Hurricaine season is just around the corner. Since the 2004 hurricaines my hubby and I take 1000 dollars and stock up. 2004 was terrible , a hurricaine every two weeks x 4. The shelves on the stores were bare. Since then we stock up every May, on canned and non perishable goods, water, batteries, fill up the propane gas grills, buy gas for the generator etc. My family and some of my neighbors think we are nuts. They actually make fun of us. Is it so wrong to be prepared, are we going overboard? It is all stuff we can use should there not be a disaster. Sometimes I wish there would be storms again so I can say ha ha and bite me if someone wants to have fresh water or needs food--oh that was mean!
2007-04-04 07:29:02 · 2 answers · asked by vivib 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
having gone through 15 hurricanes in 30 years in St Thomas......including Marilyn which destroyed 80% of the buildings and had town electricity off 125 days......and having written a book on hurricane prepardness for sailors.....I say
Five Stars to You!!!
Proper Prior Planning Prevents Panicy Poor Performance........you can be sitting at home watching the Weather Channel while everyone else is in a 2 hour line at Home Depot or reduced to buying canned okra at the supermarket....ask anyone who went thru Marilyn or Hugo or Ivan in the Caribbean or Andrew in FLorida or Katrina in Miss/Ala/La and they'll say there is NO SUCH THING as over prepared.......besides, you fasten your seat belt each time you go driving, right?
2007-04-04 08:41:49 · answer #1 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think what you're doing is wrong or overboard. For me, I can't imagine what it must of been like for you back then, but looks like you've learnt from the past and you're doing the right thing by preparing for the worst.
2007-04-04 07:39:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