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   Play Ball and Fight Fascists (cafechatnoir@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2026 07:44:15 JST Play Ball and Fight Fascists

   So, we have apocalyptic storm coming tomorrow, yaaaaay....

   Not much of anything I can do other than charge all the various & sundry electronics tonight and move the trash bins closer to the carport walls in the morning, and then go work and pretend like everything is fine.

   I do not have mental energy for this.

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     Jeri Dansky (jeridansky@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2026 07:44:14 JST Jeri Dansky

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     @cafechatnoir Sending best wishes. It's sounding pretty intense in lots of places right now.

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     Jeri Dansky (jeridansky@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2026 08:03:35 JST Jeri Dansky

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     @cafechatnoir Since I'm seeing a risk of tornadoes in your general area tomorrow, do you have a good place to go if you do wind up with a tornado warning? Highly unlikely, I assume, but still.

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     Play Ball and Fight Fascists (cafechatnoir@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2026 08:03:36 JST Play Ball and Fight Fascists

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     • Jeri Dansky

     @jeridansky

     Thanks. It's frustrating when there is so little you can do to be ready.

     But everything is charging and allllllll the various and sundry insurance is up to date.

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     Jeri Dansky (jeridansky@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2026 08:12:14 JST Jeri Dansky

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     @cafechatnoir Whew! Glad to hear that. I obviously hope it's unnecessary tomorrow, but I'm very happy it's there if it is needed.

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     Play Ball and Fight Fascists (cafechatnoir@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2026 08:12:15 JST Play Ball and Fight Fascists

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     • Jeri Dansky

     @jeridansky

     Yep, we have a basement here, which is a VERY nice thing to have, and I have no qualms about spending time down there.

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     Play Ball and Fight Fascists (cafechatnoir@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2026 12:33:17 JST Play Ball and Fight Fascists

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     • Jeri Dansky

     @jeridansky

     And it's a half finished basement, so I don't even have to sit on the concrete next to the washing machine, LOL.

     I hope it's not too bad for all the good reasons, but I also don't want the power to go out because I don't want to lose the Chinese leftovers, or the big side order of roasted potatoes I got when I picked up with breakfast from the diner this morning.

     Or the mini Dove ice cream snacks I just bought. Priorities, ya know?

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     Jeri Dansky (jeridansky@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2026 12:33:17 JST Jeri Dansky

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     @cafechatnoir I totally relate to those priorities.

     Fear of losing refrigerator contents is mostly why I bought a Portable Power Station from Bluetti. It came in handy when the electrician needed to turn off power for many hours to do some work. Haven't needed it for bad-weather outages yet, thankfully.