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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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Heh.

[mamatiger.livejournal.com]

I sort of did the Y2K-supply-buying-thing, and got myself a propane lamp and stove -- I told myself that they'd come in handy in a power outage whether Y2K or thunderstorm.

I finally used the lantern for the first time a couple of months ago.

Just make sure you have a real connected-to-the-wall telephone. Cell phones and cordless phones may have problems if electricity goes out over a wide area.