Just curious how much folks do to prep for storms. It's on my mind, as our state has two back to back tropical storms/hurricanes scheduled to hit or pass near our state this week. One has petered out without doing much damage and the other is expected to go north of our state.
Normally, we really don't get very excited at all and actually until the tsunami in Japan rarely even evacuated, even tho the have moved the flood inandatino zone to cover our street now (used to not include our street--the zone stopped at the highway, 3 streets closer to the ocean).
Have read that you're supposed to have 1 gallon of water per person per day PLUS at least 1/2 gallon per person per day for cooking and personal hygeine. Since we live on an island, we're supposed to have supplies to last at least 7-21 days. That's a heck of a lot of water, even for only two people, and doesn't even include water for bathing or toilets.
Anyway, this past storm, we bought a 35 pack of water because I use them for my support group and other meetings, and had an open pack so total we had about maybe 60 bottles of 16 ounces of water. I also decided to fill two gallon jugs with cover with water for sanitation needs, "just in case." We also went to Costco and bought a 12-pack of tuna and some bread and rice (we were nearly out of this staple), but otherwise had supplies of nuts and other nonperishable food.
Anyway, am just curious about what folks actually do for storm prep. In our lifetimes, none of us in my exteneded family have ever had a disaster that caused us to lose power lasting longer than 36 hours or have a flooding in our home. Thanks for insights folks care to share.
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