Veg*n hurricane supplies?

I'll have to think about this more but my here's my initial ideas.

Water- as many gallons as you can stand to have around. We tend to have about 6-9 gallons at any given time, no matter the season.

Do you have a grill? If so stack up on grill supplies so you can fire that up and heat water, cook cans of veggies, make bread etc. (yes, totally possible) The grill is super useful in times of emergencies. If not try and keep a baby propane grill which you can pick up for about $15.

Other than those ideas, just try and hit the grocery store and keep an eye out for foods that have a longer shelf life. Stock up on a few things, crackers, cookies, oatmeal, dried fruits, nuts, canned stuff etc. That should make a pretty decent food supply.

My Husband has us very very well prepared in the event of an emergency. So we have things like rain ponchos, extra blankets, emergency wheather radios, and much much more. But it's just a preferance about how prepared you want to be I hope that helped... when I think of more I'll let you know.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Sun

Fromper, what did you do to prepare for hurricanes when you ate meat? It seems to me the preparation would be that same -- there are things like smoked meat I guess that don't need refrigeration but there are different kinds of trail mixes which would give you that kind of protein boost that you might need and they come in quite a variety.

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Besides being my first hurricane season as a vegetarian, it's also my first without any family in the area. In past years, I'd stay with my dad and step-mother when there was a major storm, but they left Florida, so I'm on my own this year. My dad had a nice grill and a huge freezer in his garage, so we just filled the freezer with bottles of water in and around the food so it was stuffed and frozen before the storm hit, and everything lasted at least 4-5 days. Since he lived near a fire station, he always got electricity back before then (and before I did at my apartment). We'd pull things out to cook on the grill, and we were fine. Living in a small apartment and not having a grill really limits my options in that regard. I may go look into buying a small, cheap grill.

I didn't mention water in my initial post, because that just goes without saying. I've got a 5 gallon water cooler that I fill from my Brita filter, along with keeping a few gallons in the fridge. And I fill up little bottles and freeze them, partially to have them for later and partially to keep the frozen foods cold for a couple of days after the electricity goes out. So I've got that covered. Gatorade is pretty good to keep around that way, too.

Actually, I feel pretty dumb right about now, because I just took an inventory of my flashlights, candles, and lanterns today, and I realized how few of those I have around. I should have stocked up on that stuff at the start of the season, when hurricane supplies are tax-free for a week or two in Florida. I thought I had enough, but I really only have 2 good flashlights. I could use a good lantern or two like what my dad has, but I just never got around to buying them.

--Fromper

I really should put something like this together. We don't get hurricanes in Ohio ( ), but there have been tornados and ice storms that knock the power out for several days.

If you bought a small grill, you could cook tons of different veggies (canned or fresh) wrapped in aluminum foil. It wouldn't be the traditional way to make, say, green beans, but it'd be better than eating them cold. Keep some spices on hand and you could actually make a tasty meal.

I second what the others have said about traditional non-perishables. Crackers, trail mix, dried fruit, pretzels... Heck, I sometimes make meals out of those when I have electricity!

I would probably mostly rely on canned soups, as long as I had a way to heat them (on the grill?). The soy milk and cereal idea is a good one too. I think they make dehydrated soy milk too, if you can't find the single-serve packs.

during Katrina i had to evacuate and had literally 15 minutes to get my stuff and get in the car. (i had no cable and i was out of town i wasn't even aware there WAS a storm coming) now me and my boyfriend stock up on water, canned goods, ramen noodles, and apples and oranges. we also get tortillas cause they stay pretty fresh longer than bread does. sine i have ptsd from the last storm, we've made a decision that if another storm heads our way, we're going to go to Arkansas. this meant getting our important papers (birth certificates, social security cards, past bills and pay stubs) together, and getting a second cat carrier. Now we have a box with all our emergency food and evacuation supplies sitting in the closet. i feel alot more relaxed now that the hurricane season is heating up knowing how prepared i am.

i saw this thing on tv once when i was a kid about making sure you have an emergency supply box packed away in case a storm hit etc etc. i freaked out of course and started hassling my parents about it. it would resurface now and then until i got old enough to realize.. we don't get hurricanes here

i still think it's a good idea cause you never know. like "THE blackout" a few years back, we were all totally unprepared around here cause we just don't get bad weather. we get cold winters and rainy springs but nothing severe like that. the occasional small tornado i suppose.

we were lucky that when the blackout hit we were on our way out camping for the weekend. it didn't affect us at all since we would be without power anyways. hah.

anyway i would buy tins of mixed nuts and trail mixes, as long as they're sealed they should last a while. soy jerkey. individual sizes of fruit cocktails and apple sauce snacks. definately crackers and PB in case you run out of bread or it goes bad. some fun treats like licorice or something.

a small french press or other coffee maker not requiring electricity: we got this one from a coffee shop for $2, i use it for camping a lot. it's a plastic funnel type thing that holds cone filters and has a hold and lip on the bottom so it fits over your mug. you put filter and coffee in it, pour boiling water into it and just plunk it on top of your mug. makes great coffee, really fast.

that's assuming you have a grill to boil water.

i think we'd survive ok cause we have a ton of camping gear and always have lots of boxed and canned food kicking around. we should pick up a few big jugs of water to store just in case though, that's the only thing we'd be scrambling for really.

oh and make sure you have soy ice cream in the freezer. so when the power goes off you'll be forced to eat it all so it doesn't melt