OT I got a question

This is for all you folks here in the US. How many of you have already made
Hurricane Plans and preparations

A poll made it to newspaper today

Among people preparing for a hurricane, 18 percent said they were assembling
an emergency kit and buying basic supplies such as water, canned food and
batteries, making that the most popular response.

Seven percent of respondents said they had prepared their homes for a
hurricane by installing special shutters or doors or making other upgrades;
5 percent said they had purchased a portable generator or installed an
emergency generator.

"Matthew AKA NMR ( NO MORE RETAIL )" 10 points a troll
@linethetrollsup.com wrote in message
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This is for all you folks here in the US. How many of you have already
made Hurricane Plans and preparations

A poll made it to newspaper today

Among people preparing for a hurricane, 18 percent said they were
assembling an emergency kit and buying basic supplies such as water,
canned food and batteries, making that the most popular response.

Seven percent of respondents said they had prepared their homes for a
hurricane by installing special shutters or doors or making other
upgrades; 5 percent said they had purchased a portable generator or
installed an emergency generator.





I don't have specific hurricane plans, but I do have emergency plans for
*any* type of emergency (which would include hurricanes). I keep the 2 cat
carriers in the garage (attached to the house), immediately the door, so I
could quickly pick them up for the cats. I also have cases of canned cat
food beside door where I could quickly grab some and an empty box that I
could quickly load with canned food. In the same location, I have a small
case with supplies for myself -- personal information, computer backup disks
(including photos), a diabetes glucose meter, prescriptions, personal
telephone/address directory, local telephone book, a can opener, and 2
flashlights with extra batteries. Bottled water is in the garage close to
the car. I live in East Texas but in a location where we *never before*
felt any major effects of hurricanes. Then Hurricane Rita hit, and I was
without power for 7 days. It is amazing how many batteries are needed for
portable fans and lights for 7 days! So, I now have a *huge* stock of
batteries of various sizes in another location (where I could use them in a
power shortage but probably would not take them with me if I evacuated --
although they are also close enough to the door so that I could grab them
fairly quickly). Finally, I *always* keep flashlights, a pillow, a couple
of blankets, and a some motel/hotel directories in the car (along with maps,
of course) -- and my cell phone is always in my purse.

MaryL

Mary do you have a Bj's wholesale outlet near you. If so they make a
emergency bag it is water proof orange glow in the dark and comes with 5
days of emergency supplies such as pouched water and food, poncho, whistle,
matches and so on it cost $30. You can add others things to it since it is
a back pack and has extra pockets. I have one in each car and one for each
of use in the closet


You forgot several things on your list on is at least $500 in cash small
amounts per person in the household, toiletries and quick clean items , a
rapid charger for your cell phone that use a AA battery to recharge your
phone cost $10 plus battery, a hand crank rechargeable flashlight ( $10 )
and the most important that people always forgets A WEATHER RADIO; they
make hand cranks ones that have a portable power source and flashlight in
them about $25
I don't know if anyone has seen them but they make a hand crank battery
recharger you can get one at most camping stores

Later on before season gets her I am going to make a list of everything us
pet owners should have how much they cost and where to get them cheaply. Or
Am I jumping the gun here I just want everyone to be safe and not see
another time like last year




e"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
news:RzJPf.135457$0G.41622@dukeread10...

"Matthew AKA NMR ( NO MORE RETAIL )" 10 points a troll
@linethetrollsup.com wrote in message
. ..
This is for all you folks here in the US. How many of you have already
made Hurricane Plans and preparations

A poll made it to newspaper today

Among people preparing for a hurricane, 18 percent said they were
assembling an emergency kit and buying basic supplies such as water,
canned food and batteries, making that the most popular response.

Seven percent of respondents said they had prepared their homes for a
hurricane by installing special shutters or doors or making other
upgrades; 5 percent said they had purchased a portable generator or
installed an emergency generator.





