Hi Ruth,

 RH> >  RH> > AFAIK, there's only one consignment store in town and it's
 RH> clothing only.

 RH> >  RH> Most are, clothes and accessories.

 RH> > What we donate is generally a mixed bag of stuff--some clothing but
 RH> > books, kitchen oddiments, whatever may be sitting around, taking up
 RH> > space we'd rather open up, basically, "whateveahs".

 RH> The church here isn't taking much beyond clothing now.  Other stuff
 RH> goes elsewhere.

Re-Store doesn't take clothing so that goes elsewhere. It does take
small kitchen appliances, dinnerware, glassware, etc--we've gotten some
good deals on small appliances there.

 RH> >  Fishing boats and ferries are hauling in supplies like drinking
 RH> water,
 RH> >  diapers, building materials, workers, etc.

 RH> >  RH> The Bahamas were flattened.  That one island hadn't even
 RH> gotten
 RH> >  RH> government help yet a week later.

 RH> > I understand this newest system is dumping some rain on them too.
 RH> It's
 RH> > going to run into a major dip in the jet stream later this week and
 RH> make
 RH> > a sharp turn to the east instead of continuing on its way north.
 RH> Outer
 RH> > Banks will miss this one. I'm keeping an eye out for the end of the
 RH> > month--don't want the picnic week end to be called off on account
 RH> of
 RH> > weather.


 RH> I always keep an eye out.  We get hit in CT every so often too.

Check your survival kit--update long term food stores, etc before winter
settles in. One ad on the Patriot radio station is for long term
survival food stores--says they will last up to 25 years. My question
is, how good is it after that long a time? Would I want to eat something
manufactured that many years ago? Doubtful. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... Junk: stuff we throw away.  Stuff: junk we keep.

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