Hurricane Prone Area Disers: Are you ready?

[mylilnikita]

June 1 will start the hurricane season, oh goody NOT!

Are you ready?
I have to get fresh butteries, dust off the old hand crank emergency radio and a couple small things, you can’t go wrong with glow in the dark sticks to find the bathroom door knob.

 

[DL1WDW2]

That’s probably a good idea for hotel rooms too.
Thanks
I still have all last seasons hurricane prep water in case of emergency flush toilet , etc… Do you think it is safe to keep if I put one drop of bleach in each bottle and they are marked with big red X Do not drink ! Or should I just empty & rinse out to refill .
I keep them in garage against the wall…
Last year I removed everything from the bookshelf’s and then could not remember where they belonged.
Starting to stock canned food with low sodium . And toilet paper , flashlights , bottled water and be sure to check the expire dates!

 

[Lumpy1106]

I don't know how you do it. I'll take the earthquakes in CA, thanks. Last one that did any real damage was Northridge in 1994. FWIW - if they forced everyone to evacuate in advance of an earthquake like you do hurricanes it would be an absolute disaster.

 

[fla4fun]

After last year, I plan to evacuate, regardless of whether it’s a Cat 1 or Cat 5. I didn’t evacuate for any storms until Milton, but I should have. It was much better for my mental health not to be here, especially since I was riding it out alone. I am not as brave as those of you who will shelter in place.

So I am packing everything up that I would take with me, and once I complete a car service appointment the first week of June, I will go ahead and put as much as I can in the car to be prepared. All I will need to do is toss a couple of last minute bags in and leave. I do need to get some additional batteries, but otherwise, I have everything I will need. I just hope I don’t actually need it . . .

 

[MamaMermaid]

Not really, waiting for school to get out and then will gather all the supplies, etc.

 

[mylilnikita]

That’s probably a good idea for hotel rooms too.
Thanks
I still have all last seasons hurricane prep water in case of emergency flush toilet , etc… Do you think it is safe to keep if I put one drop of bleach in each bottle and they are marked with big red X Do not drink ! Or should I just empty & rinse out to refill .
I keep them in garage against the wall…
Last year I removed everything from the bookshelf’s and then could not remember where they belonged.
Starting to stock canned food with low sodium . And toilet paper , flashlights , bottled water and be sure to check the expire dates!

I think I would empty and rinse and refill when you need but I am weird lol.

 

[mylilnikita]

I don't know how you do it. I'll take the earthquakes in CA, thanks. Last one that did any real damage was Northridge in 1994. FWIW - if they forced everyone to evacuate in advance of an earthquake like you do hurricanes it would be an absolute disaster.

I don’t like shake shake lol. Y’all don’t get a warning it could be at night.
In 2011: Mineral, Virginia had an earthquake a couple hours from there I live where I live now in the SE part.
I was actually on the Dis I think writing about Hurricane Irene coming .I suddenly thought I was getting dizzy and looked up at the window blinds start to sway and I realized it wasn’t just me lol
The house got a crack in the brick but that was all luckily.
It was a heck of a week lol.

 

[citruscurtis]

I don’t like shake shake lol. Y’all don’t get a warning it could be at night.
In 2011: Mineral, Virginia had an earthquake a couple hours from there I

My San andreas fault line is 3 hours away so my Nissan Van has a factory storage bin at the rear and is only full of earthquake supplies for the elements. Being Yuma we always have water in the van. ..as for home.. nothing earthquake situated but we have caches of water and propane BBQ and a deep freezer at a window

 

[tarheelmjfan]

I'm ready to evacuate to the center of the state, if we need to. Does that count?

 

[QueenIsabella]

We're a pretty prepared family, generally--DH and I were both firefighters, back in the day, and more likely than most to have extra supplies on hand. We have a full pantry and a whole-house generator, cases of water, extra batteries, etc. We check it over at the beginning of hurricane season each year.

