Hurricane Checklist

Hurricane preparations are ongoing at the J + A household.  Here's our checklist:

1. Camp stove and fuel - check
2. Bottled water - check
3. Gatorade - check (If the UF student health care center taught me anything while I was a student it's that Gatorade heals all illnesses)
4. Non-perishable food - check
5. Sanitizing wipes - check
6. Lighter - check
7. Water and fire resistant filing box - check (this isn't really because of the hurricane, but it's something we should have gotten a long time ago anyway, so we got one for important documents)
8. Flashlights - check
9. Batteries - check
10. Extra ice in the freezer in case of power outage - check
11. Fridge and freezer turned to coldest temperature setting - check
12. Outdoor plants and furniture put in the storage shed - waiting for J to get home
13. Laundry finished - working on it
14. Bathtub filled with water - waiting until tomorrow
15. Vehicle gas tanks filled - check
16. Disposable plates, cups, bowls, utensils - check
17. Toilet paper - check (arguably one of the most important items on the list)

Hopefully we won't need to use most of our supplies, but we have them just in case.  And anything that doesn't get used for the hurricane becomes part of our blizzard survival kit - along with other stuff that I don't even know enough about blizzards to realize we need yet.

Jim Cantore, Human Hurricane Magnet

Jim Cantore is currently in Manhattan (NOT D.C.) which makes me feel better.  You know you're in for a wild ride when he shows up in your town!