URGENT Severe Weather Issue

[Chizzarules]

Yo guys, i got three babies outside and i got that tropical storm Hannah coming in tonight and through the weekend. Suppose to drop mad rain and have mad wind, any ideas to protect my babies from this storm, possibly cover them with a tent and just cut out the bottom? Maybe a garbage bag covering each of them, anybody got any ideas before it comes in?

 

[regrets]

I would repost this in the outdoor section if you want any advice backed up by experience.

 

[Golden Ray]

Take a bucket or anything and just cover them, put a couple holes near bottom for air, and put heavy rocks on container to hold them down. Good Luck

 

[wackymack]

take a straw and blow hannah out to sea since u like to blow things,lol

just set up a makeshift tent with a tarp and ancor it down on the ground,put stakes up on the plants and tie them to it to prevent them from blowing over

 

[Chizzarules]

soooo funny wacky, and golden ray, they are way to big to cover them with buckets, thanks guys i'll see what i can come up with

 

[Florida Girl]

Take a bucket or anything and just cover them, put a couple holes near bottom for air, and put heavy rocks on container to hold them down. Good Luck

ROLF... buckets with rocks to hold them down..... HAHAHAHA... that's a good one!!!

Obviously you've never been through a hurricane... or tropical storm. After hurricane Ivan our roadways were littered with boats that the storm had picked up and thrown about.... I even had one land on my front porch.

Even Tropical Storm force winds would easily knock buckets over (even with rocks on them) and possibly damage the plants in the process. I'm not trying to be critical.... I came from CA.... and had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what I was in for during my first hurricane


If the plants are in pots then your best bet is moving them indoors until the storm passes. If they are in the ground then there is really little you can do to protect them... they are in mother nature's hands

 

[wackymack]

u could get a cheap tent from walmart and cut the bottom out and tie tie and more tieing the tent down,make it "super glued" to the earth

 

[NotMine]

I hope you have some sort of natural wind break near your plants? like trees or bushes? I grew in NC for a bit with some old fart when the storms came one year he tied tarps up to the trees to make a wind break we lost some plants but most survived but I think if there touching your plant your plant will blow away with the tarp tie to trees make a wind break and tie them goodwe lost one tarp and the plants it was protecting the others were beat up and had wind burn just remember 50+mph (thats 95kph for those across the pond)sustained winds suck but you'll get through it weed is tough plant

 

[Golden Ray]

ROLF... buckets with rocks to hold them down..... HAHAHAHA... that's a good one!!!

Obviously you've never been through a hurricane... or tropical storm. After hurricane Ivan our roadways were littered with boats that the storm had picked up and thrown about.... I even had one land on my front porch.

Even Tropical Storm force winds would easily knock buckets over (even with rocks on them) and possibly damage the plants in the process. I'm not trying to be critical.... I came from CA.... and had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what I was in for during my first hurricane


If the plants are in pots then your best bet is moving them indoors until the storm passes. If they are in the ground then there is really little you can do to protect them... they are in mother nature's hands

LOL ok ok it's early, I do remember sitting out Hurricane Hugo in the early 90s. By the way I love your avatar Florida Girl, makes me laugh every time.

 

[Chizzarules]

yea i got japanese knot weed surround both sides, they are probably a good ten feet tall, a fence ten feet behind them, and then the wood pile is right up in front of them, sufficient?

 

[volcomi18]

yea I'm glad I'm growing indoors I just hope I don't lose power I got lucky during fay. But my dad does the wind breaks for his tomatoes it works pretty good. We never really get full force from these storms in Jacksonville though.

 

[wackymack]

dont feel too bad,hannah is comin my way sat-sunday,got no outdoor plants but for those who do are f'd in the a,should be nice to have some tropical rain,and dont forget that ike is 3 days behind hannah and it could turn north aswell

 

[Florida Girl]

LOL ok ok it's early, I do remember sitting out Hurricane Hugo in the early 90s. By the way I love your avatar Florida Girl, makes me laugh every time.

So then you do know... Hugo was a beast!!

Thanks for the nice comment about my avatar... I just love the LOL CATZ.. some people think they are stupid .... but I just love them!!! May be time for me to find a new one to use

dont feel too bad,hannah is comin my way sat-sunday,got no outdoor plants but for those who do are f'd in the a,should be nice to have some tropical rain,and dont forget that ike is 3 days behind hannah and it could turn north aswell

I think Ike is going to come into the Gulf.... shit I'm dreading this one because I'm going to be traveling home from a business trip the end of next week and won't have time to really prepare if it's coming my way.

This is the worst part of the storm season... I can't wait for November ....

 

[Chizzarules]

yea tell me about it, i need this heat to die down at night, school has no ac in the dorms so i'm sweating like crazy in my sleep, nothing beats fall weather

 

[wackymack]

this is the best time of the year,i love hurricane season,2005 was awesome bc sooooooooo many storms,there just amazing the way they look

 

[Florida Girl]

this is the best time of the year,i love hurricane season,2005 was awesome bc sooooooooo many storms,there just amazing the way they look

LOL... not a homeowner I take it? There is nothing amazing about a storm coming to destroy the home you've worked so hard to buy. Cleanup and repair is a NIGHTMARE.... I don't wish it on anyone

 

[volcomi18]

LOL... not a homeowner I take it? There is nothing amazing about a storm coming to destroy the home you've worked so hard to buy. Cleanup and repair is a NIGHTMARE.... I don't wish it on anyone

never had any damage on my house but floyd took out the jax bch pier that was kinda shitty was my fav surf spot.

 

[Chizzarules]

florida girl, your location? second star to the right, straight on till morning, doesn't tink say that in "Hook?"

 

[Florida Girl]

never had any damage on my house but floyd took out the jax bch pier that was kinda shitty was my fav surf spot.

You are lucky.... this is my front yard after Ivan..... that's 2 feet deep debris (took a big tractor to get out... backyard was worse)... and no.. that boat isn't mine... it just landed there. I had 2 feet of water in the house. Had to re-drywall the entire downstairs, pull out the carpet and tile the entire downstairs.... new roof, new A/C, new garage door, new fences.... new kitchen (still working on this) ... and much much more.... it was devastating!!!

florida girl, your location? second star to the right, straight on till morning, doesn't tink say that in "Hook?"

Close!!! It's the location of Neverland..... Peter says it to Wendy, Michael and John when takes them there the first time. This according to the book.. not the movie Hook. Peter Pan is my favorite children's story

 

[Zekedogg]

I dont understand why people complain about them if they choose to live where everybody knows the hurricanes hit