We're not in the evacuation zone, so we shelter in place. Florence was a direct hit--we were out of power for 4 days, while DH was locked in at work (power plant) for 5 days. Mostly, we were bored and sweaty. A tree fell down across our driveway, but there wasn't any house damage.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

I don't know how you do it. I'll take the earthquakes in CA, thanks. Last one that did any real damage was Northridge in 1994. FWIW - if they forced everyone to evacuate in advance of an earthquake like you do hurricanes it would be an absolute disaster.

Oh, it's a disaster in South Florida too. Even with contra flow & emergency lanes open on all major highways, it took us 23 hrs. to drive what should have taken us less than 10, before Hurricane Irma. Finding gas was hit or miss. That's the reason we'll evacuate to the center of the state in the future.

 

[chrisney]

I'm ready to evacuate to the center of the state, if we need to. Does that count?

Milton was not particularly kind to Central Florida last year. We lost power for several days, which,, if you are on oxygen 24/7 is a major problem! My oxygen supplier would not deliver extra tanks in advance that last about 4 hours (and then closed down locally!). I had one tank, my portable system which is good for about 3 hours before needing to be charged, and the backup power source I had thankfully purchased lasted about another 3-4 hours. My husband and son spent a fair amount of time sitting in the car out in the hurricane recharging so I wouldn't be in danger of dangerously low oxygen saturation.
This year we made sure our county knows of all of our health concerns. They will come to get us, our oxygen supplies, our mobility devices etc. It's a real load off of my mind.
Even better would be to not need any of it!

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Milton was not particularly kind to Central Florida last year. We lost power for several days, which,, if you are on oxygen 24/7 is a major problem! My oxygen supplier would not deliver extra tanks in advance that last about 4 hours (and then closed down locally!). I had one tank, my portable system which is good for about 3 hours before needing to be charged, and the backup power source I had thankfully purchased lasted about another 3-4 hours. My husband and son spent a fair amount of time sitting in the car out in the hurricane recharging so I wouldn't be in danger of dangerously low oxygen saturation.
This year we made sure our county knows of all of our health concerns. They will come to get us, our oxygen supplies, our mobility devices etc. It's a real load off of my mind.
Even better would be to not need any of it!

After our Irma experience, our plan has been to consider the Gainesville area first, if we need to evacuate. Naturally, that could change based on the direction of the storm.

 

[barkley]

if they forced everyone to evacuate in advance of an earthquake like you do hurricanes it would be an absolute disaster.

I remember the Loma Prieta quake in '89. my office in the bay area was evacuated and everyone told to go home. driving down freeways and hearing of overpasses collapsing was rattling but when I was mid crossing one of the bridges and news broke of the bay bridge collapse I thought my heart would stop. suddenly it was all 'take alternate routes, take alternate routes'. I had a few friends who were CHP officers at the time and they said they never knew how few people knew only one single route from their homes to their jobs-they spent hours giving directions to rattled motorists who got lost on their way home.

 

[_19disnA]

Natural disasters of various sorts can occur in a number of different parts of the country. Where you live and what sort of disasters are likely will largely determine how to prepare. Not sure this would be any different than prior years. This wouldn't be anything new for people already living in those areas.

I don't believe there is any reliable way to predict when an earthquake will occur. Clearly with hurricanes, they are tracked days in advance and even if the exact path changes, you know a storm is likely to occur and when.

 

[Simba's Mom]

We're not ready, only because I always have a "hurricane box", consisting of batteries, some shelf-stable food that's easy to prepare (like a couple cans of soup), etc. However, DH is always well-prepared because he used to be a plant manager who used to be sent for "hurricane preparedness training" every year. He always gets everything ready when a hurricane heads our way-often things I haven't thought of!

 

[Praying Colonel]

There's a disaster preparedness tax holiday in FL from 6/1-14, so we're probably going to pick up a few things (batteries, portable power bank, cooler/reusable ice, CO detector, fire extinguisher).