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[rivka]

We went shopping for hurricane supplies this evening. I still wasn't sure how much would be overkill, so I made my basic criterion "will I be embarrassed if I buy this and then the storm misses us?"

We bought: bottled water, a second flashlight, flashlight batteries, batteries for my Walkman (it has a radio), crackers, sharp cheddar cheese, peanut butter with preservatives so it doesn't need refrigeration, juice, canned fruit, canned soup, canned fish, candles, chocolate, and roasted peanuts. This we added to our stock of hurricane-appropriate supplies already in the cupboard, which includes more candles, more canned fruit and soup, dried fruit, canned beans, chips, cereal, breakfast bars, crackers, fresh vegetables, bleach, masking tape, the first flashlight, and plastic bags.

So of course we came home and found that Isabel had already been downgraded to a Cat 3.

Yay, first criterion! I am ashamed of buying nothing.

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[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good stock of stuff to have! We've never had any really predictable emergencies here, so all of our supplies have been ad-hoc. When the east coast blackout hit, I'd been trying to work through our stores of stuff around the kitchen in preparation for a restocking, so we had next to no food in the house. I'm glad that it only lasted 24 hours here. ;)