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Hurricane season...MustangEater82 05-19-2005, 12:23 PM So you guys getting prepared? Anyone know a place to get shutters? Also anyone know a place that sells old fashion lanterns like this... http://www.nebraskaantiques.com/New_Folder/LATERN6.jpg MikeyG 05-19-2005, 02:14 PM Why don't you just buy a Coleman one from walmart. They burn propane i think. MustangEater82 05-19-2005, 02:31 PM Why don't you just buy a Coleman one from walmart. They burn propane i think. ehhh not as cool looking and not "cheap" plus ten I have to do with propane tnaks and such, I prefer just a little lantern. anasazi 05-19-2005, 02:44 PM http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=oil+hurricane+lantern&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=ff&oi=froogler anasazi 05-19-2005, 02:49 PM http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4315997711&category=3201 wrastler 05-19-2005, 02:49 PM Eric, Antique shops should have those lanterns...theres gotta be at least a few near our part of town...those places are everywhere. MustangEater82 05-19-2005, 04:37 PM http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4315997711&category=3201 Scott I am not going to blow like $5 shipping for soemthing I can get likely local for the same price off the shelf. But that one is EXACTLY what I was talking about... LaSSt One 05-19-2005, 04:45 PM Wait until June 1st... Tax-free hurricane items Effective June 1 through June 12, no tax levied under the provisions of chapter 212, Florida Statutes, shall be collected on the sale of: Any portable self-powered light source selling for $20 or less. Any portable self-powered radio, two-way radio, or weatherband radio selling for $50 or less. Any tarpaulin or other flexible waterproof sheeting selling for $50 or less. Any self-contained first-aid kit selling for $30 or less. Any ground anchor system or tie-down kit selling for $50 or less. Any gas or diesel fuel tank selling for $25 or less. Any package of AA-cell, C-cell, D-cell, 6-volt, or 9-volt batteries, excluding automobile and boat batteries, selling for $30 or less. Any nonelectric food storage cooler selling for $30 or less. Any portable generator used to provide light or communications or preserve food in the event of a power outage selling for $750 or less. spongebobrulz 05-19-2005, 07:05 PM lmfao i've never been prepared for the hurricanes..just kinda go with the flow..sux that i have dialup cuz when the phone goes out..no cable, so i'm stuck playing by myself if the power goes out..sux..of course it's worse near august MustangEater82 05-20-2005, 12:02 AM lmfao i've never been prepared for the hurricanes..just kinda go with the flow..sux that i have dialup cuz when the phone goes out..no cable, so i'm stuck playing by myself if the power goes out..sux..of course it's worse near august I know its the popular thing to pretend hurricanes are nothing... but during hurricane andrew, I lost power for 11 days, then spents rougly a week helping out volunteering(I was in 4th grade) helping out with peopel whos houses were flattened, not like a little damage like they could barely tell it was even their home. hurrricane charley I lost power for 6 days hurriicane frances lost power for 3 days. nothing during jeane... I took a life lesson form the original tremors the movie from the crazy suverilast guy... "Better to have and not need then to need and have not" hell during Charley, my neighbors on the other side of the apartment building lost their windows... So did work friends of mine in different parst of waterford. | ||