Comments on: Car Care for Military Wives Pt 3 Emergency Actions http://hammerjammeru.com/wp/2009/10/15/car-care-for-military-wives-pt-3-emergency-actions/ "We be jammin!! All Day Loooong!!" Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:11:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: The Way of The Warrior Princess « HmrJmr1 Blog http://hammerjammeru.com/wp/2009/10/15/car-care-for-military-wives-pt-3-emergency-actions/comment-page-1/#comment-66 The Way of The Warrior Princess « HmrJmr1 Blog Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:29:50 +0000 http://hammerjammeru.com/wp/?p=97#comment-66 [...] Care For Military Wives Pt 1 Car Care For Military Wives Pt2 Maintenance Car Care For Military Wives Pt 3 Emergency Actions Car Care – Emergency Tools Time [...] [...] Care For Military Wives Pt 1 Car Care For Military Wives Pt2 Maintenance Car Care For Military Wives Pt 3 Emergency Actions Car Care – Emergency Tools Time [...]

]]> By: American Soldiers Wife http://hammerjammeru.com/wp/2009/10/15/car-care-for-military-wives-pt-3-emergency-actions/comment-page-1/#comment-47 American Soldiers Wife Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:04:48 +0000 http://hammerjammeru.com/wp/?p=97#comment-47 Excellent advice my friend. Thank you so much for thinking of the wives and looking out for us! These are all great tips and I realize not everyone is as fortunate as I am to have such a wise father to have taught me so many useful things. Who knew I'd be a soldiers's wife! God bless you. Ann - Thanks for you kind words and your service God Bless... Excellent advice my friend. Thank you so much for thinking of the wives and looking out for us! These are all great tips and I realize not everyone is as fortunate as I am to have such a wise father to have taught me so many useful things. Who knew I’d be a soldiers’s wife! God bless you.

Ann – Thanks for you kind words and your service

God Bless…

]]> By: Big John - Hmrjmr1 http://hammerjammeru.com/wp/2009/10/15/car-care-for-military-wives-pt-3-emergency-actions/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Big John - Hmrjmr1 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:18:48 +0000 http://hammerjammeru.com/wp/?p=97#comment-45 Susan Thanks for Stopping by and great comment. I will be working on some of these soon. Thanks So much! Susan
Thanks for Stopping by and great comment. I will be working on some of these soon. Thanks So much!

]]> By: Susan http://hammerjammeru.com/wp/2009/10/15/car-care-for-military-wives-pt-3-emergency-actions/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Susan Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:39:02 +0000 http://hammerjammeru.com/wp/?p=97#comment-44 Great advice/information! I have had some experiences as a military spouse mostly regarding winter deployments that I hope you can expand on in the future. #1. Have a list of trusted people to call in an emergency; a plumber, an oil burner man, a tow truck operator (car repair), to name a few. They don't have to be professionals, just trusted people with skills. #2. Know how to shut off the outside water supply (hose) and make sure it is off before winter sets in to avoid broken pipes. #3. If you have a sprinkler system, make sure it's winterized. #4. Know how to shut down your oil burner #5. Know where the main water supply feed comes into your house and if you have an that the oil burner know whether it must be shut down also while main water supply is turned off. #6. Keep snow shovels in a ready position, especailly if you have small children so you can stay close while shoveling/clearing the doors. #7. If you have/use a snow blower, make sure it is good to go prior to deployment (This one got me good one winter and caused me to update my list of "things to have squared away"... story below, may sound silly, )*. *My husband clears the snow from the d/way, walks and vehicles at our house and our elderly neighbor's house. So, it becomes my job when he is away. One winter in a big blowing snow I couldn't start the snow blower. There are very few things I don't fix myself so when I couldn't fix the snowblower I was surprised. After what felt like a long time and an overwhelming urge to cry I decided to call for help. I didn't consider this an "emergency" so I wanted to call a local friend (with skills) to help. Sitting in my driveway, near tears, I realized all of the local people I would usually call for a "local" assist were deployed also. I never felt so alone before. Fortunately, I found a lump of frozen sand was prohibiting the tines from turning and was able to fix it myself, but I was l little more lonely for the rest of that deployment. Finally, use the Family Readiness Group resource if you need to. They are there to help. I can't wait to see more from Hammer Jammer University! Thank you. Great advice/information! I have had some experiences as a military spouse mostly regarding winter deployments that I hope you can expand on in the future.
#1. Have a list of trusted people to call in an emergency; a plumber, an oil burner man, a tow truck operator (car repair), to name a few. They don’t have to be professionals, just trusted people with skills.
#2. Know how to shut off the outside water supply (hose) and make sure it is off before winter sets in to avoid broken pipes.
#3. If you have a sprinkler system, make sure it’s winterized.
#4. Know how to shut down your oil burner
#5. Know where the main water supply feed comes into your house and if you have an that the oil burner know whether it must be shut down also while main water supply is turned off.
#6. Keep snow shovels in a ready position, especailly if you have small children so you can stay close while shoveling/clearing the doors.
#7. If you have/use a snow blower, make sure it is good to go prior to deployment (This one got me good one winter and caused me to update my list of “things to have squared away”… story below, may sound silly, )*.
*My husband clears the snow from the d/way, walks and vehicles at our house and our elderly neighbor’s house. So, it becomes my job when he is away. One winter in a big blowing snow I couldn’t start the snow blower. There are very few things I don’t fix myself so when I couldn’t fix the snowblower I was surprised. After what felt like a long time and an overwhelming urge to cry I decided to call for help. I didn’t consider this an “emergency” so I wanted to call a local friend (with skills) to help. Sitting in my driveway, near tears, I realized all of the local people I would usually call for a “local” assist were deployed also. I never felt so alone before. Fortunately, I found a lump of frozen sand was prohibiting the tines from turning and was able to fix it myself, but I was l little more lonely for the rest of that deployment.
Finally, use the Family Readiness Group resource if you need to. They are there to help.
I can’t wait to see more from Hammer Jammer University! Thank you.

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