I don't have specific hurricane plans, but I do have emergency plans for
*any* type of emergency (which would include hurricanes). I keep the 2
cat carriers in the garage (attached to the house), immediately the door,
so I could quickly pick them up for the cats. I also have cases of canned
cat food beside door where I could quickly grab some and an empty box that
I could quickly load with canned food. In the same location, I have a
small case with supplies for myself -- personal information, computer
backup disks (including photos), a diabetes glucose meter, prescriptions,
personal telephone/address directory, local telephone book, a can opener,
and 2 flashlights with extra batteries. Bottled water is in the garage
close to the car. I live in East Texas but in a location where we *never
before* felt any major effects of hurricanes. Then Hurricane Rita hit,
and I was without power for 7 days. It is amazing how many batteries are
needed for portable fans and lights for 7 days! So, I now have a *huge*
stock of batteries of various sizes in another location (where I could use
them in a power shortage but probably would not take them with me if I
evacuated -- although they are also close enough to the door so that I
could grab them fairly quickly). Finally, I *always* keep flashlights, a
pillow, a couple of blankets, and a some motel/hotel directories in the
car (along with maps, of course) -- and my cell phone is always in my
purse.

MaryL

top posting:
Out of interest, does anyone know where I might be able to get such
things in Australia? Sydney, if possible? We do not face a hurricane
risk, but we have a fairly severe bushfire risk, for which the
post-event survival preparations would be almost the same as for a
hurricane. I would like to have such a glow-in-the-dark survival kit
and the hand-crank equipment you mentioned.

Cheers,
Tish

Matthew AKA NMR ( NO MORE RETAIL ) wrote:
Mary do you have a Bj's wholesale outlet near you. If so they make a
emergency bag it is water proof orange glow in the dark and comes with 5
days of emergency supplies such as pouched water and food, poncho, whistle,
matches and so on it cost $30. You can add others things to it since it is
a back pack and has extra pockets. I have one in each car and one for each
of use in the closet


You forgot several things on your list on is at least $500 in cash small
amounts per person in the household, toiletries and quick clean items , a
rapid charger for your cell phone that use a AA battery to recharge your
phone cost $10 plus battery, a hand crank rechargeable flashlight ( $10 )
and the most important that people always forgets A WEATHER RADIO; they
make hand cranks ones that have a portable power source and flashlight in
them about $25
I don't know if anyone has seen them but they make a hand crank battery
recharger you can get one at most camping stores

Later on before season gets her I am going to make a list of everything us
pet owners should have how much they cost and where to get them cheaply. Or
Am I jumping the gun here I just want everyone to be safe and not see
another time like last year




e"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
news:RzJPf.135457$0G.41622@dukeread10...

"Matthew AKA NMR ( NO MORE RETAIL )" 10 points a troll
@linethetrollsup.com wrote in message
. ..
This is for all you folks here in the US. How many of you have already
made Hurricane Plans and preparations

A poll made it to newspaper today

Among people preparing for a hurricane, 18 percent said they were
assembling an emergency kit and buying basic supplies such as water,
canned food and batteries, making that the most popular response.

Seven percent of respondents said they had prepared their homes for a
hurricane by installing special shutters or doors or making other
upgrades; 5 percent said they had purchased a portable generator or
installed an emergency generator.





I don't have specific hurricane plans, but I do have emergency plans for
*any* type of emergency (which would include hurricanes). I keep the 2
cat carriers in the garage (attached to the house), immediately the door,
so I could quickly pick them up for the cats. I also have cases of canned
cat food beside door where I could quickly grab some and an empty box that
I could quickly load with canned food. In the same location, I have a
small case with supplies for myself -- personal information, computer
backup disks (including photos), a diabetes glucose meter, prescriptions,
personal telephone/address directory, local telephone book, a can opener,
and 2 flashlights with extra batteries. Bottled water is in the garage
close to the car. I live in East Texas but in a location where we *never
before* felt any major effects of hurricanes. Then Hurricane Rita hit,
and I was without power for 7 days. It is amazing how many batteries are
needed for portable fans and lights for 7 days! So, I now have a *huge*
stock of batteries of various sizes in another location (where I could use
them in a power shortage but probably would not take them with me if I
evacuated -- although they are also close enough to the door so that I
could grab them fairly quickly). Finally, I *always* keep flashlights, a
pillow, a couple of blankets, and a some motel/hotel directories in the
car (along with maps, of course) -- and my cell phone is always in my
purse.

