For those of you that are in hurricane prone areas NOW is the time to check your supplies and start stocking up. It is recommended that you have AT LEAST a three day supply of food and water. From my own experience, I would start with a three day supply and build up to a two week supply IF at all possible.
For those of us with stockpiles there won't be a lot to do, because we are stocked up ALL of the time. I just need to check my battery supply and start filling my gas cans with gas and stabilizer for use with my generator should it be needed.
i refill my water drums when a storm is in the gulf. i need batteries. i have cases of candles and will use those to cook with as well as for light.
after ike i made a few notes:
i needed a chain saw, an axe, paper plates and utensils, trash bags.
i need cash
and gerbil shavings for the composting toilet bucket.
i have to go find my old post and remember what i wrote. be right back.
ok here is what i reported after hurricane ike:
here are my notes for next hurricane.
phone "calling tree" per our employer fell apart and did not work. need one person with a WORKING phone to call all the people in our department.
i chose not to do my weekly shopping because i thought i would be out of power, and would end up with a fridge full of rotten food. Now i have an empty fridge with a bottle of ketchup to eat. (Now i do have a room of food and supplies a la LDS church...)
grocery issues: i badly need kitty litter (pew!), bunny supplies, a block of cheese, paper plates and disposable flatware. without cheese most of my planned meals didn't work. there is nothing on the store shelves.
i ran out of caffeine!
i need to buy an axe, hatchet, a taller ladder, and circular saw for debris removal
i did not have enough contractor trash bags.
make more ice and FILL the chest freezer with ice.
i need to buy and learn how to use a weapon. people are panicking and stealing/ siphoning gas out of neighbors' cars.
lemon juice and lime juice make nice cold drinks. i made cherry limeade.
