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Boomerang Hurricane

Well, the official end to hurricane season isn't until November 30th...so they are still brewing. At this time, with my family's coast of Florida apparently in the path of Wilma (named after everyone's great, great, great, great aunt), it's time to review the all-important hurricane preparedness checklist!

Sidenote: I don't want anyone to take offense to my joking - this is all tongue-in-cheek, and yes I realize hurricanes are dangerous, and can be horrific, etc...but there are still humerous observations to be made here...so chill out and have fun until the winds tear off the plywood.

1) Buy batteries. Any size. It doesn't matter, because you're not sure what you are putting them in because no one has "battery operated things" on their checklist. Nor does anyone own anything that would be both useful in a storm and is capable of being run on batteries. But they have batteries on their shopping list, and as a result, there are none in the store. I think it's a reminent from the 1986 Hurricane Prepardness Guide. They don't get updated very often.

2) Buy bread. That's always on the list. But just bread. Apparently all you need to survive for 2 days without fast food is bread.

3) Buy water. You will be thirsty.

4) Buy lots of snacks and stuff. Do that now, though. Don't wait until the day before landfall. And it doesn't matter if they are perishible or not. You are just going to go straight home and eat them while you watch the week of coverage leading up to the actual landfall of the hurricane. By the time the hurricane hits, you will have stored up plenty of body fat to make it through any crisis.

Alright, if you're in the path of Wilma...do what you normally do. If you're not...keep watching the internet news from the safety of your house in tornado alley.

posted by Steph @ 2:41 PM