MaryL

Matthew AKA NMR ( NO MORE RETAIL ) wrote:
Seven percent of respondents said they had prepared their homes for a
hurricane by installing special shutters or doors or making other upgrades;
5 percent said they had purchased a portable generator or installed an
emergency generator.

We're too far away to be seriously affected. All we really need is a
portable generator to keep the fish alive.

--
Victor M. Martinez
Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
Send your spam he
Email me he

ready.gov for a list of what you need for preparedness of any situation
from nuclear blast to power outages

this is the home page of the bag maker http://www.homeguardinc.com/ I
bought mine at a wholesale outlet it is a 5 day they only make a 3 day one
now

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/nwrrcvr.htm#residential has a list of weather
radio radios plus the frequencies

this is the one that has the phone charger
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=search

hand crank phone charger
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/ringto...ne-charger.htm

hand crank radio with flashlight and phone charger
http://www.crankngo.com/intro.htm



this is what is in it with plenty of room to add more in the bag
a.. Highly visible orange backpack
a.. 50 square feet of Home Guard Barrier SheetingT (4' x 12.5') and duct
tape
a.. 30-piece first-aid kit
a.. Facial tissues
a.. Three-day supply of food and water (five-year shelf life)
a.. Flashlight
a.. Water resistant AM/FM radio
a.. Four "D" and four "AA" batteries
a.. 12-hour lightstick
a.. N95 particulate respirator mask
a.. Emergency thermal blanket
a.. Emergency poncho
a.. Two biohazard waste bags
a.. Sanitary gloves
a.. Two-gallon water bag
a.. Bottle for bleach
a.. Utility wrench
a.. Leather palm safety gloves
a.. Emergency whistle
a.. Family communications plan
a.. Emergency manual

"Tish" wrote in message
oups.com...
top posting:
Out of interest, does anyone know where I might be able to get such
things in Australia? Sydney, if possible? We do not face a hurricane
risk, but we have a fairly severe bushfire risk, for which the
post-event survival preparations would be almost the same as for a
hurricane. I would like to have such a glow-in-the-dark survival kit
and the hand-crank equipment you mentioned.

Cheers,
Tish

Matthew AKA NMR ( NO MORE RETAIL ) wrote:
Mary do you have a Bj's wholesale outlet near you. If so they make a
emergency bag it is water proof orange glow in the dark and comes with 5
days of emergency supplies such as pouched water and food, poncho,
whistle,
matches and so on it cost $30. You can add others things to it since it
is
a back pack and has extra pockets. I have one in each car and one for
each
of use in the closet


You forgot several things on your list on is at least $500 in cash small
amounts per person in the household, toiletries and quick clean items , a
rapid charger for your cell phone that use a AA battery to recharge your
phone cost $10 plus battery, a hand crank rechargeable flashlight ( $10 )
and the most important that people always forgets A WEATHER RADIO; they
make hand cranks ones that have a portable power source and flashlight in
them about $25
I don't know if anyone has seen them but they make a hand crank battery
recharger you can get one at most camping stores

Later on before season gets her I am going to make a list of everything
us
pet owners should have how much they cost and where to get them cheaply.
Or
Am I jumping the gun here I just want everyone to be safe and not see
another time like last year




e"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
news:RzJPf.135457$0G.41622@dukeread10...

"Matthew AKA NMR ( NO MORE RETAIL )" 10 points a troll
@linethetrollsup.com wrote in message
. ..
This is for all you folks here in the US. How many of you have
already
made Hurricane Plans and preparations

A poll made it to newspaper today

Among people preparing for a hurricane, 18 percent said they were
assembling an emergency kit and buying basic supplies such as water,
canned food and batteries, making that the most popular response.

Seven percent of respondents said they had prepared their homes for a
hurricane by installing special shutters or doors or making other
upgrades; 5 percent said they had purchased a portable generator or
installed an emergency generator.





