Getting Ready for the Hurricane: What's on Your List?

kandy smith LOL wine and Piroulines!
I hope it fizzles out before it gets up the coast.
It really looks scary.

We were so lucky here in Florida to have dodged this one!
Stay safe everyone!

Katherine Nannizzi Here are few tips from NY:
- make sure to have cash on hand
- fuel up the car
- pull in your BBQ and other outdoor furniture
- fill up your bathtub - just in case water is turned off, your bathtub water and a bucket may be the tools for flushing your toilet
- know how to shut off gas and water

Bud Dietrich, AIA Here on the west coast of Florida we're saving our Guinness and ghost stories for the next one.

zuitzy Hope Irene doesn't hit you all too hard up there. We've had lots of rain and wind down here in Ft. Lauderdale, but luckily nothing too serious.

Our plan for hurricanes always includes stocking the bar, snacks and pulling out the board games. So predictable!

Unfortunately, sometimes in all the chaos of rushing to prepare, mishaps do happen...like when the tiki torch fuel is mistaken for apple juice and ends up in the fridge (oops!).

Seriously though...good luck and hope everyone stays safe!

cadsaxl Making the fridge a few degrees cooler is another to-do so that the food stays fresher, longer... Darn, I forgot the Piroulines!

2lindylou These look like "we're going on a car trip emergency pack." LOL
After many floods and earthquakes, with the above photo's, I'd say your good for about what, maybe an 2 hours?....

larchmontmike Crank radio!

gbyh Food and bottled water for 5-7 days and not just 3. If power lines are effected it can take an average 5 days to get them up again, especially in more rural areas. We also keep a propane tank filled and use our outdoor grill to cook (it has one gas burner on it, so it is great to use outdoors after a storm). A portable battery operated tv is another staple to actually see the weather radar and stories effecting the area, as well as entertaining everyone. Today a good Ipad or smartphone should be added to the list. They are great and 3G service is worth every penny you pay when you need it during a storm. This is also a time to take advantage of those solar powered landscape lights. Great to use instead of candles at night while waiting for the power to be restored.

akimboh Ready here in Virginia Beach! Cash, water, radio, full propane tank for the grill and full tank of gas for the car, flash lights, paper plates and plastic cups and utensils, kitty food and litter and RUM! Come on, Irene!

Sheila Edmond Batteries, gas for the generator, battery operated lanterns, two cases of water in the freezers, and hard boiled some eggs. Tomorrow I pickup paper plates, toilet paper and ingredients for hurricanes. I hope they help me sleep through this one. BTW, I'm in Suffolk, VA.

Sheila Edmond Gbyh, I just hope Verizon stays up through the storm. The earthquake knocked it out the other day and they were out after a tornado tore through my neighborhood a while back.

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Everything you need for an emergency and lots of things you don't need, but are fun to order.
Be safe!

vonda We felt we were well prepared before Katrina. We had camping stoves, lanterns, ice chest, etc. We stock piled water, foods, and fuels. What we were not prepared for were ants that invaded our home after the storm and the torrential rains and downed trees. They invaded any and all food that was not sealed in plastic or glass containers. We added well sealed food storage containers and insect spray to our hurricane preparation list!