me to Walmart.  And this one was pretty much out of black fleece to! LOL  Starting to laugh yet?  I got the woman to measure out the tiny bit left and it was 3 inches short of a meter.  Also the one end had a big half circle cut out of it….That just wouldn’t do for a blanket backing lol.  So I found a nice winter tree print and a solid blue.  I’ll use that to make one, and I’m hoping I have enough of the other prints to make a backing from…I have to pull them out tomorrow and see.

I did find some pretty light yellow fleece remnants at a great price though.  They will make some nice longies for dd.

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