Hurricane lists?

Question

Me my parents, and my older brother live in Texas and we know Hurricane Dean may be hitting our area so we are going shopping tommorow for supplies and food. What do we need to get? There are 4 people. So yeah it would help help if you would post a link our sompthing. Thanks for you help :)

Answer 1

everyone has given good answers,but I think you'll need more water than just 2 gallons,maybe 2 gallons per person,also PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!if you have pets make an emergency kit for them as well ,animals are TOTALLY DEPENDENT on PEOPLE,PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!take care of them TOO!!!!!!!!!thinking of you,Best of Luck! Be safe!

Answer 2

You will need enough food to last a 4-5 days and a way to prepare it without electricity; plenty of batteries, and a radio to listen to the news. Several gallons of fresh water fill up the bathtub with clean water and buy 2 gallons at the store. You can clean yourself with the bathtub water; wash in the sink with a bucket. Then use the waste water to flush the toilet.

A couple of flashlights and batteries would be great. There are big 6 volt lantern batteries that could light up an entire room; one of those would be good. There are a wide range of smaller batteries, everyone should have their own. Candles and a lighter will be more efficient and a few with a pair of lighters would be a very good idea. Try to get the ones that are in a jar so that you won’t be able to knock them over and cause a fire. There are flashlights that work when you shake or crank them and they will operate for a long time, and store well. You will have to work a little to keep the light going, but that won’t be a problem. Batteries die over a year or so, so you can’t trust them for long. If you are going to be in the area for a while you want an emergency kit that will last you for a few seasons. You may never use it, but having one near by is very good.

A first aid kit will help a lot. Band-Aids and a simple antibiotic will go a long way. If you are in a flooded area then any wound could get infected if left in the water for long. So be careful to cover them. Trash bags make great emergency carry equipment, emergency rain jackets (just cut out the hole for your arms and your head at the bottom of the bag), and you can tape them around our legs to keep them dry if you have to wade through water.

Flowing water is dangerous and if it is up to your knees then it could knock you over so be careful, if it is over 1/2 the height of your car’s wheels then don’t try driving through it, you will get stuck. Your engine could flood and your car could wash away.

Right now I would look on the internet for a topographic map of your area. This map marks the elevation of the land and you need to know how high you are. If you are living near a river, in a flood plan or below sea level then you need to strongly consider evacuation. If you live above sea level, with no river near by then you could survive staying at home. What killed most of the people in New Orleans is that they didn’t evacuate when they were told to. Get a full tank of gas now before the prices rise and gas runs out.

You can cook soup on a small campfire stove (try Wal Mart) and eat fruit out of a can. Meat won't keep long, so you may want to keep the fridge closed to keep the cool air in. Fresh fruit and veggies will keep for a while, but something like raisins will keep better.

Right before the hurricane hits buy bag of ice for the fridge and the freezer. To keep your food fresh, don't wait for the last few hours though or you won't find any.

Get duct tape and tape an X on the outside and of all your windows. If your area is prone to flooding then some sand bags or just trash bags filled with sand can form a barricade. You don’t need to cover the entire house, just the doors.

I don’t think this is going to be anywhere near as bad as Katrina, unless you live on the Yucatan Peninsula, but all hurricanes are serious. I lived in Houston for years without any problems except for hard rain. We also lived 12’above sea level so we never got any flooding. The power wasn’t out for more than a day, but a generator could be useful.

The weather is the worst directly in face of the hurricane and to the right of landfall, where the winds force the water ashore. So watch the news and only get worried if you are in that area. Find out what your sea level is, New Orleans was built below sea level, so the flooding was bad.

Tornados can result, but are not that common, the worst thing is the wind damage and the flooding. Find a room in the middle of the house or apartment that is safe with no windows so you can hide if it gets bad. Listen to the evacuation warnings and heed them. Ask your neighbors who have lived in the area for more than a year what they are doing and take clues from them.

Just think of what you will need to survive for 4-5 days with no running water, no electricity, no phone, and no gas. That would be the worst conditions for most of us.

Answer 3

What the guy above me said

Answer 4

i know how it is to go shopping for a hurrican here i know of this list heres a web site it list wat you should keep thats important and food supplies

www.wavytv.com

good luck!!!