To those in the path of Irma...

place important papers that you cant take with you in your dishwasher. It is water tight and usually attached to the house

Originally Posted by hobo finds

I would also turn off the water supply to the dishwasher, I have heard you should fill up your tub with water and put ice in your washer to use as a makeshift cooler if you are trying to ride out the storm at home.

good idea. probably unplug it or kill the breaker as well
I would probably kill the main breaker if i evacuated

Originally Posted by MattInTheHat

place important papers that you cant take with you in your dishwasher. It is water tight and usually attached to the house

Only if you remove the supply & drain line and plug them. Dishwashers are NOT as water secure as the facebook posts are leading people to believe. They're made to have A LOT of water flow in & out of them.

Better idea would be to take important papers with you. If there's too much to carry, well, you're probably screwed, but perhaps using plastic tubs, 5 gallon buckets with lids, tupperware, etc. Use a Matryoshka doll concept and weight everything down A LOT with scrap iron and put it in the most interior room in the house.

Perhaps someone with a scrap DW and a pond can demonstrate?