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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