I still don't understand why folks don't invest in some water jugs. We have five or six five gallon water jugs that we keep filled and cycle through our gallon sized Pur filter container constantly. Our well water is shady hence the filter and the spare jugs are because we get hit with both hurricanes and snow storms here and I'm not waiting in line for hours for something the store ran out of. Been there done that once back in '99 and never again.  

We keep a stock of soup, ramen, protein bars, beef jerky, etc., just for emergencies and cycle through it from time to time to be sure nothing goes out of date and replenish what we use when we have an outage. The only thing I stock up on at this stage is gas and beer and several pounds of bagged ice that stays in the deep freeze and move to the fridge if it goes out. Saved us from food being ruined last year when Florence and Michael came through. We also fill Gatorade and water bottles 3/4 full with water and stick them in our freezer since a 16lb bag of ice won't fit. 

Yeah, I guess I just don't get why folks don't stay prepared. True story....last September I had major abdominal surgery just as hurricane Florence was coming for us. Other than a few last minute things, we were already completely prepared which lessened the stress a great deal, especially when my "easy surgery/24 hour stay" turned into major surgery and a four day stay.

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