I thought Bro. Gardner did an awesome job on Sunday talking about being prepared for hurricane season. I liked how he impressed on us through pictures, words, and discussion that hurricanes are a reality that we need to prepare for.
There one thing he mentioned that I want to reiterate.
Days before a projected hurricane hit, whole isles at the grocery stores will clear out.
I remember going to Kroger a couple days before Ike and...
Bread isle...empty
Canned goods (soups, beans, fruit, etc.)...gone
Cereal Isle...empty
Water...gone
Chip and snack isle...empty
I'd never seen a grocery store so depleted of products.
This was no coincidence. When a huge storm is pending in the gulf, the shelves of grocery stores will clear.
This is why having at least a two week supply of food requiring little to no prep time is important for you and your family.
One way to gradually build your food storage is to grab a few extra cans, bags, or boxes of what you're already buying. If your buying canned pineapple or corn or beans, buy one or two extra (how ever many your budget permits).
If you don't usually buy canned, bagged, or boxed products, you might need to make an exception when building a food storage, especially if you can't think of alternatives.
Also, distributors like Emergency Essentials (BePrepared.com) specialize in selling all sorts of food storage items. In addition to longer-term food storage items, they sell items ideal for 72 hour kits and crisis situation food storages (power outage/water outage), i.e. MREs (Meals-Ready-To-Eat) and Freeze-Dried Pouch Foods. Both items store well up to 7 years. Just looking at what's available at Emergency Essentials and other companies like it could also give you ideas on what foods you'd like to have stored for hurricane season.
Just some food for thought.
What do you do (or will you do) to be prepared for hurricanes?
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