Re:Re: Preparing for Hurricanes--Marilyn

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Betty

I'm not Marilyn, but I also live in hurricane territory. I'm 3 hours east of Marilyn in New Orleans, just outside Pensacola, in the western end of the Florida panhandle. Marilyn posted several excellent emails on hurricane preparedness on the Long Island List. Unfortunately I didn't save any of them, but hopefully Marilyn will locate them and repost on this group so we can access them in the archives in the future.

I've been through several hurricanes in the past 5 years while on SCD. The longest I had to go without power and running water was 5 days since I had evacuated to my parents' house in an area that had their utilities restored faster than at my house. I did OK, stayed 100% SCD-legal. Finding enough gas for my car was another matter....

I have all the hurricane-ready equipment on hand -- flashlights, battery radio, coolers, blue ice, tarps, etc. Since I live in a manufactered home I evacuate to my parents' house if landfall when necessary, and we go through the routine of filling up bathtubs with water for cleaning and toilets.

In terms of food: I keep 5 days worth of bottled water on hand; used for drinking and cooking if necessary (and I happen to have access to either a gas stove or grill). I keep several days' worth of canned tuna (legal kind) and a can or two of wild salmon on hand. I keep a jar of Smucker's natural peanut butter on hand. I also have acidophilus capsules in my refrigerator since I don't eat yogurt.

We usually get at least 24 hours of warning before a storm hits, and I find out whether I have to evacuate or not. If I do have to evacuate, I'll cook up 4 or 5 days worth of vegetables and meat; and make enough juice for a week. I take a week's worth of nut flour muffins, that I usually keep in my freezer. I usually have other leftovers in my freezer, so I add them to the coolers. I load up my coolers with everything and blue ice and head out. The blue ice usually lasts 2 days; by then, if the power hasn't come on yet, there are emergency supplies of ice in the area, or stores open that aren't too far away. So I replace the blue ice with regular ice, and keep replenishing the supply until full power is restored.

My parents used to live in a house with a gas stove, which made it easier. We could cook, even if we had no power. We haven't yet bothered getting a generator, but a lot of people in my area have them, including several of my parents' neighbors.

I generally don't keep much food in my freezer during hurricane season. Lost a lot of food two summers in a row, so I learned my lesson.

Kim M.

SCD 5 years

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Marilyn,I know you have been through this, planning or living through hurricanes. I live in Miami, FL and this is a yearly reality for us too. With , we didn't have power for 3 months.Now that it's hurricane season and we're supposed to be getting supplies, what do I do about SCD? What type of things is it good to have on hand? What was your emergency diet? Thanks so much. Blessings,Betty

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Those were great suggestions. I'm having to think about this right now. THanks

for relating.

Yes, you know what hurricanes are.

I'm looking forward to hearing from Marilyn as well as she has addressed this in

the past.

Blessings,

Betty