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1. Have you ever experienced a hurricane firsthand?
Yes, several, though mostly at the edges. An incomplete list: the eye of Hurricane Gloria passing overhead in 1985, and then the storm falling apart so we didn't experience the trailing edge; Irene more recently, with lots of rain; and fortunately I was in Boston rather than New York for Sandy.
2. Have you ever experienced outside heat over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celcius)?
Yes, a few times in New York City heat waves, which also tend to be very humid. When I saw a bank thermometer in Juarez that said 35 (C) my immediate reaction was to doubt it, because the air was so dry. Then I crossed the street and bought a cold drink, because hot+dry=risk of dehydration.
3. When and where was the coldest temperature you have ever experienced?
Somewhere around -30 C, in Montreal in winter. I wasn't tracking exact temperatures, just whether cold+wind+snow meant we were staying in that day. (Temperatures that feel like -30 with windchill are unpleasant but not surprising in winter in that part of the world; my winter coat comes from LL Bean, and is rated to -25 F/-30 C by itself, -40 with a good sweater underneath. I find fleece- or flannel-lined pants and long underwear essential in those conditions.)
4. Is your household prepared for a possible power outage of two to seven days?
Not if it's more than very local. If my power goes out, I can visit Adrian or pay for a hotel. If I expect a more widespread outage (see question 1) I'll stock up on candles, food that doesn't need heating, etc. A really unexpected one, I'd be heading to whatever emergency shelter they set up. (Three towns north of here had to shut off gas and electricity to large areas, and evacuated thousands of households, yesterday because of multiple gas explosions, so I'm thinking of this differently than I would have 24 hours ago.)
The only times I've dealt with neighborhood- or city-wide outages, they got our power back in a day or so: lighting that hit in just the wrong place took out power to almost all of New York City when I was 14; upper Manhattan lost power once while I was living there because heat made the (buried) cables sag too much; and the 2003 power outage to most of the Northeast United States.
5. Do you have a go bag?
I did, but one of the cats pissed on the bag itself and we haven't replaced it. When I had one, it was some cash, a few days' supply of my prescription medications, and a change of underwear. I should probably put together another one, something I can grab if the fire department says "get out now."
Yes, several, though mostly at the edges. An incomplete list: the eye of Hurricane Gloria passing overhead in 1985, and then the storm falling apart so we didn't experience the trailing edge; Irene more recently, with lots of rain; and fortunately I was in Boston rather than New York for Sandy.
2. Have you ever experienced outside heat over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celcius)?
Yes, a few times in New York City heat waves, which also tend to be very humid. When I saw a bank thermometer in Juarez that said 35 (C) my immediate reaction was to doubt it, because the air was so dry. Then I crossed the street and bought a cold drink, because hot+dry=risk of dehydration.
3. When and where was the coldest temperature you have ever experienced?
Somewhere around -30 C, in Montreal in winter. I wasn't tracking exact temperatures, just whether cold+wind+snow meant we were staying in that day. (Temperatures that feel like -30 with windchill are unpleasant but not surprising in winter in that part of the world; my winter coat comes from LL Bean, and is rated to -25 F/-30 C by itself, -40 with a good sweater underneath. I find fleece- or flannel-lined pants and long underwear essential in those conditions.)
4. Is your household prepared for a possible power outage of two to seven days?
Not if it's more than very local. If my power goes out, I can visit Adrian or pay for a hotel. If I expect a more widespread outage (see question 1) I'll stock up on candles, food that doesn't need heating, etc. A really unexpected one, I'd be heading to whatever emergency shelter they set up. (Three towns north of here had to shut off gas and electricity to large areas, and evacuated thousands of households, yesterday because of multiple gas explosions, so I'm thinking of this differently than I would have 24 hours ago.)
The only times I've dealt with neighborhood- or city-wide outages, they got our power back in a day or so: lighting that hit in just the wrong place took out power to almost all of New York City when I was 14; upper Manhattan lost power once while I was living there because heat made the (buried) cables sag too much; and the 2003 power outage to most of the Northeast United States.
5. Do you have a go bag?
I did, but one of the cats pissed on the bag itself and we haven't replaced it. When I had one, it was some cash, a few days' supply of my prescription medications, and a change of underwear. I should probably put together another one, something I can grab if the fire department says "get out now."