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#1 Postby Janice » Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:13 pm

With things shakey these days, what is one thing you are hoarding or stockpiling in case of any emergency in the future. This goes beyond hurricane season. Things in our country could really get bad.

We have four big red plastic gas cans and we keep them filled at all times.
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#2 Postby alicia-w » Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:55 pm

guns and ammo

actually, i buy water, canned goods, rice, propane, lipstick, coffee, tea, european chocolate.
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#3 Postby CajunMama » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:00 pm

likker :eek: :lol: :eek: :lol: j/k!
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#4 Postby Miss Mary » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:04 pm

CajunMama wrote:likker :eek: :lol: :eek: :lol: j/k!


I swear my first thought would have been - BEER!

But of course I don't live in Hurricane prone areas, but if I did, I think I'd need a beer or two (I'd be a nervous wreck!).

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#5 Postby HurryKane » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:07 pm

I didn't realize it until yesterday when a friend pointed it out, but I have an obscene amount of bottled water strewn about all over the garage.
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#6 Postby BEER980 » Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:17 pm

Always keep plenty of ammo, food and water on hand in case things get out of hand.
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#7 Postby MomH » Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:41 pm

I always keep at least a three week supply of food in the house. With care it could go farther. That doesn't include my hurricane supplies, of course. It is just to hot in FL to stock pile gas but when I move to the mountains I probably will. I live on the water so I don't stockpile water except when a hurricane is imminent and only bathing and drinking water then. I can go to the backyard for water to flush the toilet and water the tomatoes.

By the way, this is nothing new for me. I have done it for 20 or 30 years.

No I did not go out and purchase it all at one time. If something was on sale that we regularly used, I just bought extra that week.
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#8 Postby streetsoldier » Wed Aug 17, 2005 12:10 am

BEER980 wrote:Always keep plenty of ammo, food and water on hand in case things get out of hand.


Add first aid supplies, extra Rx, cyalume tripwires (perimeter alerts), signaling devices (strobes, luminous panels) and enough clothing to carry one through any wx/emergency eventuality, and I concur. :larrow:
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#9 Postby JenBayles » Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:08 am

Let's see..... we already have the arsenal and the weather disaster supplies, so I guess that just leaves BEER.
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#10 Postby yoda » Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:55 am

CajunMama wrote:likker :eek: :lol: :eek: :lol: j/k!


You mean liquor, darling... :eek: :lol: :lol:
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#11 Postby Hurricaneman » Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:21 am

Water and canned goods
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#12 Postby Persepone » Wed Aug 17, 2005 12:04 pm

Actually one of the most important "survival" items is good sturdy shoes for every member of the family...

Good, sturdy, enclosed toe shoes that are comfortable even if worn continuously are important. With luck and care, if you have the right ones, they will last for years, if necessary.

Difficult to stockpile for kids, but even there, not a bad idea to at least hold on to decent, well-built, sturdy shoes in a range of sizes if you have kids with growing feet and someone offers them to you free... I'd take them and say thank you.

Shoes are one of those items you don't think about but that can insure your survival...
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#13 Postby Miss Mary » Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:16 pm

Persepone wrote:Actually one of the most important "survival" items is good sturdy shoes for every member of the family...

Good, sturdy, enclosed toe shoes that are comfortable even if worn continuously are important. With luck and care, if you have the right ones, they will last for years, if necessary.

Difficult to stockpile for kids, but even there, not a bad idea to at least hold on to decent, well-built, sturdy shoes in a range of sizes if you have kids with growing feet and someone offers them to you free... I'd take them and say thank you.

Shoes are one of those items you don't think about but that can insure your survival...


Daria! There have been many times we've gone to the basement in Tornado warnings and I announce - everyone put on shoes! Even if it was the middle of the night and the kids had on pj's....they'd ask - shoes, are you sure mom? I'd picture our house flattened, debris everywhere, and having to step over sharp objects.

I just never read this tip on other forums, articles, list. Thought it was my own wacky, overprotective mom-thing!

But it is a good idea....can't go running around in stocking feet or barefoot, in an emergency zone.

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#14 Postby dhweather » Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:02 pm

yoda wrote:
CajunMama wrote:likker :eek: :lol: :eek: :lol: j/k!


You mean liquor, darling... :eek: :lol: :lol:


naw man, it's LIKKER. :lol:
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#15 Postby azsnowman » Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:14 pm

Hurricaneman wrote:Water and canned goods


Ditto, along with 3000 rounds of 9mm 115 grain Hollow points, 4000 rounds of 12 guage #2 and the MOST important, CIGS and BEER! 8-)

Dennis 8-)
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#16 Postby azsnowman » Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:17 pm

Mustn't forget, 3000 rounds of .357 rounds too 8-) :2gunfire:

Dennis :2gunfire:
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#17 Postby GalvestonDuck » Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:18 pm

Knife -- needs no ammo.
Staff -- needs no ammo.

But I think I'll have to join Sam's and stock up on more stuff also. Good thing I like beans and rice. :)
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#18 Postby streetsoldier » Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:46 pm

GalvestonDuck wrote:Knife -- needs no ammo.
Staff -- needs no ammo.

But I think I'll have to join Sam's and stock up on more stuff also. Good thing I like beans and rice. :)


AFLAC, are you preparing a counterattack with GAS?

And Dennis...remember your "Muttley Crew"? Weapons in themselves! :wink:
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#19 Postby GalvestonDuck » Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:56 pm

streetsoldier wrote:
GalvestonDuck wrote:Knife -- needs no ammo.
Staff -- needs no ammo.

But I think I'll have to join Sam's and stock up on more stuff also. Good thing I like beans and rice. :)


AFLAC, are you preparing a counterattack with GAS?

And Dennis...remember your "Muttley Crew"? Weapons in themselves! :wink:


LOL! Well, I do have an NBC suit and mask also. :)

Can't help it -- a couple of friends from the ER took me out to this alternative, tofu-infested restaurant in Lexington one time and I ate a dish called "Hoppin' John." It's blackeyed peas (or red beans) and rice, with fresh (as in, they don't get cooked into the dish but tossed in right before serving) chopped bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and seasoning salt. You don't have to think to hard about where it got its name, although I think it really should be "Hoppin' To The John." :D

Hey, when you're single and don't want to cook a lot for yourself, it's a nice quick dish to make in the rice steamer.
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#20 Postby CaptinCrunch » Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:59 pm

Batteries, I will need to find a way to run my car on them... :lol:
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