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by: 13 OP
~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 12:16pm

Do you prepare yourself at the beginning of the season....or....wait till we actually see one that might be hitting us? I never prepare myself early. I do always keep plenty of bottled water and flashlights but that's about it. Just curious how many really are already prepared.

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11
~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 12:26pm

Just head North

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~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 12:30pm

Sort of half and half. Some things we keep year round.

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~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 12:42pm

Nope, I am not a nervous Nellie and I am an eternal optimist. First sign of trouble though I will start getting food and water stocked, gas, batteries, plywood if needed, etc. No sense in worrying about "what might happen".

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~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 12:46pm

We will leave ,I really doubt the electric company could stand another performance by my husband !

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~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 12:47pm

I recommend getting a natural gas generator installed to your house. You can get one at Sam's for about $3,500 and get it installed by an electrician. It's worth it, since you will not have to worry about going to the gas station. Do you remember the big lines? Exactly...........Look into it, trust me it's worth it. I don't want to experience that anymore.

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~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 12:51pm

We just get books and read when the power is out. We can deal with a couple of weeks of no AC.

We also refuse to leave. We are far enough North that we feel leaving from here is a danger of clogging the roadways for those South of us that actually need to get out of the way.

In terms of prepping... half and half. We will keep a few items on had at all times.
If a hurricane gets into the gulf we go and get a few more items asap. Then within a 3-6 more days once the projections start to clear up we make our final call on what else we may need to get.

Then we sit back and let nature do it's thing.

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~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 1:53pm

We just get books and read when the power is out. We can deal with a couple of weeks of no AC.

We also refuse to leave. We are far enough North that we feel leaving from here is a danger of clogging the roadways for those South of us that actually need to get out of the way.

Then we sit back and let nature do it's thing.

@B12Fan:

A couple of weeks without the ac? Oh! Heck no! That would be hard for me, maybe a couple of days I could handle it, but that is it. I especially can't stand for my melons to sweat.

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~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 2:02pm

We keep water, oil and oil lamps, flashlights, peanut butter, lighters, matches, plywood on hand. No plans to buy a generator.

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~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 2:10pm

This is the one I recommend.

www.google.com/shopp ing/product/11421709 895976796985?q=natur al+gas+generato

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~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 4:16pm

I stand in massive lines to buy the last straggling cans of spaghetti-Os. And then don't eat them because we spend the whole time BBQing everything in the freezer.

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~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 4:31pm

I'm a risk taker!

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~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 4:42pm

I stand in massive lines to buy the last straggling cans of spaghetti-Os. And then don't eat them because we spend the whole time BBQing everything in the freezer.

@HumbleGirl:

Right? LOL Going from neighbors to neighbors for dinner after Ike (we were tight!) was interesting. We had a lot of frozen (thawing quickly) chicken breasts, steaks, smoked sausages, etc. The funniest one on our street was BBQ'd frozen boxes enchilada dinners (tons!). The funnier thing was that they were delicious! Maybe it was the warm beer.

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~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 4:44pm

Yes we ate well that week! And even some questionable items.

My craziest thing was trying to help a neighbor keep her stockpile of bags of frozen breast milk frozen.

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~ 9 years ago Jun 18, '14 4:51pm

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>> We just get books and read when the power is out. We can deal with a couple of weeks of no AC.

We also refuse to leave. We are far enough North that we feel leaving from here is a danger of clogging the roadways for those South of us that actually need to get out of the way.

Then we sit back and let nature do it's thing.

@B12Fan:

A couple of weeks without the ac? Oh! Heck no! That would be hard for me, maybe a couple of days I could handle it, but that is it. I especially can't stand for my melons to sweat.

@West-tex:

Were you not here after Ike?

We made it just fine. Great neighbors/friends who all got together for parties every night and looked out for each other. It was almost sad when the power was restored!

Fun to see all the kids managing to have fun outside with each other without electronics. Lots of bonding time with neighbors that has carried through today.

The only big thing I'd recommend other than the obvious is a cheap, propane double burner. We had that and we ate well! Best potato salad ever.