… and according to the gator, he tasted funny.

…not doing it right.

Yes, that is a Ryder BB Gun. The assault weapon responsible for taking millions of eyes out. Jesus wept!
The other gun in the video is a plastic scaled down model of an AR 15 which I doubt it even shoots plastic BBs.

After you have assessed damages, done clean up, hopefully got your power back soon enough and are on your way to some sort of normalcy? Packing your stuff.

Of course, it is not just “trow shit in the box and put it away.” It needs to be properly cleaned, preserved if needed, replace spent items and even improved on stuff you already have.

IE: I realized that my seriously hand-made heavy-duty extension cord was missing from action. I did happen to have plenty of spare cable from another job and the male and female plugs I had as spares were used. Now they need to be replaced.

Somehow some humidity got in the generator’s gas tank and it was performing a bit roughly. I had to go out and cruise around till I found an open gas station and bought two small containers of gas treatment. That solved the problem and one is now stored in the Generator box of stuff.

And yes, in the next couple of days, the generator’s gas tank will be emptied and the oil changed before storing it. I am also making the tires flat-free because South Florida weather will ruin rubber like termites to cheap wood.

What is on my list to buy? An adapter to fill the 1 lb propane bottles from your BBQ propane bottle. And I need to look for an adapter hose to connect the gas stove to the regular BBQ propane bottle. I would love to have both options.

Another Streamlight Siege lamp will be bought. I can’t stop singing the praises of this little thing.

Maybe another pair of good gloves just to leave in the hurricane kit. A back up for the back up of the originals.

Something always go wrong, but this time it was non-consequential. The stove’s knobs came apart, I am guessing cheap plastic. I did not enjoy having to use pliers to get some cooking done, but I remembered I had 2 bass guitar volume knobs somewhere in a closet from a AK safety lever modification project from years go. The fit was tight enough a mallet was needed to convince the knobs to go in. Don’t knock it, it worked.

Caught this in the news. A family owned Supermarket in Miami Beach that got looted out of the usual items: Booze, smokes & Lottery tickets.

Using wood materials for hurricane boards is a wasteful investment in South Florida. By the time the next event comes around, your wood will more likely be eaten away by humidity and other factors. Metal panels can be expensive, but you pretty much can toss them in a corner of your property and forget about them till you need to use them.

But in this case, the covering in the video is not even worth the time used to install it as it is some thin (probably 1/8 inch) hardboard that it does not even look like it would protect a box of shoes much less debris sent flying around by a hurricane.

Looters are a fact of life in a post hurricane location. Metal hurricane shutters not only give better protection from Unwanted Flying Objects but will put up a bigger resistance against breaking in than flimsy paneling.

Some savings simply are not worth it and at least in Florida, your investment approved hurricane panels/shutters will somewhat be offset by the savings on the insurance as my lovely wife just reminded me. Depending on your coverage and type of protection, you will pay off your investment in ass little as a year.

And don’t forget that hurricane panels are the best way to make your home Zombie-Proof. Same for an out-opening metal door.

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced his resignation Tuesday, hours after new sexual abuse allegations surfaced against the embattled politician. Murray, a Democrat and the city’s first openly gay mayor, said he was resigning effective 5 p.m. Wednesday so the scandal would no longer overshadow his office. The mayor’s announcement comes after his cousin gave an interview with the Seattle Times alleging abuse, the latest in a series of similar accusations. The cousin is the fifth person to publicly accuse Murray of child sexual abuse since a lawsuit was filed against him in April.

Source: Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigns after latest child sex-abuse allegation – CNN

And the answer to your question is: YES! He is a member of Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns, but allegedly sexually abusing your underage cousin apparently is OK.

But we are the ones that need to go to concentration camps.