With two months until the Atlantic Hurricane Season begins, it is time to start getting our hurricane kits back in order. Everyone knows the standards:
- Flashlights
- Batteries
- weather radio
- battery/solar/hand crank radio or tv
- canned goods
- one gallon of water per person per day for one week
- water on hand for sanitation (toilets, washing)
- Baby wipes (even if you don’t have babies!)
- non-chlorine bleach and water tablets (to sanitize water & clean)
- camp stove or other non-electric cooking appliance
- propane for the camp stove, or appropriate fuel
- fill your car with gas
- have cash on hand (power out means no ATM)
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