Make sure you have enough canned food to last for at least one week for each member of your family. Don’t forget to have a standard, non-electric can opener. Left over canned good can always be donated to area grocery stores in November when they are collecting to provide Thanksgiving meals to the less fortunate. If you have small children make sure you have everything you need such as powdered milk, baby food and diapers. You may not have refrigeration for days, so plan ahead.

alondra park in torrance At this Coral Gables home, the insurance agent reported to me that he and his wife and kids hid in the master bedroom closet, the strongest interior room, to ride out the hurricane. Nearly everyone I have spoken to over the years who has done that has said they would never do it again. The noise was deafening. His children were terrified. The power went off. They huddled in darkness, listening to their neighborhood be destroyed.

So, if you are dismayed by cleaning and not getting the results you’d like, consider the tools you are working with. Maybe it’s time to get serious about investing in the right tools to get the job done.

The canvas for the hurricane cover is generally made of cotton material. They are weaved very tightly using under/over technique. The staff is of two types – the plain one and the duck one. The plain one is weaved lesser tightly than the duck one. When you go to buy a hurricane boat cover in canvas, you will see two numbers on it. One number stands for the weight, and the other number is inversely proportional to weight. The higher the latter number is, the lighter is the material.

Once you have taken an inventory of your family, made arrangements for evacuation, anticipated and accommodated failures, and gathered all your needs for seventy-two hours, you need to review and practice your plan each year.

emergency system response Woke up Tuesday morning to sunny skies and good wind. We had been warned about Irene, but had no idea when she’d hit. I practice «WW» (wait and watch) which I learned to apply while dealing with medical issues, but found it works for anything. The premise is: you only know what you know at the moment- don’t get excited until you get there. I took advantage of the lull to meditate on the deck – a true calm in the storm.

Make the ceremony brief. You don’t want your guests to be worrying of the weather and thus, ask the priest or the person in charge of the wedding to make the ceremony brief. Maybe, the priest or the officiating officer can proceed directly to the exchanging of vows.

Bar none, the best food supplies to have on hand are MREs. MRE stands for Meal Ready to Eat. They are United States military rations that have become available on the civilian market. MREs are an all in one meal kit. Packaged in a waterproof bag, they contain items such as an entree, side dish, snack item, beverage base, and dessert.