Hurricane Watch

We are now under a hurrican watch. This morning I decided to update the hurricane boxes. Good thing too - the canned goods expired a couple years ago because I stocked the boxes in 2004.

Here's photos of my grocery store this morning - full parking lot and empty cart section. Store personnel said there have been no carts in the holding area since 10am.

Here are my purchases since I could carry over very little of what we had in the food tote. Canned meats, vegtables, and fruit. We have more water in the garage. Hard to believe I was able to get all that stuff organized to fit in the tote.

I keep a second tote with other supplies. I've read quite a few different emergency lists and try to cover them all. I went way beyond the paper products, batteries, and flashlights to include personal hygene items, paper, stamps, etc. I got all the non foods items packed securely into a second tote before working on the pet tote.

The pet tote needs a little updating but instead of buying new canned dog food, I will just put their kibble in zip lock bags if need be. They aren't fond of canned food. In an emergency I don't want to have to fool with picky eaters. Oh, I have to throw in the binder where where I keep all their records.

Instead of my three sons, here are my three totes. I will wait until I hear that a hurricane is indeed going to hit before throwing important items (such as wedding photos, financial records, and "family jewels" LOL) into a waterproof tote. Both cars were filled with gas in the last ocuple days. If things still look scary tomorrow I might put dog crates in the car just in case; however, my goal is to stay, not to evacuate.