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ACE Hardware ready to help when storms strike

The snow shovels, de-icer and warm mittens are already on the shelves at North Bend ACE Hardware,

awaiting customers’ needs as Old Man Winter nears.

Staff at ACE have prepared a winter pre-paredness and emergency kit list and are ready to help customers with questions.

As October closes and La Niña com-mences, homeowners should be thinking ahead about how to stay mobile, warm and safe.

“You want to be prepared for the worst,” said ACE Store Manager Chris McCartney, a veteran of 18 Valley winters, including snow storms, floods and prolonged power outages.

Storms often mean a run on the store, so smart shoppers will stock up ahead on everything from de-icer to emergency lamps. When gear and supplies are orga-nized and stored in a safe, dry place, home-owners can be ready for mother nature.

“Before something happens, you want to make sure you have everything on hand,” said assistant manager Raphael Prieto. “Get together with your family and make a list. Go to the store and get it going. Find a place in the pantry or back of the garage, and get everything up.”

Two years ago, Prieto was fighting an ill-ness when a flood struck.

“I was ready to go,” he said. “I had plenty of water, candles and canned food. It was tough, but we got through it.”

Water is a must. Some neighborhoods are on electric wells. When the power goes down, so does the water supply.

Besides stocking “people” food, ACE staff emphasized putting aside extra pet food to ensure animals don’t go hungry during outages or other disasters that may cause disruption in supply chains.

The store’s emergency car kit list includes items that save time and trouble during winter travel. An extra bag of cat litter can also be the ticket out and home when your

car gets stuck in a snowy ditch.Chemical heating pads and glow sticks

can provide light and heat without batter-ies.

Prieto emphasized the need to use camp stoves and grills safely. Residents should never use coal or gas-powered items inside the home, as the carbon monoxide they give off is deadly.

ACE also recommends foam faucet cov-ers and heat tape to prevent frozen pipes and water leaks.

When temperatures dip, “we’ll have peo-ple here the next day, lining up to buy repair kits,” Prieto said. Some attention ahead of time can prevent leaks and hassles. Prieto reminds residents to not forget about pipes from well houses to the home, as well.

Winterization should also include treat-ments to gasoline engines in the boat or RV to prevent cold damage.

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Hauglie Insurance: Helping prepare for

winter’s worst

While no flood waters rose in the Snoqualmie

Valley last winter, many hom-eowners experienced head-aches and hits to the wallet from cold weather and storm damage.

Agents at the Valley’s Hauglie Insurance branches fielded numerous calls for frozen pipes and water leaks. They put pipe protection first on a winterization checklist aimed at saving time, money and peace of mind.

“We can prevent a lot of things that happen to homes, just through good mainte-nance,” owner Kevin Hauglie said. “It’s one thing to have insurance—we can get you back to where you were. But what about the inconve-nience?”

Twenty-eight years ago, Hauglie learned the hard way about frozen pipes. He had turned off the outside faucet in the fall, but left the con-nected hose, which led to a burst pipe inside an interior wall and thousands of dollars in repairs.

As winter approaches, homeowners should clean chimneys and gutters. Debris on the roofline can lead to moisture damage, damaging and lowering the value of a home.

Winter storms can bring down tree branches, damag-ing the roof and potentially

causing water leaks to the inside of the home.

Owners who don’t check for cracks after storms may not discover the leaks until springtime, Farmers agent Angela Donaldson said.

Flood essentialsKnowing current rules and

monitoring effective changes is essential. There simply is too much at risk. It is your invest-ment and your family.

With forecasters predicting a hard winter, homeowners should consider flood insur-ance coverage in the event of a disaster. But insurance alone isn’t enough. Proper planning

is also vital to avoid major headaches, extra expense or tragic losses during flood.

Hauglie agents advise resi-dents to make a flood plan, which includes making sure family members know how to get out of the house and neighborhood, where to meet up and how to contact each other.

Flood planning also includes readying the home for a disaster. A good exit plan is vital. Ensure that contents are protected and valuables removed or stored out of harm’s way.

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Covering Valley communities from Duvall to North Bend, staff at Farmers’ Hauglie Insurance include, from left, Angela Donaldson, Kevin and Laurie Hauglie and Elizabeth Gildersleeve.

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Change filters, unblock vents, inspect ducts to keep your furnace

working its best

You count on your furnace to keep your home warm and comfortable in winter.

Scott Leibowitz, owner of All Weather Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, can be counted on make sure that your furnace is working safely and efficiently.

The transition from fall to winter is the busy season for Leibowitz, who installs, repairs and maintains heating systems. Fall means it is time to check filters, ducts and machinery for wear and tear. Regardless of the age of your home, the furnace can wear out, and that can mean much more serious results than just a higher gas bill.

“On the outside, it might be shiny metal,” Leibowitz said. “But on the inside, it might not be safe to operate.”

Recently, Leibowitz visited an older home where the heating system had stopped work-ing. The homeowner guessed the furnace was a decade old, but it actually been installed 22 years ago. Unbeknownst to the homeowner, a cracked heating exchanger in the model posed a significant safety hazard.

