On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:20:49 -0400, Secular Humouresque
wrote:

I'll drain the fresh water tanks and
get some help to pull the batteries and take them to my basement,

One thing that's easy to forget is the hot water heater. Of course
if you have water cooled air conditioning or refigeration, that
requires winterization also.

Regarding batteries, there is really no reason to bring them home as
long as you leave them fully charged and disconnected.