Mary, I am a night owl, can't take my last heart medication for the day until 11 PM, so I am usually up until about 11:30. It was after midnight when I went to bed last night as I don't like wind storms either, and I was watching to see if we had any more damage. The new fence isn't completely up yet, and wanted to make sure we didn't lose what we have so far. We, too, have two small generators. One of the former members of our church was a man who bought stuff and sold it at the flee markets around the area. I asked him one day if he had a generator I could buy, and he gave me two of them free. He died last year. He was in his early eighty's, and was still quite active until two months before he died. He was pretty special. We keep candles, flashlights and plenty of batteries on hand. I have several radio's of various types so we will be sure to have news reports even when the power is out. I have two or three kerosene lanterns also, and have plenty of canned food and water on hand at all times. I guess we learned to be prepared for the worst while living in foreign countries. Our power is not the best here, but it is better than we experienced in most other countries we lived in. We also learned to keep water on hand, especially in Taiwan and Okinawa. In Taiwan the local water was not good for drinking or cooking, so we had to carry our water from the site where I worked. In Okinawa we would have water rationing because water was in short supply. We had 30 gallon trash cans lined with safe plastic bags to store water when ours was shut off. It would start with being off every other day during the summer, then would go to being on one day and off two. At least we don't have that here right now. We did not have any damage last night, but am concerned about the storm that is to come in tomorrow. Don in AZ

My prayers are with you. Mary -----Original Message----- From: padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Don Churchfield Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 9:44 AM To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Subject: [PD-LIFE] Storm Mary, I am a night owl, can't take my last heart medication for the day until 11 PM, so I am usually up until about 11:30. It was after midnight when I went to bed last night as I don't like wind storms either, and I was watching to see if we had any more damage. The new fence isn't completely up yet, and wanted to make sure we didn't lose what we have so far. We, too, have two small generators. One of the former members of our church was a man who bought stuff and sold it at the flee markets around the area. I asked him one day if he had a generator I could buy, and he gave me two of them free. He died last year. He was in his early eighty's, and was still quite active until two months before he died. He was pretty special. We keep candles, flashlights and plenty of batteries on hand. I have several radio's of various types so we will be sure to have news reports even when the power is out. I have two or three kerosene lanterns also, and have plenty of canned food and water on hand at all times. I guess we learned to be prepared for the worst while living in foreign countries. Our power is not the best here, but it is better than we experienced in most other countries we lived in. We also learned to keep water on hand, especially in Taiwan and Okinawa. In Taiwan the local water was not good for drinking or cooking, so we had to carry our water from the site where I worked. In Okinawa we would have water rationing because water was in short supply. We had 30 gallon trash cans lined with safe plastic bags to store water when ours was shut off. It would start with being off every other day during the summer, then would go to being on one day and off two. At least we don't have that here right now. We did not have any damage last night, but am concerned about the storm that is to come in tomorrow. Don in AZ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message