Wind Storm in Ohio

I saw some corn fields laid down flat. Luckily the damage stayed to the south of us.

We had some impressive straight winds across Ohio this summer.

I've been playing catch-up at work but all seems to be in order around town, lots of whining in the neighborhood. The power company has already asked PUCO to pass the cost of the repairs on to the customers, before they had the power back up, great PR move. The lawsuits will be filed on maintenance issues.

Ok, what went right and what went wrong:

wrong: I've become a charcoal snob. I don't like my steak cooked on gas so I didn't refill my tank. That cost me when all I wanted was a cup of coffee.
Didn't keep up with the batteries, at least the proper size.
Didn't buy the solar powered lights for the lawn that I wanted, they are a lot safer than candles around kids/dogs/cats-(burnt wisker)-and don't require batteries.

right: Kept a sense of frickin' humor!
This may be obvious to you guys: I've actually thought about what to do when we lose power.
Have an axe, a real one, that you can take a tree down with. Not an electric chain saw.
Didn't burn my gas up looking for GAS.
Learned: My wife gets these little candles that she uses so that the house smells a little less like me and the dogs. I think they are called "tea lights". Well, they last about 3-4 hours and cost about 10 cents per at Walmart or Target.

That the list so far and I'm sure I'll think of more.

Tim

Ogre Ranch has both an Axe and a Fouchard for dealing with downed limbs. The Fouchard is basically a Pole-Axe, very Middle-Ages, very brutal, and very effective. I can trim limbs from trees or zombies with one stroke.
It cost me all of 40 bucks at Lowes.

My neighbor has the Fouchard, my trees are about 20 years from needing one. But I have to admit that I hadn't really thought about the zombie angle.