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ThisOleMiss · 09-15-2003, 12:42 PM

We're definatly prepared. My husband's a Mormon and they've been preparing for disaster for the last hundred years or so. Got the dried food, tarps, duct tape, plastic sheeting, bottled water, and assorted other goodies all stashed away. Now the fun part: we are currently living in a mobile home, Ok, it's a freaking trailor, until our house gets built. Yes, it's anchored and all that happy crappy, but it was builit before the code changes and I'll give it about a snowballs chance in hell in a cat 5 hurrican. Only thing is, I'm not evacuating because I'm not leaving my goats. Don't think I have to worry, we're about 100 mile inland and I don't see the storm heading into the Gulf.

BTW, if you don't have a good weather radio, time to invest in one. Also, if you have food stored in a freezer, and the freezer isn't full (full freezers stay cold longer) the quickest and easiest way to fill one is to fill two liter soda bottles and gallon milk jugs with water. A layer of these on top of frozen food will help keep
it colder longer. Just make sure you keep the freezer closed until the power comes back on.

09-15-2003, 12:42 PM	#5
ThisOleMiss Resident President Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Very, very, rural Mississippi Posts: 83	Definatly prepared We're definatly prepared. My husband's a Mormon and they've been preparing for disaster for the last hundred years or so. Got the dried food, tarps, duct tape, plastic sheeting, bottled water, and assorted other goodies all stashed away. Now the fun part: we are currently living in a mobile home, Ok, it's a freaking trailor, until our house gets built. Yes, it's anchored and all that happy crappy, but it was builit before the code changes and I'll give it about a snowballs chance in hell in a cat 5 hurrican. Only thing is, I'm not evacuating because I'm not leaving my goats. Don't think I have to worry, we're about 100 mile inland and I don't see the storm heading into the Gulf. BTW, if you don't have a good weather radio, time to invest in one. Also, if you have food stored in a freezer, and the freezer isn't full (full freezers stay cold longer) the quickest and easiest way to fill one is to fill two liter soda bottles and gallon milk jugs with water. A layer of these on top of frozen food will help keep it colder longer. Just make sure you keep the freezer closed until the power comes back on. __________________ Why kill them when you can make them live and suffer?