“There was carbon monoxide coming into the home,” Leibowitz said.

Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless but deadly gas. “It’s something you won’t know about until it’s too late,” Leibowitz said.

The main reason to have your furnace checked yearly by a professional is to look for damaged parts that can cause a carbon mon-oxide leak.

Without a check, your furnace might pump heat and air, but could pose unknown fire and asphyxiation risks.

Fall maintenanceWhen autumn arrives, Leibowitz stresses

two maintenance priorities: changing filters and making sure all vents are open.

Blocked vents slow down air flow, which can lead to damage to the heat exchanger, more wear on the furnace and possible carbon diox-ide leaks.

Yearly filter changes will increase the life

of your family’s heating system. “The homeowner has complete control of

the longevity” of a furnace, Leibowitz said. “If you’re not changing filters, you can kill it in six years or less.

“The heating system needs to breathe,” he said.

Ductwork in the un-heated areas of the home should be inspected. If insulation is moving in the wind or you feel air moving, you have leaks to fix.

In the home, the best way to save energy dol-lars is by programming your furnace to heat the home when you need it and run lower during the day. Turning a furnace on and off is not effi-cient: it takes more power to reheat a cold house than to keep the temperature steady.

Windows and doors should have a good seal. During the day, open blinds on the south side of the home to harness the power of the sun. Blinds should be closed at night to retain heat. Some blinds have an insulating value that pays for itself in energy savings.

It’s important to have the proper expertise when inspecting and maintaining furnaces. Leibowitz said a well-meaning handyman or

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Be cautious, safe when bad weather

downs lines

Staff and crews at Tanner Electric Cooperative had

worked a row of 18-hour shifts in the wake of the December 2006 windstorm, putting the local grid back together.

General Manager Steve Walter watched and waited as energy creeped from the big city out to the end of the line in the Snoqualmie Valley, where the Dec. 15 storm had hammered the coop along with other customers.

At Ames Lake, “it was like a bomb went off,” Walter said. “There were trees down everywhere.”

Finally, after days of wait-ing, the juice came through.

“There’s nothing like the sound of a substation coming back on,” Walter said. “That brought a smile across every-body’s face.”

Tanner learned a number of valuable lessons in that massive outage. The coop has extra power generating potential to stay up, running and interacting with custom-ers. More transformers, poles and cables are in storage to break out after a storm.

All summer, Tanner crews are working hard, getting ready for winter. That means installing new and robust lines and improving underground infrastructure. Trees also get a trim in preparation for winter storms, because in the Valley, “the wind is what gets us.”

Be safeWindstorms bring down

lines, and Walter said it is often impossible for residents to know whether those lines are live.

“You won’t know,” he said. “Even if it looks insulated, don’t touch it.”

After a storm, some resi-dents like to hop in a car and drive around to survey the damage. Where there are wires down, that’s not the best idea, Walter said.

“If you’re driving and come across a line, don’t drive over it,” he said. “It might become entangled in your car, and you might end up pulling lines down and hurting your car at the same time.”

As a lineman, Walter often encountered residents out sawing fallen trees into firewood even before power

crews arrived. That’s not a good idea, either—hidden lines or damaged trees may pose unseen dangers.

The final lesson: if you see a fallen line, call a utility pro-fessional and leave it alone.

Stay connected“With every generation,

we become more dependent on electricity,” Walter said. “Things are so reliant on energy—the games we play, the TV we watch, how we cook food. Even when you don’t have power for a few minutes, you feel like you can’t do anything. You sort of go back, play cards, do things you don’t do.”

Tanner encourages cus-tomers to keep their utilities’ phone numbers handy in the event of an outage.

Tanner Electric keeps power on in storm season


Staff at North Bend’s Tanner Electric Cooperative including from left, Nicole Piche, Gwen Campbell, Lisa Peabody, Steve Walter and Rob Carr, ensure energy keeps flowing to local communities during winter months.

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Camping goods can also come in handy dur-ing storms and power out-ages.

Old and new products, from emergency thermal blankets and Sterno cans to lamps and hatchets, make roughing it a bit easier.

“A lot of this stuff is old school,” Prieto said.

Some customers swear by oil lamps over battery-

powered lamps. Oil burns brightly and stores for lon-ger.

The store also carries a hand-cranked LED lamp that lasts for up to 12 hours after a firm cranking.

Keep it comingACE knows the impor-

tance of staying staffed and stocking inventory during big winter events.

“We make an extra effort to make sure every-body’s here,” McCartney said. “We’ve got commit-ted people. They under-stand we’ll be here, we’ll keep operations running.”

At need, a regional warehouse keeps supplies running.

“I tell them what we need, they make it hap-pen,” McCartney said. “ACE is the helpful place. That’s what we’re here for—everybody at the ACE warehouse also under-stands and supports that whole philosophy.”