I don't have specific hurricane plans, but I do have emergency plans
for
*any* type of emergency (which would include hurricanes). I keep the 2
cat carriers in the garage (attached to the house), immediately the
door,
so I could quickly pick them up for the cats. I also have cases of
canned
cat food beside door where I could quickly grab some and an empty box
that
I could quickly load with canned food. In the same location, I have a
small case with supplies for myself -- personal information, computer
backup disks (including photos), a diabetes glucose meter,
prescriptions,
personal telephone/address directory, local telephone book, a can
opener,
and 2 flashlights with extra batteries. Bottled water is in the garage
close to the car. I live in East Texas but in a location where we
*never
before* felt any major effects of hurricanes. Then Hurricane Rita hit,
and I was without power for 7 days. It is amazing how many batteries
are
needed for portable fans and lights for 7 days! So, I now have a
*huge*
stock of batteries of various sizes in another location (where I could
use
them in a power shortage but probably would not take them with me if I
evacuated -- although they are also close enough to the door so that I
could grab them fairly quickly). Finally, I *always* keep flashlights,
a
pillow, a couple of blankets, and a some motel/hotel directories in the
car (along with maps, of course) -- and my cell phone is always in my
purse.

MaryL

If we have another hurricane season like before Victor you might see the
whole state moved to the west coast


"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
...
Matthew AKA NMR ( NO MORE RETAIL ) wrote:
Seven percent of respondents said they had prepared their homes for a
hurricane by installing special shutters or doors or making other
upgrades; 5 percent said they had purchased a portable generator or
installed an emergency generator.

We're too far away to be seriously affected. All we really need is a
portable generator to keep the fish alive.

--
Victor M. Martinez
Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
Send your spam he
Email me he

"Matthew AKA NMR (NO MORE RETAIL)" wrote:

and the most important that people always forgets A WEATHER RADIO; they
make hand cranks ones that have a portable power source and flashlight in
them about $25

Funny you should mention this - a friend of mine was just telling me
about the hand-crank radio she bought for her emergency stash. But
it was really crappy - she'd crank it, and that would generate enough
power for the radio to work for about 5 minutes. Then she'd have to
crank it again. And apparently you can't hear the broadcast while you're
cranking, so with that short amount of time, you'd be cranking that
thing all the time, and miss most of the broadcast!

She did buy this at Walgreens (a large pharmacy/discount store, for
those who don't have it), so I imagine it was fairly cheap. (I didn't
ask her what she paid for it.) How much would it cost for a decent
hand-crank radio that actually has reasonable ratio of powered-up time
to cranking time? Say, for every crank, you get half an hour or so of
power? Are we talking high-end here?

Joyce

Matthew AKA NMR ( NO MORE RETAIL ) wrote:
This is for all you folks here in the US. How many of you have
already made Hurricane Plans and preparations

Uh, well, hurricanes don't reach where I live. I have an emergency
preparedness kit, does that count? Seriously, I live on the 2nd largest
fault line in the U.S. and also in a place that gets hit with tornadoes. I
don't need the news to tell me to keep basic canned food, gallons of water,
batteries for flash lights and a basic red cross type medicine kit on hand.

Jill

19.99
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"Matthew AKA NMR (NO MORE RETAIL)" wrote:

and the most important that people always forgets A WEATHER RADIO; they
make hand cranks ones that have a portable power source and flashlight
in
them about $25

Funny you should mention this - a friend of mine was just telling me
about the hand-crank radio she bought for her emergency stash. But
it was really crappy - she'd crank it, and that would generate enough
power for the radio to work for about 5 minutes. Then she'd have to
crank it again. And apparently you can't hear the broadcast while you're
cranking, so with that short amount of time, you'd be cranking that
thing all the time, and miss most of the broadcast!

She did buy this at Walgreens (a large pharmacy/discount store, for
those who don't have it), so I imagine it was fairly cheap. (I didn't
ask her what she paid for it.) How much would it cost for a decent
hand-crank radio that actually has reasonable ratio of powered-up time
to cranking time? Say, for every crank, you get half an hour or so of
power? Are we talking high-end here?

Joyce