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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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[ailsaek.livejournal.com]

Pretty good list. We've got tons of candles anyway, and lots of matches, and wood for the fireplace and all (I just have to shlep it indoors in time), so the only hurricane supplies I've picked up so far are a huge bag of bagels and a big tub of cream cheese. I'm planning on running the bread machine a couple of times between now & then, though.

We're way north of the danger zone, I realize, but my town's power grid is pretty wonky, and we've lost power for days at a time for much smaller reasons than a hurricane passing a few hundred miles away.

Good luck getting through Isabel's passage.