Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Hunkering down for Irene and checking in, 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Another scary thought occurred to me some time during the night....

IF power goes out--the Sump Pumps will not work! All the rain predicted--and no sump pumps
is a bit of a concern to me.
I will clear that area and get ready to bail with a small bucket and pour it down the laundry sink close-by.

I too have big trees. They seem Ok--and have withstood many a hard wind. But--they are old.
Just hoping the winds are not THAT horrible...They said this AM on radio that they may be between
30-50mph.
I will also go out later today and put all HB's in the shed and hunker down all the chairs and any other loose stuff.

Our power lines here are all underground. IF there is a power outage--it will come from some other central areas.

My house as such is on pretty high ground. Of course--that storm drain behind my shed is where all the water
flows to--then the back of my back yard is like a shallow river.

I have been off from work all week. They are, severely,cutting hours! Done a lot of cooking...
With all this crappy weather--there just are not that many customers...
Have to go in on Sunday--9AM. That will be interesting....

This picture was just a week ago--from that monsoon rain we had....You can see how wet the back of my property gets.
The puddles in the front is from the gutters overflowing.

Be safe everyone! Gita