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“You need to have a plan in your head, so you’re not just throwing stuff in bags and hop-ing you remember later,” Agent Elizabeth Gildersleeve said.

Vital medications, for exam-ple, needs to be accounted for early on. If medicine needs to stay refrigerated, have a cooler handy, because floods often mean power loss.

Antiques are covered, but only at functional value. That means that your grandmother’s antique table may wind up being replaced by just another new table. Homeowners should ensure that valued antiques are safely high and dry or removed out the flood zone in a disaster.

Homeowners also need to ensure that invoices, receipts and flood claim documenta-tion are kept in a waterproof bag. Documentation is needed to prove to FEMA that repairs were completed for previous claims in order to have the same repairs approved again.

Time-stamped photos are also a great way to document before-and-after realities.

“Photos are the least expen-sive and most valuable thing

you can do in protecting your home and contents before a fire or flood,” Donaldson said. After a disaster, “not only are you emotionally stressed, but now you have to remember where everything was and what it looked like—and you have to articulate that an adjustor.” All that stress can be saved or minimized by having photos on hand.

Preferred riskHomeowners who live

outside a flood zone can still face floods from accidents and human error as well as natural events. Insurance agencies like Hauglie Insurance offer pre-ferred risk flood insurance to provide an extra level of pro-tection.

In 2009, The Hauglie Agency handled more than 100 flood claims providing clients with over $2 million in settlements. Some were $100,000-and-up claims, but many were in the $30,000 to $20,000 range or less.

That is a lot more than the average amount received from Disaster Assistance. “People outside the special flood hazard area are more likely to have flood damage than they are

to experience a fire over the course of a 30-year mortgage,” Gildersleeve said. “Even if you buy a small amount of cover-age, that’s some protection.”

Act earlyEarly fall is the time to buy

a flood policy. Flood insurance can have a 30-day waiting peri-od and you must be aware of that. Valley storms and floods have been known to hit before Thanksgiving.

While the annual premium must be paid up front, Hauglie offers several payment options, including a credit card choice, to fit buyers’ budgets.

Agents urge homeowners to have their residence properly surveyed. Homeowners need to know their elevation for proper flood coverage and best possible pricing.

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Flood water can take their toll on fences, which are not covered by flood insurance.

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homeowner poking around inside may inadvertently cause more problems than they solve.

“You’re dealing with electricity, natural gas and a controlled fire,” he said. “You want a licensed professional.”

Flammable liquids should never be stored near a furnace or water heater. If the room heats up, vapor could leak out of gas tanks or paint thinner cans. If that vapor gets too close to an open flame, it may ignite.

Some furnaces are so efficient that practically the only byproduct they put out is lukewarm, damp air, which causes condensation. If installed improperly, that water can freeze on cold days, creating a troublesome back-up.

Along with furnaces, Leibowitz can install add-ons that increase the comfort of a home. UV scrubbers kill germs and other living organisms in the air, cutting down on sickness, allergies and sneezes. Air cleaners can also dramatically elimi-nate the amount of dust in a home—and the amount of time spent cleaning.

Future changesA lobbyist for the HVAC industry who

has been standing up for the rights of consumers in Olympia for more than three years, Leibowitz pushes for smart efficiencies.

“People are consuming more and more power,” he said. “The government has come to realize how inefficient we are.”

Leibowitz takes aim at new rules on ducting and infrastructure that, he believes, may hurt the building industry and push budget-conscious homeowners to buy less efficient furnaces.

However, he is a supporter of a recent stimulus that reimburses homeowners who buy top-efficiency furnaces.

Such equipment is not only better for environment and the energy grid, it saves homeowners the additional cost in the first year of operation.

“This has been a tremendous tool that has worked well,” said Leibowitz. The stimulus expires on December 31, 2010.

“If people are even contemplating replacing their equipment, they need to do it before the end of the year,” he said. “It’s a no-brainer. You’re saving energy, getting new equipment, and more impor-tantly, somebody else is paying the bill.”

• All Weather Heating is locally owned and operated, and is a primary sponsor of the Festival at Mount Si and Snoqualmie Railroad Days.

How to prepare for winter• Have a professional HVAC contractor tune up and confirm the system is safe to oper-ate on an annual basis. Confirm the system is working at its highest level of efficiency.• Clean and or replace the heating sys-tem air filters. The air filters need to be replaced or cleaned at least every 90 days.• Clean the return air grills to prevent a reduction in air flow to the heating sys-tem. Do not close more than 10% of the air vents or block the air flow to the vents. Energy saving tips:• Set your thermostat to 68 degrees when you are home. Lower the temperature when you are not home, on vacation or asleep.• Keep draperies open on south-facing windows during the day to allow sunlight to warm your home. Close the drapes at night and on very cold days to keep the heat in.

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City of Snoqualmie: Did you get 911 call?The city of Snoqualmie’s Emergency Management

Department tested its REVERSE 911 system during the week of October 11. Residents with a phone line in Snoqualmie should have received a call. If you did not receive a call, register at www.ci.snoqualmie.wa.us.

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