Ok, so we probably should have had this conversation earlier, rather than waiting until after TS Fay has already hit the keys and is on its way to becoming a hurricane over SW Florida.

Normal hurricane preparation procedure says that you should stock up on enough food and water to last a week without electricity, running water, or access to buy more, including one gallon of water per day per person. I've never been through one of these things as a veg*n, though I prepared pretty well last year and this year. But what foods do you keep around as part of your hurricane supplies?

The obvious canned foods are beans and soup. Baked beans were on sale for buy one/get one free about a month or two ago, so I stocked up. I've also got chick peas, and Progresso lentil soup.

Last year, I tried the single serving, non-refridgerated boxes of Edensoy soy milk, but I didn't like the taste. This year, I picked up Rice Dream instead. I've never had rice milk before, so we'll see how I like it.

Right before a storm hits, I make sure I have dry cereal, bread (bagels!), fresh fruit, and carrots for me, and I buy leafy greens to feed my bunny. Snack food is pretty good, too - after all, pretzels and potato chips may be nutritionally void, but at least they're heavy in carb calories, so they can keep you going short term if you don't have anything else.

Any other suggestions? What do the rest of you stock up on?

--Fromper
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Well, this is going to sound bad. I've lived most of my life in S FL. Been through hurricanes. And I've never done much preparing. *bag over head* Fortunately, my parents did though. :)

In light of TS Fay, I did buy some gallons of water. Tomorrow I'm cooking a large pot of beans and some rice to have on hand, some bread too. We have PB and J and bananas. Some canned veggies. I think we'll be ok with that IF something happens.

I don't think we'll get it too bad up here (Jacksonville). I hope not anyways. I already told DH that if the weather gets too bad and they are making him come to work, he's staying on base b/c I won't be driving. We only have one car and he doesn't drive.

But hopefully it won't be too bad. I haven't checked the news today beyond hearing on the radio that Fay had made landfall in the Keys.

We've had it lucky in the northern part of the state (normally it isn't as ferocious as when it first hits land), so we don't prepare all-out like we should.

Normally, when the storm first begins, raining and whatnot, we fill the bathtubs with water. We always keep a good supply of tape and wood in case a window breaks, and put out a large plastic garbage can with clean bricks lining the bottom(to hold it down if the wind picks up) to collect water.
Then the food. As you said, cans of beans and soups, and we get plenty of bread(pumpernickle! yum =] ) and we make GORP, aka trail mix, with plenty of nuts and raisens and oats and granola. We go hiking a lot, so we also normally have dehydrated food packets just in case we run out of the good stuff. And lastly... my personaly favorite.. dried fruit! I simply adore Craisens and dried pineapple chunks.

so.. thats what we do... =]

I buy soy candles (in jars so my cats won't knock them over as easily).

I buy soy candles (in jars so my cats won't knock them over as easily).

I stick to flashlights, not candles. They're just safer and easier to aim the light.

--Fromper
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I stick to flashlights, not candles. They're just safer and easier to aim the light.

--Fromper
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yeah, but i hate that the batteries can die on you. i LOATHE being in the dark.

yeah, but i hate that the batteries can die on you. i LOATHE being in the dark.

That's why I stock up, and I generally keep two or more flashlights turned on at once. I usually have one sitting somewhere in the middle of the room, and I have another with me for spotlight work. So even if one goes out, I'll have the light from the other to help me find the batteries

--Fromper
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