Comments on: Parents: Are you prepared for a major storm? http://hurricanequestions.com/parents-are-you-prepared-for-a-major-storm.htm Wed, 23 May 2012 15:52:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: . http://hurricanequestions.com/parents-are-you-prepared-for-a-major-storm.htm/comment-page-1#comment-10888 . Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:58:50 +0000 http://hurricanequestions.com/parents-are-you-prepared-for-a-major-storm.htm#comment-10888 Honestly, yes. I keep a seperate food and water supply (dry beans, canned foods, etc.) We have an emergency kit for the house and car (Blankets, first aid, lighting, batteries, knives, etc.) We have arrangements made to leave - with our dogs- should a hurricane/other disaster hit (my husband's work actually requires they supply that info.) We keep our gas tanks in the vehicles above the halfway mark and keep extra in the garage. That's all to protect us though. If the house and contents go, oh well. More important the living things make it through the storm. I have seen the supply list, they send them out every year. They are pretty lengthy, and some of the things they suggest you get to secure your home are pricey. I do feel for the people that don't have the money. However, most major cities in such areas have things set up for the low-income. Here, there are buses set up to pick up and evacuate residents that have no transportation. But honestly, there are so many that don't know what to do, don't care what they should do, or simply can't...if a major storm hits, there will be lots of loss. Honestly, yes.
I keep a seperate food and water supply (dry beans, canned foods, etc.)
We have an emergency kit for the house and car (Blankets, first aid, lighting, batteries, knives, etc.)
We have arrangements made to leave - with our dogs- should a hurricane/other disaster hit (my husband’s work actually requires they supply that info.)
We keep our gas tanks in the vehicles above the halfway mark and keep extra in the garage.

That’s all to protect us though. If the house and contents go, oh well. More important the living things make it through the storm.

I have seen the supply list, they send them out every year. They are pretty lengthy, and some of the things they suggest you get to secure your home are pricey.

I do feel for the people that don’t have the money. However, most major cities in such areas have things set up for the low-income. Here, there are buses set up to pick up and evacuate residents that have no transportation. But honestly, there are so many that don’t know what to do, don’t care what they should do, or simply can’t…if a major storm hits, there will be lots of loss.

]]> By: Heart to Heart http://hurricanequestions.com/parents-are-you-prepared-for-a-major-storm.htm/comment-page-1#comment-10889 Heart to Heart Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:58:50 +0000 http://hurricanequestions.com/parents-are-you-prepared-for-a-major-storm.htm#comment-10889 I live in Tornado Alley. Basements and storm cellars are our only options. I live in Tornado Alley. Basements and storm cellars are our only options.

]]> By: kim h http://hurricanequestions.com/parents-are-you-prepared-for-a-major-storm.htm/comment-page-1#comment-10890 kim h Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:58:50 +0000 http://hurricanequestions.com/parents-are-you-prepared-for-a-major-storm.htm#comment-10890 I live in Ohio. When we were kids we stocked up for the winter. I still do this. Everyone laughs at me. I actually keep it stocked all year. I buy little things here and there with the groceries and we use what we have so it is rotated right. People that do not have the money will have to rely on the goodness of strangers and wait for help. I live in Ohio. When we were kids we stocked up for the winter. I still do this. Everyone laughs at me. I actually keep it stocked all year. I buy little things here and there with the groceries and we use what we have so it is rotated right. People that do not have the money will have to rely on the goodness of strangers and wait for help.

]]> By: Pix's Mommy http://hurricanequestions.com/parents-are-you-prepared-for-a-major-storm.htm/comment-page-1#comment-10891 Pix's Mommy Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:58:50 +0000 http://hurricanequestions.com/parents-are-you-prepared-for-a-major-storm.htm#comment-10891 We live in Illinois and there really aren't any major storms that *can* happen here. But if a tornado were to come we'd probably be screwed... unless we knew it was coming and could run up the hill to the neighbor's house. We are close and I know were she keeps her key. She has a basement, we don't... I wouldn't risk running up a hill in a bad storm though... food, water wise, then we'd be fine. The tornado is on top of our house... uh... Good luck to you guys down there in Flordia... hope it isn't too bad. We live in Illinois and there really aren’t any major storms that *can* happen here. But if a tornado were to come we’d probably be screwed… unless we knew it was coming and could run up the hill to the neighbor’s house. We are close and I know were she keeps her key. She has a basement, we don’t… I wouldn’t risk running up a hill in a bad storm though… food, water wise, then we’d be fine. The tornado is on top of our house… uh…
Good luck to you guys down there in Flordia… hope it isn’t too bad.

]]> By: Jane Doe http://hurricanequestions.com/parents-are-you-prepared-for-a-major-storm.htm/comment-page-1#comment-10892 Jane Doe Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:58:50 +0000 http://hurricanequestions.com/parents-are-you-prepared-for-a-major-storm.htm#comment-10892 We had a tornado here last week. My storm cellar is full of water and snakes, so I had to get in the tub with a mattress on top of us. Luckily it didn't hit us head on, just our barn. The storms we have here, it wouldn't help us to have a supply back up, because it would likely be blown away. We had a tornado here last week. My storm cellar is full of water and snakes, so I had to get in the tub with a mattress on top of us. Luckily it didn’t hit us head on, just our barn. The storms we have here, it wouldn’t help us to have a supply back up, because it would likely be blown away.

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