Comments on: Hurricane Prep List

By: Cheryl Norman

Cheryl Norman — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:14:01 +0000

You, too. If we lose power, we lose water because we have a well with an electric pump. After 2004′s hurricane season, we bought a generator!

By: Nancy J. Cohen

Nancy J. Cohen — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:25:12 +0000

It was stormy all day yesterday and it’s the same outside today, although it might be lightening up a bit. I’m just grateful we haven’t lost power. Hope you stay safe, dry, and cool also!

By: Cheryl Norman

Cheryl Norman — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:31:08 +0000

Very good advice, Nancy, most of which I know and practice since I live in Florida, too. Stay safe! Even if Isaac is headed west, we’re going to get storms. He’s a king-size system!

By: Nancy J. Cohen

Nancy J. Cohen — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:46:14 +0000

Thanks, I’m glad it’s useful. I hope your family will be all right. Another thing about cell phones is that sometimes a text message will get through when a phone call won’t. Our neighbor has a big standby generator with a propane tank buried in his yard. Too bad we’re not friendly with him. In fact, THAT subject inspired my next Bad Hair Day mystery.

By: Diane Schultz

Diane Schultz — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:16:01 +0000

Thanks for the list, Nancy. Since my family is in Pensacola (right on the path so far), I posted this for friends and family…it was very thorough. Loved that you thought of what to do about computer data. Didn’t have that worry when we had Frederick in 1979 and I think that was the last hurricane I went through. My family survived Ivan the year before Katrina (I think everyone in south Florida remembers the year before Katrina), and the cells went out there as well. I reached my Dad’s house on a landline (he weren’t back yet) and a friend reached me on her cell phone and drove by to check on my Mom. And of course everyone wanted a generator. Now I know why all the ice sells out. I was only 18 in 1979 and we took the strangest things with us when we evacuated. I wonder what a list of that from everyone would look like. Great post!

By: Nancy J. Cohen

Nancy J. Cohen — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:42:43 +0000

Yes, I get tired of watching the news. It’s relentless reports of the same things….it’s gonna rain tomorrow. We all know that much. Whether or not the storm will strengthen or change course…those are the issues of concern.

By: noraadrienne

noraadrienne — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:30:53 +0000

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/fort-lauderdale-fl/33308/weather-forecast/14451_pc

Good luck… this is for the Lauderdale area.

By: Nancy J. Cohen

Nancy J. Cohen — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:36:11 +0000

Ha Ha on the ice cream. Good idea on keeping breads in the freezer. They may last longer that way. As for the grill, if there’s no power, I’m just too damn hot to cook anywhere. So cold foods have to suffice. You can also buy those ready to heat meals that cook themselves in your kitchen sink, but that’s like survival rations.

By: Nancy J. Cohen

Nancy J. Cohen — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:33:27 +0000

We definitely have a land line, because in one of the prior hurricanes, none of our cell phones worked but the wired phone did.

By: Carol White

Carol White — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:53:56 +0000

I always keep bread,bagels, etc in the freezer & PB & J. I also used my gas grill a lot during Wilma. After the first couple of days I brought in take-out from Wok-Out – they had about 3 items on the menu and it was always good! Very good list,Nancy,thanks…if I had ice cream in my freezer it would be long gone before the hurricane.