Which help for other emergencies, too!
Hurricane Season began June 1 but the peak months for the Gulf Coast are August and September. Are you ready?
We were without power for 16 days after Hurricane Ike in 2008. Here are some things we were either glad we had or wished we had and now have:
- Shelf stable food for at least 2 weeks
- Butane stove (it can be used indoors and you can use regular kitchen pots and pans)
- Headlamps (for windowless bathrooms, attic access, and nighttime repairs)
- Lanterns
- Plenty of batteries of all sizes
- Solar lamp (these can even be solar yard lights)
- 5-day coolers
- Disposable plates, cups, bowls, silverware
- Heavy duty extension cords (for sharing generators and plugging in appliances)
- Corded phone and a true landline
- Garbage bags
- Heavy work gloves
- Yard tools
- Solar oven (my favorite is the Solavore)
- Clothesline and portable washing machine
- Bottled water (buy it or bottle it yourself)
For more ideas see my Hurricane Ike Journal.
