I don’t recall much being said during my PD training several years ago about handling “emergencies.” I’m referring to power outages and/or the need to disconnect from the cycler quickly in case of a tornado or other such threat.
Sunday night, right on cue, we were awakened to a message on my wife’s phone that a thunderstorm warning had been issued. As per usual, she was concerned and turned our household into one of turmoil, which lasted until well after 5 AM. Along the way, we dropped power, my cycler automatically switched over to its UPS, and our bedroom TV continued to work because of the UPS on it and our T-Mobile internet connection.
Since tornado threats were also involved, my wife placed a set ot clothes and shoes in our pantry off the kitchen, which is enclosed entirely by interior walls and is large enough for the two of us and our Golden, Dickens, to take cover in.
The power came back on after about 45 minutes of being down, and in the interim, I instructed my wife on how to use her phone to obtain real-time weather radar info, and how to obtain local tv news stations on the bedroom TV. So all-in-all it was a good drill in emergency preparedness.
BTW, regarding the Cycler: My plan is to just turn it off if it hasn’t already been shut down due to lack of power, unhook, and worry about draining any remaining fluid out when the dust settles. This could be into a sink, on the ground, into provided drain bags, etc. Worry about this later if the brown stuff hits the fan.
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